Communicable Diseases
To protect the health of each student, their classmates, and the school staff, all children should remain at home for at least 24 hours after they have had any illness accompanied by vomiting, diarrhea or fever.
Communicable Disease Exclusion as per the Pennsylvania Department of Health
| Chickenpox | Five days from the appearance of the first crop of vesicles or when all the lesions have dried and crusted, whichever is sooner |
| Conjunctivitis (Infectious/Pink Eye) | Until judged not contagious, without discharge |
| Diphtheria | Two weeks from the onset or until negative culture |
| Impetigo | 24 hours after the start of appropriate treatment |
| Measles | 4 days from the onset of rash |
| Mumps | 9 days from the onset or until subsidence of swelling |
| Pertussis | 3 weeks from onset or 5 days from start of antimicrobial therapy |
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Respiratory Streptococcal infections
(including scarlet fever)
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Not less than 10 days from the onset or 24 hours after start of appropriate therapy |
| Ringworm | Until first treatment, if body lesions covered if not dried over |
| Rubella | 4 days from onset of rash |
| Trachoma | 24 hours from start of appropriate therapy |
| Rash &/or cough with fever, persistent vomiting, persistent diarrhea | Until medically evaluated and determined not communicable |
| Norovirus and other viral gastroenteritis | Until 48 hours after symptoms have resolved or diagnosed to be non-infective |
American Academy of Pediatrics Communicable Disease Chart
No set of recommendations can cover all situations. Please consult with our student's pediatrician, local health department, school nurse, or school district policies when in doubt.