Untreated, ear infections can lead to more serious complications, including mastoiditis (a rare inflammation of a bone adjacent to the ear), hearing loss, perforation of the eardrum, meningitis, facial nerve paralysis, and possibly -- in adults -- Meniere's disease.
DHEC publishes the School and Childcare Exclusion List each year. The Exclusion List explains how long an ill child, student, school employee, or childcare employee should stay out of school or childcare, and what is needed before the child/student or employee is permitted to return.
If exclusion is to go ahead, a head teacher must inform parents or guardians of the period of exclusion, give reasons and inform parents that they have recourse to the school governors if they wish to have the decision reviewed.Most school governing bodies have a discipline committee to consider such reviews.They have the power to reinstate an excluded pupil after due deliberation. The governor's decision to uphold an exclusion may be appealed to an independent panel established by the local education authority.A pupil's education continues to be the responsibility of a school during all fixed periods of exclusion and until a permanent exclusion is finalised.ost school governing bodies have a discipline committee to consider such reviews. They have the power to reinstate an excluded pupil after due deliberation. The governor's decision to uphold an exclusion may be appealed to an independent panel established by the local education authority.