When to stay home:

·  Fever (100.4°F or higher): Stay home until fever-free for 24 hours without medication.

·  Vomiting/Diarrhea: Stay home until 24 hours symptom-free and able to eat/drink.

·  Antibiotic Treatment: Stay home until 24 hours on antibiotics.

·  Persistent Cough: Stay home if it disrupts normal activities.

·  Unexplained Rash: Stay home if it’s itchy, spreading, or with other symptoms. See a doctor.

·  Red/Draining Eyes: Stay home until checked by a doctor.

·  Respiratory Illnesses (COVID, Flu, Pneumonia, RSV): Stay home for at least 24 hours. Return to school if symptoms are improving and no fever for at least 24 hours without fever-reducing meds.

·  Other Illnesses: Stay home if the student can’t participate in school activities.

Questions? Contact Nurse Sarah Kartluke at skartluke@lnsd.org or 802-521-5619.

Vermont law requires the following:

• Students must meet school entry requirements for immunization

• Schools must notify parents when the student does not meet school entry requirements for immunization

• Schools must assure that students initially provisionally admitted meet vaccine requirements as soon as possible, not exceeding 6 months from enrollment

If your child is newly enrolling in our school, proof of the following immunizations is required:

Immunization checklist:

https://www.healthvermont.gov/sites/default/files/documents/pdf/ID_IZ_K12_K-12ImmunizationChecklist.pdf

Immunization Exemption Information and Forms:

Information about Vermont’s Childcare and School Immunization Exemptions

https://www.healthvermont.gov/sites/default/files/documents/pdf/ID_IZ_CCP_annual_exemption.pdf

Parent Education Required for Completion of Vermont's Religious Exemption Form 

https://www.healthvermont.gov/sites/default/files/document/ID_IZ_CCP_Parent_Education_for_Religious_Exemption.pdf

Religious Exemption form 

https://www.healthvermont.gov/sites/default/files/document/ID_IZ_CCP_Religious_Exemption.pdf

Parents/guardians will be notified when head lice have been identified on their child.  The Vermont Department of Health and the Department of Education do not support the practice of exclusion (nit free, no nit) policies or practices. 

• Parents should be encouraged to proactively check their child's hair for lice (especially if the child is symptomatic) periodically throughout the school year. The school nurse may inspect a student's head upon request of a parent. However, a regular inspection by a parent or guardian by combing through wet hair with a fine-tooth comb is much more effective.

• If live (crawling) lice are found the parent is notified of the suspected infestation with the understanding that the student may remain in school the rest of the day.

• Information is provided to the parent as to the biology of lice and methods to eliminate infestation.

• Parents are expected to treat the child's hair before they return to school.

• The school nurse may recheck the student's head upon their return following treatment, if requested to do so by the parent

• It is NOT justifiable to notify the classmate's families, do mass screenings, bag clothes or restrict the use of headphones, helmets or similar items.

• The parent should notify the parents of their child's close contacts of the infestation

Further information on head lice can be obtained on the Vermont Department of Health website or by calling our local Vermont Department of Health office in Morrisville at 888-7447.

Information on Ticks in Vermont-  

 https://www.healthvermont.gov/disease-control/tick-bite-illnesses/tick-activity-vermont

Be Tick Smart: Protect, check, remove & watch 

https://www.healthvermont.gov/disease-control/tick-bite-illnesses/prevent-tick-bites-tickborne-diseases