Welcome to the BVSD Health Pages. Please use the information below and the links on the left to access Health information necessary for all BVSD students.

Cold and Flu Prevention

BVSD has teamed up with Boulder County Public Health and Broomfield Public Health to prevent and mitigate outbreaks of influenza throughout the district. Watch this page for updates on our actions. Among the items that will be posted here soon: A Back-to-School letter to parents with tips on how to keep their families healthy Guidance for K-12 and child care programs on how to prevent illnesses from spreading among children in the classroom Instructions on when to keep your child at home links to important information sources, etc.   Boulder County Public Health Broomfield Public Health Centers for Disease Control and Prevention http://www.cdphe.state.co.us/dc/Immunization/index.html

   Boulder Valley School District  School Health Program  

  Guidelines for Keeping Your Student Home                

 The beginning of any infectious illness is usually the time it is most likely to spread to others.  This is also the time your student is probably feeling unable to participate in class. In order to keep everyone healthy, we ask that you observe the following guidelines and keep your student home if  s/he exhibits any of the following:

• Fever, vomiting, or diarrhea: Your student should remain home for 24 hours after symptoms end.
•  Colds / respiratory viruses: Keep your student home at the beginning of a cold.  This is also the time when one is most infectious and least likely to feel well enough to participate in class. When s/he feels better and no longer has a persistent cough, it is permissible to return to school.
• Strep throat: Your student may return to school after taking the antibiotic for 24 hours, feeling better, and being free of symptoms.
• Chicken pox: Your student should stay home until there are no new lesions and all existing lesions have scabbed over. 
• Eye: Any eye infection must be treated by a physician before the student returns to school. If antibiotic therapy is prescribed, the student must remain home for at least 24 hours after treatment has begun and must be free of eye drainage.
• Open sores on skin: All skin lesions must be covered by a bandage or clothing during the school day. This may include impetigo, ring worm, scabies, and other fungal, bacterial or viral skin infections.
• Generalized skin rash: Any student with an undiagnosed skin rash must be seen by a physician for diagnosis and/or treatment before returning to school with a note from the health care provider.
• Head lice: Your student may return to school only after treatment with lice shampoo.

A student will be sent home from school if s/he has any of the above conditions and/or  has a  temperature of 101°F or more.