Illness

Parents, please remember that our policy for illness is for your child to be fever-free for 24 hours before sending the child back...that means if they have a fever in the evening before they go to bed, they are not fever-free until the next evening.  I know that school attendance is very important, however, when your child is sick, a fever is one sign of the illness being contagious.  Please be considerate of other children and adults, and help keep the germs at a minimum by keeping a sick child home.  I have just finished a full 7 days of the flu (fevers of 101-102, chills, sweats, coughing, congestion and all-out misery!) and one of the reasons I stayed out so long (besides still having a 101 fever last night) is that I didn't want to pass this scourge to anyone else!  Also, please remember to send a written note expressing that your child was ill so we can mark the absence "excused."  Thanks for helping us try to keep our little ones well.