Parent Resources

If your child will be absent, please call the attendance line at 503-916-6121 or email Alameda Attendance and your child's teacher. Please state the reason for the absence, (illness, injury, appointment, etc). This needs to be done by 9:15 am or you will receive an autodialer call from the district.

Dated - 09/01/2022

Sick Policy
Along with PPS's daily self screening checklist, here is a quick and easy guideline provided by PPS and the Oregon Health Authority regarding symptoms related to illnesses. If you have questions, please call us at 503-916-6036

Student’s symptoms/diagnosed illness	Students may return to school when...
Fever greater than 100.4 degrees (orally)	Fever-free for 24 hours without taking fever-reducing medicine AND* after a Covid-19 test is negative, OR 10 days if not tested
New cough illness OR New difficulty breathing	Symptom-free for 24 hours AND after a Covid-19 test is negative, OR 10 days* if not tested. If diagnosed with pertussis (whooping cough), the student must take 5 days of prescribed antibiotics before returning.
Brown, gray, tan or yellow drainage from nose, eyes or any other part of the body	Discharge must be gone or student must have been on antibiotics for 24 hours and have written or phone consent from a medical doctor to school nurse
Vomiting/diarrhea	Symptom-free for 48 hours Diarrhea-3 loose or watery stools in a day OR not able to control bowel movements Vomitting-one or more episode that is unexplained
Rash or rash with fever — new or sudden onset	Rash disappears; written or phone consent from a medical doctor to school nurse
White, clay-colored, or bloody stool	White, clay-colored, or bloody stool
Yellow skin and/or eye color	Yellow skin and/or eye color
Brown or bloody urine	Brown or bloody urine
Stiff neck or headache with fever	Symptom-free or written/phone consent from a medical doctor to school nurse
Unusually sleepy, lethargic or grumpy	Symptom-free
Strep throat diagnosed by a medical doctor	Must have been on antibiotics for 24 hours and have written/phone consent from a medical doctor to school nurse; if no antibiotic given, call school nurse before sending child to school
After an illness of two or more weeks, surgery, or other change in health status	Written instructions from the doctor and parent regarding medication or special health needs must be provided to the school nurse