ILLNESS

We understand the difficulty of being a working parent and having a sick child, but we are not equipped with either staff or facilies to care for sick children. Please keep your children home if he/she has had any of the following:

a. fever over 100 degrees Fahrenheit

b. diarrhea (more than once per day)

c. vomiting

d. nausea

e. severe cough

f. unusual yellow color to skin or eyes

g. skin or eye lesions or rashes that are severe, weeping or pus-filled

h. stiff neck and headache with one or more of the symptoms listed above

i. difficulty breathing or wheezing

j. complaints of severe pain

If a child becomes sick during the school day and shows the above symptoms during after school care, parents or authorized guardians will be contacted to pick up their child immediately.

All contagious diseases (chicken pox, head lice, etc.) must be reported to the BASC director. Any communicable disease or food poising must be reported to the director immediately. By state regulations, these items must be posted for all families to review.