Health Policies

Let’s please work together to keep our NDS children healthy and safe.

At Northshire Day School, we are not equipped to offer childcare for sick children and have a responsibility to limit the

spread of contagious illnesses. We kindly ask that all families follow the school health policies as outlined below.

Let’s work together to keep our NDS children healthy and safe.

Updated March 2026

Exclusion for Illness:

Children will be excluded from care until they have had improved or no symptoms for at least 24 hours without fever reducing medication. These symptoms include:

  • Fever of 101° or greater
  • Vomiting
  • Diarrhea (more than two times. Child will be sent home after the third loose stool.)
  • Significant coughing


Your child may return to school when they have improved and/or no symptoms for at least 24 hours without the use of fever reducing medications.

ADDITIONAL ILLNESSES AND EXCLUSIONS

A child diagnosed as having any of the following conditions may return to care as indicated.

  • COVID-19 – Children may return to child care if their symptoms have improved and they have been fever free for at least 24 hours without the use of fever-reducing medication.  
  • Strep – 24 hours after medication is begun 
  • Hand, Foot and Mouth – No exclusion except if there are blisters or excessive drooling. May attend once symptoms subside and no blister drainage. 
  • Pinworm and ringworm infection: May return 24 hours after treatment is initiated 
  • Conjunctivitis: No exclusion. Consult a physician for potential treatment. 
  • Impetigo – 24 hours after medication is begun and totally scabbed over
  • Measles – 5 days after rash appears and a note from a physician 
  • Mumps – 9 days after swelling starts and a note from the physician 
  • Head lice – Treat with prescription shampoo and remove all eggs 
  • Scabies – After two Kwell treatments on successive days 
  • Bacterial Meningitis – With a physician’s note 
  • Chicken Pox – When all blisters have scabs and child is able to participate with the group 
  • Shigella – When infected individuals are treated and test results from 2 stool cultures taken 24 hours apart are negative. 
  • Salmonella – With a physician’s note 
  • Giardia – With a physician’s note 
  • Polio – With a physician’s note 
  • Diphtheria – with a physician’s note 
  • Hepatitis A – With a physician’s note 
  • Rubella (German Measles) – With a physician’s note 
  • Pertussis (Whooping Cough) – With a physician’s note 
  • Influenza – When exclusion criteria are resolved and the child is able to participate 
  • Respiratory Syncytial Virus (RSV) – When exclusion criteria are resolved and the child is able to participate 
  • Scarlet Fever – With a physician’s note 
  • Pneumonia – When exclusion criteria are resolved and the child is able to participate

A child shall be excluded if he or she is unable to take part comfortably in regular activities or needs care that significantly interferes with a provider’s ability to provide appropriate care for other children.

This health guidance is based on evolving health and safety information and is subject to change without prior notice.