The Iowa Department of Health and Human Services has updated the exclusionary guidelines for COVID to align with all respiratory illnesses. This means if a student or employee is diagnosed with COVID, they will only need to be out of the building until they are fever-free for 24 hours without the use of medication and when respiratory symptoms are mild or improving. 

As a reminder, please review the following exclusion guidelines for illnesses:

• If your child has a temperature of 100.4 or higher, we ask that you keep your child home, observe for symptoms such as sore throat, rash, vomiting, or diarrhea, and follow up with your healthcare provider. Your child may return to school when fever free for 24 hours without the use of fever reducing medications AND respiratory symptoms are mild and improving. If your child visits a healthcare provider, please request a note from the doctor to excuse the absence(s).
• If your child does not have a temperature, but is feeling ill and the illness prevents your child from participating comfortably in academics/activities, please keep your child home until illness symptoms have passed.
• The illness prevents the student from participating comfortably in activities/academics as observed by the school staff.
• The illness results in greater care than the school staff determines they can provide without compromising the ability to care for other students.

Thank you for your help in maintaining a healthy learning environment for all students and staff. 

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