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School Exclusion Guidelines

KCSD continues to monitor student and staff absentee rates and parent reports of respiratory illnesses (including, but not limited to influenza, COVID-19, and RSV) to help identify and manage potential outbreaks. 

We are following SCDHEC Exclusion Guidelines.   Our school nurses are tracking illnesses that require exclusion and will report outbreaks to our local epidemiology team.  You will be notified if your child is in a classroom where an outbreak has been identified and further instructions will be provided. 

Students with a fever of 100.4 or higher will be excluded from school until fever-free for 24 hours without the aid of a fever-reducing medication and are well enough for routine activities. 

Contacts are not excluded.

We encourage everyone to practice healthy habits, including handwashing and proper cough/sneeze etiquette.