We want your student in school everyday!

We always want to see students in class but we understand that children get sick, and it is sometimes difficult to decide when to keep them at home. In order to make it easier, we encourage you to follow the guidelines below from the Texas Department of State Health Services and Round Rock ISD’s Health Services Director, Sandy Headley. If you have any questions, please contact your school nurse.

Don’t keep a child home for:
Sniffles, a runny nose and a mild cough without a fever. It could be a cold or an allergic response to dust, pollen, or seasonal changes.
Vague complaints or aches, pains or fatigue (being tired).
A one-time only episode of diarrhea or vomiting without any other symptoms.

Do keep a child home when they have:
A fever of 100 degrees or more.
A fever along with a rash, earache, sore throat, or nausea may indicate a highly contagious infection. Children must be fever-free for 24 hours before returning to school.
A persistent, productive cough and wheezing together with thick or constant nasal discharge.
Persistent vomiting and diarrhea (more than once) during the previous night.
An un-diagnosed rash, especially coupled with a fever and behavioral changes. Pinkeye in which there is a white or yellow discharge, often with matted eyelids after sleep, and eye pain, redness or itching.
Head lice. Once head lice have been treated and there are no more live lice, the student has to be cleared by the school nurse and then may return to school. Students cannot return until all lice are treated and removed.
Strep throat, scarlet fever, measles, chickenpox or any other communicable disease until released by a doctor.
Any physical or emotional condition that would prevent him / her from participating comfortably in class.

If a child misses a day of school because he or she is not feeling well, or if it becomes necessary for a student to leave school to be seen by a healthcare professional, parents must provide the front office with a note from themselves or the health care professional in order for the absence to be recorded as “excused” and the school to recover any potential state funding.

Thank you,
RRISD