Health Services
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The Pell City Schools Health Services Department is dedicated to the encouragement of health and wellness for all students and staff. Our primary goal is to support student learning. Believing that optimal health promotes learning, we want to provide services that foster student and staff health and safety.
Should My Student Stay Home?
Helpful guidelines for deciding whether your child is sick enough to stay home:
PCSS follows the Alabama Department of Public Health (ADPH) Communicable Disease guidelines and CDC recommendations for school exclusions and readmission criteria.
New guidance simplifies previous recommendations intended specifically for COVID-19 and influenza in K-12 schools settings.
Fever: Oral temperature of 100.0 degrees or higher should not attend school until fever free twenty-four (24) hours without fever-reducing medication.
Cough: If your child’s cough brings up mucus or phlegm-type secretions, especially if it has color
Runny nose: If your child must constantly blow his/her nose to keep it clear
**Sore throat**: If it hurts to swallow, breathe, or speak**Rashes**: Any undiagnosed rashes. If your child is itching and scratching to the point they cannot concentrate
Vomiting and/or Unexplained Diarrhea: 2 or more episodes within a 24 hour period