Nurse's Office

Free of Symptoms (Clinic Policy)

It is the goal of Santo ISD to provide an environment that is conducive to learning for all students and staff. Some communicable diseases or conditions may warrant exclusion from school to avoid exposing other students. If your student exhibits any of the following symptoms, please keep your student home until the child is free of the symptoms and has been satisfactorily treated.

• Temperature of 100 degrees or above
• Vomiting and/or diarrhea
• Persistent cough
• Rash
• Open, itchy or draining lesions
• Red, itchy, draining eyes
• Presence of live lice or nits in the hair
• Suffering from a reportable disease, as defined by the Texas Board of Health
• Undiagnosed scaly patched on the body or scalp

Your child must be 24 hours free of fever without Tylenol or Advil and not throwing-up for 24 hours before they return to school. Antibiotics must be taken for 24 hours before returning to school.

Contacting Parents

All students with any type of illness must visit the nurse; staff will not allow students to call their parents directly from a school phone if they feel sick. If your child becomes ill, you or someone designated by you will be contacted to pick up your child. It is imperative that all phone numbers be completed on the enrollment paperwork and be updated immediately should they change during the year.

Communicable Diseases/Conditions

Parents of students with a communicable or contagious disease are asked to telephone the school nurse so that other students who have been exposed to the disease can be alerted. Students with certain diseases are not allowed to attend school while their disease is contagious. These include chicken pox, mumps, measles, ringworm of the scalp, lice, fever, pink eye, fifth disease, and strep throat. More information can be obtained in the district handbook for students.