Illness Guidelines

SICKNESS
GUIDELINES

Any student who has any of the following
symptoms must be kept at home until
they are symptom-free:

A temperature of 100 degrees Students being treated Diarrhea or
or more. with antibiotics must vomiting,
remain out of school for must remain
Students must be fever-free the first 24 hours of home for a
without fever-reducing medi- complete 24
cine for a complete 24 hours treatment. hours after
before returning to school. said event
before
returning to
school.

Skin rashes or eruptions such as COVID symptoms or a positive test. Unusual nasal
scabies, impetigo, chickenpox, etc. A 5-day quarantine is required from or eye drainage
the first symptoms with a positive
Students with chickenpox may
return to school when the eruptions COVID test. No “close contact”
quarantining is required.
are scabbed over.

An earache, severe stomachache, Students with head lice must receive
sore throat, swollen glands near treatment and provide verification from a
the jaw, ears, or neck, or a severe physician that the student is free of lice.

headache. For the wellness of all students, the
faculty and staff of FCS reserve the right
to perform lice checks on all students as
deemed necessary by the administration.