A student will not be admitted to Cologne Academy if the building nurse suspects a student may have a contagious or communicable disease that has not been treated.  According to the Minnesota Department of Health guidelines, students be excluded from school for the following reasons:

1. Fever of 100 degrees or more, the student needs to stay home for 24 hours after the temperature returns to normal, without fever reducers.
2. Vomiting or diarrhea, the student needs to stay home until 24 hours after the last episode.
3. Any undiagnosed rash at the nurse’s discretion, the student needs to see the physician before admittance to school.
4. Chickenpox, may return to school after the last pox have scabbed over, usually 7-10 days.
5. Uncontrolled cough.
6. Influenza, readmit when child feels well, and fever-free for 24 hours.
7. Impetigo, may return to school 24 hours after treatment.
8. Lice, may return after treatment and no live lice present.
9. Pink eye, may return after 24 hours of treatment or no pus-like drainage.
10. Ringworm, may return 24 hours after treatment.
11. Scabies, may return 24 hours after treatment.
12. Strep throat, may return 24 hours after antibiotic treatment.
13. Pinworm, may return after treatment.
14. Hand, foot, and mouth disease, may return 24 hours after fever free.