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Keeping Students Home (COVID & other illnesses)

The health and safety of our school community is extremely important to the Snoqualmie Valley School District.  Each student’s health status has a direct relation to their ability to learn, and the well-being of others around them.

To prevent the spread of illness, students should remain at home if they exhibit any of the following symptoms, as specified below:

  • FEVER:  A student, who has had a fever of 100.4 degrees F. or over, should stay home for at least 24 hours after fever has passed without the use of fever-reducing medications.  
  • VOMITING:  Students who have vomited should remain home for at least 12-24 hours from the last episode and have been hungry for and kept down 2 normal meals.
  • DIARRHEA:  Students who have loose/liquid stool should remain home until normal bowel patterns return.
  • SECRETIONS:  Students with significant runny noses and/or profuse cough need to remain home until the secretions have diminished to a controllable/containable level. 
  • GENERAL ACHES/PAINS:  If your student has any physical discomforts (stomach ache, headache, sore throat, etc.), please carefully assess your student. Your student should stay home if they have any of the above accompanying symptoms or are too uncomfortable to be able to concentrate in class. 
  • RESPIRATORY VIRUS/COVID-19:  Students with respiratory symptoms that are not explained by another cause (such as allergies), or who test positive for COVID-19 or another respiratory virus, should follow Public Health - Seattle & King County and CDC guidance for staying home and when to return to school and activities.

This is a sampling of common reasons students should be kept home; other contagious conditions could also merit exclusion. 

PARENTS/GUARDIANS:  Please carefully assess your student’s health status each morning and do not send them to school if you are uncertain of what is going on with their health. 

Your help preventing the spread of illness at school is vital to keeping our school environment safe for all students, staff and visitors.

YOUR STUDENT'S WELL-BEING:

If you have concerns regarding your student's health, please contact your school nurse. 

If you need to keep your student home, please call your school's Attendance Line to excuse their absence. In addition to referencing your student's name and grade, please include the reason for their absence to help our nurses monitor the health of our schools.

Thank you for helping keep our learning community healthy!

MEDICATION AT SCHOOL: 

Please note that under the terms of the school medication law, medications CANNOT be at school without medication authorization paperwork in place with the school nurse. This paperwork includes a medication order that is signed by a licensed healthcare provider - for both over-the-counter medicine and  prescribed medication.