Symptom Guidance and COVID-19 Information

  • When to Keep Your Child Home from School

    If your student was sent home or did not attend school because of one or more symptom(s) of illness, please follow the instructions below. 

    LAC DPH Symptom Guidance Chart- English

    LAC DPH Symptom Guidance Chart- Spanish

    Please alert the site Attendance Office each day your child is absent.

    Contact a health care provider if your child needs medical care. A doctor’s note is generally not required to return to school or child care.

    For more information, please visit the LAC DPH guidance page: LA County Disease Prevention and Response in Schools. 

    Acute Respiratory Illness Guidance

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    Flu Guidelines

    Information for Parents/Guardians

    COVID-19 Guidelines UPDATED 2/10/2025

    The Los Angeles County Department of Public Health (LACDPH) has updated COVID-19 guidelines and now recommends the following actions to align with common practices of other respiratory viruses.

     

    People with COVID-19 Who HAVE Symptoms:

    • Stay home away from others until you have not had a fever for 24 hours (without using fever-reducing medication).
    • Wear a well-fitting mask around others for 10 days when you feel sick.
    • Consider testing for other respiratory illnesses if you are at high risk of severe illness and talking with your medical provider for treatment options.
    • Avoid contact with high-risk individuals (immunocompromised, elderly) for 10 days after you test positive.
    • Notify close contacts exposed during the infectious period, (two days before and while you felt sick).

    People with COVID-19 Who DO NOT HAVE Symptoms:

    • Wear a well fitting mask around others for 10 days after you test positive.
    • Monitor yourself for symptoms. If you start feeling sick, immediately follow the instructions above for people who have symptoms.
    • Avoid contact with high-risk individuals (immunocompromised, elderly) for 10 days after you test positive.
    • Notify close contacts exposed during the infectious period, (two days before and while you felt sick).

    Return to campus guidelines:

    • Mask for 10 days from symptom onset or positive test date.
    • Fever free for 24 hours without fever reducing medication.
    • Symptoms are mild and improving.

    We can prevent the spread of many illnesses when everyone does their part and stays home when sick. Thank you for your continued commitment to the health and safety of our community.