Davis Joint Unified School District

Symptom Management Guidance

When to Keep Your Child Home From School

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CDPH Symptom Management Guidance is intended to help families and schools reduce the spread of undiagnosed infectious disease while supporting attendance and school engagement. It does not replace health care provider recommendations or current COVID-19 guidelines.

For symptoms of a respiratory virus such as fever, body/headache, cough, congestion, runny nose, sore throat, and/or fatigue, the CDC Respiratory Illness recommendation is stay home until:

a)   fever-free for 24 hours without fever reducing medicine AND

b)   other symptoms are better overall for 24 hours and you can comfortably participate in routine activities.

When you go back to normal activities, take added precaution over the next 5 days, such as taking additional steps for cleaner air, hygiene, masks, physical distancing, and/or testing when you will be around other people indoors.

Stomach Viruses

Norovirus is the leading cause of outbreaks of diarrhea and vomiting in the US. It spreads quickly by contact with an infected person or by touching a contaminated surface. If norovirus is suspected, keep your student home for at least 48 hours AFTER symptoms have ended.

• Influenza (Flu)
  
• Pertussis (Whooping Cough)
  
• Hand, Foot, and Mouth Disease (HFMD)
  
• Conjunctivitis (Pink Eye)
  
• Respiratory Syncytial Virus (RSV)
  
• Norovirus
• COVID-19