A student will not be admitted to Cologne Academy if the building nurse suspects a student may have a contagious or communicable disease that has not been treated. According to the Minnesota Department of Health guidelines, students be excluded from school for the following reasons:
- Fever of 100 degrees or more, the student needs to stay home for 24 hours after the temperature returns to normal, without fever reducers.
- Vomiting or diarrhea, the student needs to stay home until 24 hours after the last episode.
- Any undiagnosed rash at the nurse’s discretion, the student needs to see the physician before admittance to school.
- Chickenpox, may return to school after the last pox have scabbed over, usually 7-10 days.
- Uncontrolled cough.
- Influenza, readmit when child feels well, and fever-free for 24 hours.
- Impetigo, may return to school 24 hours after treatment.
- Lice, may return after treatment and no live lice present.
- Pink eye, may return after 24 hours of treatment or no pus-like drainage.
- Ringworm, may return 24 hours after treatment.
- Scabies, may return 24 hours after treatment.
- Strep throat, may return 24 hours after antibiotic treatment.
- Pinworm, may return after treatment.
- Hand, foot, and mouth disease, may return 24 hours after fever free.