Student Health Guidelines

We stay committed to providing students and employees with a healthy and safe learning environment and we appreciate the individual actions you take that play a critical role in keeping our community healthy. Please reach out to the Student Health Team at health@oes.edu if you have any questions. 

Preventive Health Measures

• Stay up-to-date on Oregon required immunizations.  Upload all immunization records to Magnus.
• We encourage you to keep your child up to date with all recommended vaccinations from their healthcare provider (e.g., flu, COVID-19, HPV). 
• Wash hands often with soap and warm water for at least 20 seconds. 
• Use a tissue or inner elbow to cover your mouth when you sneeze or cough. 
• Encourage healthy sleeping, eating, exercise and screen-time habits for your child. 

Do not send an ill child to school

Please review the symptom chart for guidance on when a child should remain at home and return to school. Exclusion examples include:

• temperature of 100.4℉ or greater
• vomiting
• diarrhea
• new, unexplained rash
• unusually sleepy or lethargic
• persistent, unexplained cough
• any symptom(s) that prevent the student benefiting from or participating in all classroom activities 

​​Respiratory Viruses (e.g., Covid-19, flu, RSV)

• If you’re experiencing any of the symptoms on the symptom chart, please stay home and you can return when: 
  • (1) you have not had a fever for at least 24 hours (without the use of fever reducing medicines) AND
  • (2) your other symptoms are improving.
  • Upon return, we recommend taking added precautions over the next 5 days. 
• Other Scenarios: 
  • If you have a known exposure to someone with a respiratory virus and do not have any symptoms, you can come to school and should monitor your symptoms closely. 
  • If you do not have respiratory symptoms and tested positive for a respiratory virus, you can come to school and we recommend taking additional prevention strategies. 
  • If symptoms develop in either of the cases described above please refer to the symptom chart on when to stay home. 

Communication

Notify the school (via SchoolPass or Parent Portal) if your child is sick with a contagious disease as it helps us track health trends at the school and potentially notify families or work with our county health office, if there is a suspected outbreak.

• In addition, we may have follow-up questions if your child was diagnosed with any of the following contagious diseases:
  • Varicella (chickenpox) 
  • Diarrhea caused by E.coli, Salmonella or Shigella 
  • Hepatitis 
  • Measles 
  • Mumps
  • Pertussis (whooping cough) 
  • Rubella 
  • Scabies 
  • Tuberculosis (TB) 
• It is also helpful to briefly describe the symptoms of the illness, if the student doesn’t have a diagnosed contagious disease.  

Please reach out to the Student Health Team at health@oes.edu if you have any questions.