Those with lice may not return to school until found nit free by the school health clerk. Each school maintains an emergency card listing who may be contacted if parents cannot be reached in an emergency. Please inform the school office of any changes which occur during the year including your child's current physician. Information on the call-in procedure and the emergency card will be sent home with students on the first day of school. The emergency card must be returned to school the next day.
Child is excluded from school.
Family physician should be consulted for treatment. These recommendations are in accord with those of the Illinois Department of Public Health. Report all communicable diseases to your school and to the Skokie Health Department 673-0500. Return to school Children should not return to school after an illness until they have been temperature-free for 24 hours. See chart above for quarantine periods for communicable diseases.