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Notify your site staff if you are picking your child up from the classroom before the end of the school day
or if your child will be absent for any reason. Notifying the school office is not sufficient. If you do not
notify Adventure Connection of an absence you may be assessed a finder’s fee. Tuition is not credited for
absences.
If your child appears to be ill, you will be contacted and asked to pick them up. We will try to provide
your child with a quiet area to rest until you can arrive. If staff thinks it necessary, your health care
provider will be contacted. School district policy requires that children have no fever for 24 hours without
the use of fever reducing medications before returning.
Your child may be excluded from care if he or she is unable to participate in Adventure
Connection/Epic Summer activities due to illness or injury with reasonable comfort and/or requires more
care than staff can provide without compromising the health and safety of other children in their care.
If your child is in attendance, s/he will need to go outdoors with the rest of the group. Staff ratios do not
allow for some children to remain inside. Please plan accordingly when your child is recovering from an
illness.
If your child is diagnosed with a communicable disease, Minnesota State Law requires you to inform
Adventure Connection/Epic Summer within 24 hours. (Exclusive of weekends and holidays).
If your child is exposed to a communicable disease, Adventure Connection/Epic Summer staff will notify
you within 24 hours. (Exclusive of weekends and holidays).
If your child becomes ill or injured, appropriate first aid will be administered by trained
Adventure Connection/Epic Summer staff according to District 622 First Aid Guidelines. If the staff
determines that it is an emergency situation, 911 will be called. If determined necessary, the emergency
service personnel will transport your child to a medical facility as designated by the emergency services. A
parent or alternate listed in the registration information will be contacted as soon as possible. An attempt
to contact your child’s source of health care may also be made. Staff will not transport children.
If your child ingests a potentially poisonous substance, the Poison Control Center will be
contacted immediately and their instructions will be followed.
You are required to keep your emergency contact information updated and to return calls in a reasonable
amount of time to site staff reporting illness or other urgent situations. Failure to do so may jeopardize
your services.
Adventure Connection/Epic Summer follows District 622 Infectious Disease Exclusion Guidelines in
determining if your child is well enough to participate in the program. If you have questions, please refer
to your pamphlet ‘Is My Child Well Enough to go to School’, or your school health office.
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