Illness Policy

For the protection and well being of your children, the Illness Policy is carefully and consistently enforced. Our policy is in accordance with the guidelines set forth by the Department of Human Resources. Your cooperation is necessary to help keep all of the children as healthy as possible.

Parents will be requested to refrain from bringing their child to school if the child has:

• A fever greater than 99.5 degrees
• Diarrhea or vomiting
• Rashes other than normal skin irritations or open sores
• Severe coughing
• Any contagious symptoms (i.e. green nasal discharge, sore throat, severe coughing, etc.)
• Any symptoms related to a communicable illness (infections such as pink eye, strep throat, impetigo, scabies, lice, ringworm, boils, measles and chicken pox, which are spread by person-to-person contact)

If you are notified that your child is ill in school, we ask that you make every effort to pick him/her up within the hour. A sick child may return to school after being symptom free for 24 hours. A child may also return if accompanied by a doctor’s note stating that the child is not contagious.

Every family must receive, read and sign a copy of our Infection Control Policy and Procedure.

Discipline Procedure

• All students will be encouraged to use appropriate behavior while in school.
• Students who exhibit inappropriate behavior will be given loving instruction and/or placed in time out.
• Students who continue to have difficulty behaving in the classroom will be sent to the office of the WPS Director.
• Students causing physical harm to others (hitting, scratching, biting, etc.) while at WPS will be sent to the office of the WPS Director and parents will be notified of the behavior. At the 3rd offense the parents will be asked by the Director to remove the student from class for two weeks or until such behavior ceases.

Parent Notification Procedure

ILLNESS/INJURY: A parent will be notified immediately of any illness or injury requiring professional medical attention. In the event that a parent cannot be contacted, their local emergency contact person will be notified. 911 will be called if an illness or injury requires immediate professional medical attention.

BITING: If any student exhibits biting behavior while in a WPS class, his/her parents will be notified. At the 3rd offense, the parents will be asked by the WPS Director to remove the student from class for two weeks or until such behavior ceases.

BEHAVIOR: Students who show disrespectable behavior towards other students and teachers such as hitting, kicking or spitting will be sent to the office of the WPS Director and parents will be notified of the behavior. At the 3rd offense the parents will be asked by the Director to remove the student from class for two weeks or until such behavior ceases.

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