Sick Policy

A woman is tending to a young boy lying in bed, holding a tissue to his forehead and checking his temperature with a thermometer. The boy appears unwell and is covered with a blanket. The setting is a bedroom with natural light coming through the window, and various medications and water on the bedside table.

 If your child is sick, please allow them to recover at home so as to not get other children sick. If you are personally sick or need to stay home with a sick child, please notify the Schedule Coordinator as soon as possible so she can schedule someone to take your place. Just a friendly reminder that your well children may not be brought to co-op by another family, unless you are sending a your spouse or another adult who is not a participating CMHC parent who will stay at CMHC to cover your teaching, teacher’s assistant, and setup/cleanup responsibilities.

Please keep your child home if he/she is sick or experiencing any of the following symptoms:

  • An oral temperature above 99 F (37.2 C) in the morning.  Children must be fever free for 24 hours without medication before returning to co-op.

  • Diarrhea for any reason - illness, medication, etc.  Children must be diarrhea free for 48 hours before returning to co-op.

  • Vomiting. Children must be puke free for 48 hours before returning to co-op.

  • Severe cold with fever, sneezing, and yellow or green colored nasal discharge.

  • Conjunctivitis, which is an eye infection commonly referred to as "pink eye."  The eye is generally red with some burning or itching and there is thick yellow or green drainage secreted.

  • Bronchitis which can begin with hoarseness, coughing, and a slight elevation in temperature.  A cough may be dry and painful, but it gradually becomes productive.

  • Rashes that you cannot identify or that have not been diagnosed by a physician.

  • Impetigo, which shows up as red pimples on the skin.  Impetigo is a strep infection and must be treated by a physician.

  • A contagious disease.  Some of these are Measles, German Measles, Chicken Pox, Roseola, Hand/Foot and Mouth disease and the Flu.

  • If a doctor diagnoses an ear or throat infection, strep, or staph and places your child on an antibiotic, the child should not return to the classroom until he/she has been on the medication for at least 24 hours.  If a culture has been taken, wait for the results before determining if the child should be in the classroom.

  • Head Lice.  This condition requires treatment of the child, the family, as well as the home environment.  All nits must be removed from the hair before the child may return to the classroom.

  • A persistent phlegmy cough or a sore throat and the child seems cranky or lethargic.

  • If a child seems sick without any obvious symptoms.