Can my childrens school or daycare center send them home?
Yes. If your child appears ill, you can be asked to pick him or her up from school. Some private programs may require a note from a doctor or absences of a certain number of days before the child can return to school. Most schools ask that a child stay home until a fever has been gone for 24 hours. What are recommended practices at preschools and daycare centers? These programs all operate independent of public school programs and have their own policies. However, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is asking all daycare workers to do a cursory health check of children each day to see that they don’t have swine flu symptoms, especially a fever. Will a lot of children be sick? Yes. Health department officials say at the peak of flu season, between 30 percent and 40 percent of students may be out of class. Will my school or day care center close down? Health officials are asking that schools remain open unless the flu is so widespread it prevents the school from operating safe
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