“Why Did We Ever Send Sick Kids to School?”

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There is no childcare for sick children. You can't send them to daycare or school. Period. As a parent, it is YOUR job to care for your child when they are sick. Exclusively. Period. It is the fault of YOUR boss and YOUR job if you can't take a sick day to care for your child. It is ridiculous to suggest we should have "school" (babysitting) available for 365 days a year to accommodate your employer. Do you know how much that would cost taxpayers? We are not a babysitting service, and we are certainly not an infirmary. As a teacher, I'm absolutely not responsible for advocating for your sick leave, nor would you advocate for teachers to get additional sick leave to account for all the illnesses we contract being exposed to your sick children. I already see threads here complaining every time their child's teacher calls out, as if it is any of their business why. In the past, I have reached out to let parents know I would be out on x day (as a courtesy, not a requirement), and had them ask me the reason for the absence. Totally inappropriate.

Is anyone else floored by the tone of this post? I mean, the complete contempt for parents and kids is just stunning. The complete lack of empathy for parents who aren't privileged enough to have sick leave and backup childcare is just stunning. And I tend to agree that sick kids should be kept home whenever possible.

This attitude, right here, is why parents are losing patience with teachers.

I probably would have been shocked by it a year ago but now it doesn’t even register with me. They hate us and hate our kids. Sad but true.

What kind of attitude do you expect from a group of people you spend all day vilifying? That we would be thrilled to contract your germs and agree that whatever you’re doing all day is much more important than parenting? If I hear one more time that returning to school is “a risk we must take” I will scream. You don’t mean we-you mean teachers and school staff, and the “risk” is death.

In this thread you have parents arguing that because it’s stressful for their child to have to make up work that they’ll come to school ill. As an adult with a job, I’m also expected to make up anything I miss when I’m out, even if it means working more than usual for a few days. Why should your 16 year old be any different? In college, your high schooler will also have to independently complete make up work. That’s life.

There are also parents here saying that they’re not responsible for “protecting teachers from every germ”. If anyone had actually read the article that this thread is supposed to discuss, it was written by a parent whose asthmatic child is often hospitalized after exposure to “minor” illnesses at school. When I was a student in elementary school, the principal had to send out a pleading letter to families to stop sending kids who were queasy or had diarrhea to school because there was a nasty stomach bug going around and one of the first graders was undergoing treatment for leukemia. It could have killed the child. It doesn’t just impact teachers. We know you hate teachers and they should be exposed to all your children’s germs to punish them for being so selfish and terrible, but unfortunately you can’t control who gets sick when you send Johnny to school with the flu (I mean, “a cough and a low grade fever” per the parent I was responding to).

If you are a teacher, you aren't doing your profession any favors as you continually reinforce the fact that you are hostile, dismissive, and not particularly bright. Otherwise, you would understand that public health guidance changes depending on the prevailing public health concerns. What was once not a reason to exclude a child from school, i.e. a cold, requires school exclusion in the age of COVID. Similarly, in my school, diarrhea was not a reason to exclude children from school as long as there is no blood or mucus in the stools and it could be contained in the toilet (and the child could participate in activities). However, in the situation you describe, when there is an outbreak of a viral illness or a child who is immunocompromised, that advice might change. It doesn't make parents who heeded the guidelines monsters or villains.

Personally, I think the part of the article that mentions the problem of kids coming to school with "snot" is ridiculous. That's a cold, and keeping kids out of school for every would result in weeks, of not months, of missed school. I know it's not important to you, but we, as a society, need to make compromises for the sake of education.

As to making up work, the point isn't that kids have to make up the work. The point is that teachers don't give them the opportunity to make it up. So if you want to encourage sick teenagers to stay home, have a chat with your colleagues and look in the mirror and ask why they aren't more helpful to teenagers who have been out sick. That's completely on the teaching profession, not parents.

Teachers are stupid because they don’t agree that it’s cool to send your kids to school with active diarrhea? That’s a wild take. Further, did your child needs help in the bathroom, you’ll also be getting a call. There’s no way I’m calling administration to cover my class so I can expose myself to your child’s bodily fluids, when you, the parent, knowingly sent them to school sick. This is why schools are closed in so many areas, sorry. Parents think that school means abdicating all parental responsibility, five days a week. It does not, whether you work or not. Teachers know this attitude won’t change this year or next, when COVID will certainly still be circulating. Oftentimes COVID symptoms present as cold symptoms in children. You’re not going to be able to send a coughing child to school, nor a child with a headache, a runny nose, or a sore throat. This is the new normal, and you’ll have to get them tested if you want to return them to school, or complete a mandatory quarantine period.

If you think every person with a compromised immune system is known to you, you’re living in a fantasy world. You have a responsibility to the community to prevent the spread of viral illnesses by keeping your child home when sick. You admit that you don’t intend to do that. Conversation over.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:An overemphasis on attendance puts students’ health at risk and instills the value of working through illness. The pandemic has made it clear how dangerous that is.
The Atlantic
https://apple.news/AfkGdW9-7RoyFjlRj0Ks7Mg

This article corroborated what DH and I already noticed about asthmatic teen DD who started academics at age 3 in a preschool for advanced students: she hasn’t had so much as a cold this year. She has not needed medications we normally administer religiously so that she doesn’t get sick so that she doesn’t miss school —the place that makes her sick 🤯

Well, I didn't send mine to school sick. That's part of having a child. You figure it out, staying home or paying for it. We have no family here, either. So it was just on us.

[Anonymous]

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There is no childcare for sick children. You can't send them to daycare or school. Period. As a parent, it is YOUR job to care for your child when they are sick. Exclusively. Period. It is the fault of YOUR boss and YOUR job if you can't take a sick day to care for your child. It is ridiculous to suggest we should have "school" (babysitting) available for 365 days a year to accommodate your employer. Do you know how much that would cost taxpayers? We are not a babysitting service, and we are certainly not an infirmary. As a teacher, I'm absolutely not responsible for advocating for your sick leave, nor would you advocate for teachers to get additional sick leave to account for all the illnesses we contract being exposed to your sick children. I already see threads here complaining every time their child's teacher calls out, as if it is any of their business why. In the past, I have reached out to let parents know I would be out on x day (as a courtesy, not a requirement), and had them ask me the reason for the absence. Totally inappropriate.

Is anyone else floored by the tone of this post? I mean, the complete contempt for parents and kids is just stunning. The complete lack of empathy for parents who aren't privileged enough to have sick leave and backup childcare is just stunning. And I tend to agree that sick kids should be kept home whenever possible.

This attitude, right here, is why parents are losing patience with teachers.

I'm a parent. And I get absolutely LIVID when people send their kids to school sick. Not a cold, but sick. My child has had all sorts of illness b/c selfish parents can't be bothered to keep their kids home when sick.

EVERY. SINGLE. YEAR until this year, I've had 1 or more emails sent home admonishing parents for sending their kids to school with diarrhea, fevers, etc., but on meds to get them through the initial day. They go to the clinic and MAYBE parents pick them up. In the meantime, they've infected half the school. It's ridiculous.

I don't care what you think of my tone.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

There is no childcare for sick children. You can't send them to daycare or school. Period. As a parent, it is YOUR job to care for your child when they are sick. Exclusively. Period. It is the fault of YOUR boss and YOUR job if you can't take a sick day to care for your child. It is ridiculous to suggest we should have "school" (babysitting) available for 365 days a year to accommodate your employer. Do you know how much that would cost taxpayers? We are not a babysitting service, and we are certainly not an infirmary. As a teacher, I'm absolutely not responsible for advocating for your sick leave, nor would you advocate for teachers to get additional sick leave to account for all the illnesses we contract being exposed to your sick children. I already see threads here complaining every time their child's teacher calls out, as if it is any of their business why. In the past, I have reached out to let parents know I would be out on x day (as a courtesy, not a requirement), and had them ask me the reason for the absence. Totally inappropriate.

Is anyone else floored by the tone of this post? I mean, the complete contempt for parents and kids is just stunning. The complete lack of empathy for parents who aren't privileged enough to have sick leave and backup childcare is just stunning. And I tend to agree that sick kids should be kept home whenever possible.

This attitude, right here, is why parents are losing patience with teachers.

I'm a parent. And I get absolutely LIVID when people send their kids to school sick. Not a cold, but sick. My child has had all sorts of illness b/c selfish parents can't be bothered to keep their kids home when sick.

EVERY. SINGLE. YEAR until this year, I've had 1 or more emails sent home admonishing parents for sending their kids to school with diarrhea, fevers, etc., but on meds to get them through the initial day. They go to the clinic and MAYBE parents pick them up. In the meantime, they've infected half the school. It's ridiculous.

I don't care what you think of my tone.

Fevers, vomitting, etc. Fine. They should stay home. Cold - no (at least pre-COVID).

The person in the article complained about snotty kids coming to school. That's a cold and that is a selfish, unjustified demand (before COVID) that all kids with cold symptoms like a runny nose be kept home from school.

[Anonymous]

I hope that after the pandemic, some things remain like greater attention to hand washing, mask wearing, and staying home if sick. Hopefully there will be more understanding on both sides, parents keeping kids home, and teachers making it easier for kids to make up work. When my kids were younger, I dreaded any illness both from the perspective of time off from work, but even more so in terms of keeping up. We had several teachers who took a week or more to respond to emails, and it was impossible to make up missed work without getting hopelessly behind.

I agree with teachers about how ridiculous it is that pre-pandemic, there was never soap in the bathrooms. How is that acceptable on any level? Hand washing is the most important thing we can do to stop the spread of all types of illnesses and that needs to be prioritized. My kids attend private school, and they are in a steady routine of sanitizing their hands before and after every class, wiping down their desks at the end of each class, and washing well each time they use the bathroom. I would love to see all of these continue.

When it comes to colds, which with five kids were the bane of my existence when they were younger, I would gladly send my kids to school with masks anytime they were unwell but did not meet the criteria for exclusion from school. That would include lingering colds and even allergies if it would make people more comfortable.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

There is no childcare for sick children. You can't send them to daycare or school. Period. As a parent, it is YOUR job to care for your child when they are sick. Exclusively. Period. It is the fault of YOUR boss and YOUR job if you can't take a sick day to care for your child. It is ridiculous to suggest we should have "school" (babysitting) available for 365 days a year to accommodate your employer. Do you know how much that would cost taxpayers? We are not a babysitting service, and we are certainly not an infirmary. As a teacher, I'm absolutely not responsible for advocating for your sick leave, nor would you advocate for teachers to get additional sick leave to account for all the illnesses we contract being exposed to your sick children. I already see threads here complaining every time their child's teacher calls out, as if it is any of their business why. In the past, I have reached out to let parents know I would be out on x day (as a courtesy, not a requirement), and had them ask me the reason for the absence. Totally inappropriate.

Is anyone else floored by the tone of this post? I mean, the complete contempt for parents and kids is just stunning. The complete lack of empathy for parents who aren't privileged enough to have sick leave and backup childcare is just stunning. And I tend to agree that sick kids should be kept home whenever possible.

This attitude, right here, is why parents are losing patience with teachers.

I'm a parent. And I get absolutely LIVID when people send their kids to school sick. Not a cold, but sick. My child has had all sorts of illness b/c selfish parents can't be bothered to keep their kids home when sick.

EVERY. SINGLE. YEAR until this year, I've had 1 or more emails sent home admonishing parents for sending their kids to school with diarrhea, fevers, etc., but on meds to get them through the initial day. They go to the clinic and MAYBE parents pick them up. In the meantime, they've infected half the school. It's ridiculous.

I don't care what you think of my tone.

Fevers, vomitting, etc. Fine. They should stay home. Cold - no (at least pre-COVID).

The person in the article complained about snotty kids coming to school. That's a cold and that is a selfish, unjustified demand (before COVID) that all kids with cold symptoms like a runny nose be kept home from school.

Exactly. I'm sure there are parents who send in their kids anyway with a dose of Tylenol, but they are either hard pressed at work or just truly irresponsible. I think the former is more likely. But in classic DCUM fashion, things here are always extreme and then you have people demanding that kids stay home with a sniffle.

High school is a whole different ball game and that's on the teachers. I am a high school teacher and I have heard so many sick kids telling me why they can't possibly stay home because they'll get so behind. So teens will drag themselves in with fevers and bad coughs. Teachers with unreasonable make up policies are often very callous in service to some "hard knocks life" ethos that helps no one, except themselves in some cases.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

There is no childcare for sick children. You can't send them to daycare or school. Period. As a parent, it is YOUR job to care for your child when they are sick. Exclusively. Period. It is the fault of YOUR boss and YOUR job if you can't take a sick day to care for your child. It is ridiculous to suggest we should have "school" (babysitting) available for 365 days a year to accommodate your employer. Do you know how much that would cost taxpayers? We are not a babysitting service, and we are certainly not an infirmary. As a teacher, I'm absolutely not responsible for advocating for your sick leave, nor would you advocate for teachers to get additional sick leave to account for all the illnesses we contract being exposed to your sick children. I already see threads here complaining every time their child's teacher calls out, as if it is any of their business why. In the past, I have reached out to let parents know I would be out on x day (as a courtesy, not a requirement), and had them ask me the reason for the absence. Totally inappropriate.

Is anyone else floored by the tone of this post? I mean, the complete contempt for parents and kids is just stunning. The complete lack of empathy for parents who aren't privileged enough to have sick leave and backup childcare is just stunning. And I tend to agree that sick kids should be kept home whenever possible.

This attitude, right here, is why parents are losing patience with teachers.

I'm a parent. And I get absolutely LIVID when people send their kids to school sick. Not a cold, but sick. My child has had all sorts of illness b/c selfish parents can't be bothered to keep their kids home when sick.

EVERY. SINGLE. YEAR until this year, I've had 1 or more emails sent home admonishing parents for sending their kids to school with diarrhea, fevers, etc., but on meds to get them through the initial day. They go to the clinic and MAYBE parents pick them up. In the meantime, they've infected half the school. It's ridiculous.

I don't care what you think of my tone.

Fevers, vomitting, etc. Fine. They should stay home. Cold - no (at least pre-COVID).

The person in the article complained about snotty kids coming to school. That's a cold and that is a selfish, unjustified demand (before COVID) that all kids with cold symptoms like a runny nose be kept home from school.

Exactly. I'm sure there are parents who send in their kids anyway with a dose of Tylenol, but they are either hard pressed at work or just truly irresponsible. I think the former is more likely. But in classic DCUM fashion, things here are always extreme and then you have people demanding that kids stay home with a sniffle.

High school is a whole different ball game and that's on the teachers. I am a high school teacher and I have heard so many sick kids telling me why they can't possibly stay home because they'll get so behind. So teens will drag themselves in with fevers and bad coughs. Teachers with unreasonable make up policies are often very callous in service to some "hard knocks life" ethos that helps no one, except themselves in some cases.

Thank you! That's so true. Maybe there are policies that can be developed to encourage teachers to be more receptive when students ask for make up work? I know it's a pain for teachers, which is why kids want to avoid it. But what is the alternative? Higher level classes move pretty quickly anyway, do if you miss a week of school, it just isn't possible to make that up immediately when you recover and get right back on track. That's another thing I hope will come of the pandemic. If districts develop virtual academies, can they be used in situations when in person students have longer absences to avoid having them get so far behind?

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Because I’m not letting my kids miss 7 days of school for a low grade temperature.

If they continue to offer online classes I will keep them home.

If your kid has a fever for 7 days, you need to keep them home and take them to the doctor. WTF is wrong with you?

You can't take a kid to the doctor with a low grade fever, they basically say, call us back if it goes above 101. But after a few days, you push them to see you then they say, rest, advil and fluids.

Do you even have children! WTF is wrong with you?

If your kid has a fever for more than three days you need to take them to the doctor, not send them back to school. Duh.

If it is a low grade fever, there is no point in going to the doctor. It's a virus. That's it.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

There is no childcare for sick children. You can't send them to daycare or school. Period. As a parent, it is YOUR job to care for your child when they are sick. Exclusively. Period. It is the fault of YOUR boss and YOUR job if you can't take a sick day to care for your child. It is ridiculous to suggest we should have "school" (babysitting) available for 365 days a year to accommodate your employer. Do you know how much that would cost taxpayers? We are not a babysitting service, and we are certainly not an infirmary. As a teacher, I'm absolutely not responsible for advocating for your sick leave, nor would you advocate for teachers to get additional sick leave to account for all the illnesses we contract being exposed to your sick children. I already see threads here complaining every time their child's teacher calls out, as if it is any of their business why. In the past, I have reached out to let parents know I would be out on x day (as a courtesy, not a requirement), and had them ask me the reason for the absence. Totally inappropriate.

Is anyone else floored by the tone of this post? I mean, the complete contempt for parents and kids is just stunning. The complete lack of empathy for parents who aren't privileged enough to have sick leave and backup childcare is just stunning. And I tend to agree that sick kids should be kept home whenever possible.

This attitude, right here, is why parents are losing patience with teachers.

I'm a parent. And I get absolutely LIVID when people send their kids to school sick. Not a cold, but sick. My child has had all sorts of illness b/c selfish parents can't be bothered to keep their kids home when sick.

EVERY. SINGLE. YEAR until this year, I've had 1 or more emails sent home admonishing parents for sending their kids to school with diarrhea, fevers, etc., but on meds to get them through the initial day. They go to the clinic and MAYBE parents pick them up. In the meantime, they've infected half the school. It's ridiculous.

I don't care what you think of my tone.

Fevers, vomitting, etc. Fine. They should stay home. Cold - no (at least pre-COVID).

The person in the article complained about snotty kids coming to school. That's a cold and that is a selfish, unjustified demand (before COVID) that all kids with cold symptoms like a runny nose be kept home from school.

Exactly. I'm sure there are parents who send in their kids anyway with a dose of Tylenol, but they are either hard pressed at work or just truly irresponsible. I think the former is more likely. But in classic DCUM fashion, things here are always extreme and then you have people demanding that kids stay home with a sniffle.

High school is a whole different ball game and that's on the teachers. I am a high school teacher and I have heard so many sick kids telling me why they can't possibly stay home because they'll get so behind. So teens will drag themselves in with fevers and bad coughs. Teachers with unreasonable make up policies are often very callous in service to some "hard knocks life" ethos that helps no one, except themselves in some cases.

Thank you! That's so true. Maybe there are policies that can be developed to encourage teachers to be more receptive when students ask for make up work? I know it's a pain for teachers, which is why kids want to avoid it. But what is the alternative? Higher level classes move pretty quickly anyway, do if you miss a week of school, it just isn't possible to make that up immediately when you recover and get right back on track. That's another thing I hope will come of the pandemic. If districts develop virtual academies, can they be used in situations when in person students have longer absences to avoid having them get so far behind?

I'm the PP. Too many teachers thing dropping a class work assignment is a big deal but it's really not. I also forgot to mention the role of coaches. Kid can't play in the game if they are out sick, so they go to school sick and then play sports sick.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Because I’m not letting my kids miss 7 days of school for a low grade temperature.

If they continue to offer online classes I will keep them home.

If your kid has a fever for 7 days, you need to keep them home and take them to the doctor. WTF is wrong with you?

You can't take a kid to the doctor with a low grade fever, they basically say, call us back if it goes above 101. But after a few days, you push them to see you then they say, rest, advil and fluids.

Do you even have children! WTF is wrong with you?

If your kid has a fever for more than three days you need to take them to the doctor, not send them back to school. Duh.

If it is a low grade fever, there is no point in going to the doctor. It's a virus. That's it.

Right. Like COVID or the flu. And they can’t come to school. That’s it.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Because I’m not letting my kids miss 7 days of school for a low grade temperature.

If they continue to offer online classes I will keep them home.

If your kid has a fever for 7 days, you need to keep them home and take them to the doctor. WTF is wrong with you?

You can't take a kid to the doctor with a low grade fever, they basically say, call us back if it goes above 101. But after a few days, you push them to see you then they say, rest, advil and fluids.

Do you even have children! WTF is wrong with you?

If your kid has a fever for more than three days you need to take them to the doctor, not send them back to school. Duh.

If it is a low grade fever, there is no point in going to the doctor. It's a virus. That's it.

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Right. Like COVID or the flu. And they can’t come to school. That’s it.

Health officials have defined it.

The Maryland guidance on what is a "COVID-19-like illness" is:

"COVID-19-like illness is when a person has any one of the following: cough, shortness of
breath, difficulty breathing, new loss of taste or smell
OR at least 2 of the following: fever of
100.4o or higher (measured or subjective), chills or shaking chills, muscle aches, sore throat,
headache, nausea or vomiting, diarrhea, fatigue, and congestion or runny nose.

These symptoms require exclusion from school at this time. I was the PP who mentioned colds not requiring exclusion, and I was talking about pre-pandemic.

One other comment about this is that my kids attend private school using a hybrid model. Initially, I didn't want to send them in person at all, but our school has done a great job with its protocols so I gained confidence. I know that teacher using a concurrent model is not ideal for teachers and that it is much easier in private school with smaller classes. However, one thing I love about having concurrent teaching is that it's so easy to switch back and forth between in person and DL. If one of my kids has even the slightest symptom, it's perfectly ok for them to stay home and participate virtually. They aren't penalized and they don't miss out on anything.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Because I’m not letting my kids miss 7 days of school for a low grade temperature.

If they continue to offer online classes I will keep them home.

If your kid has a fever for 7 days, you need to keep them home and take them to the doctor. WTF is wrong with you?

You can't take a kid to the doctor with a low grade fever, they basically say, call us back if it goes above 101. But after a few days, you push them to see you then they say, rest, advil and fluids.

Do you even have children! WTF is wrong with you?

If your kid has a fever for more than three days you need to take them to the doctor, not send them back to school. Duh.

If it is a low grade fever, there is no point in going to the doctor. It's a virus. That's it.

Look at all the guidance from medical professionals out there. If it last longer than three days, you are supposed to have them seen.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I hope that after the pandemic, some things remain like greater attention to hand washing, mask wearing, and staying home if sick. Hopefully there will be more understanding on both sides, parents keeping kids home, and teachers making it easier for kids to make up work. When my kids were younger, I dreaded any illness both from the perspective of time off from work, but even more so in terms of keeping up. We had several teachers who took a week or more to respond to emails, and it was impossible to make up missed work without getting hopelessly behind.

I agree with teachers about how ridiculous it is that pre-pandemic, there was never soap in the bathrooms. How is that acceptable on any level? Hand washing is the most important thing we can do to stop the spread of all types of illnesses and that needs to be prioritized. My kids attend private school, and they are in a steady routine of sanitizing their hands before and after every class, wiping down their desks at the end of each class, and washing well each time they use the bathroom. I would love to see all of these continue.

When it comes to colds, which with five kids were the bane of my existence when they were younger, I would gladly send my kids to school with masks anytime they were unwell but did not meet the criteria for exclusion from school. That would include lingering colds and even allergies if it would make people more comfortable.

I suspect that going to school in a mask because you aren't feeling well, once this is all over, will be a ticket to the nurse & then home.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I hope that after the pandemic, some things remain like greater attention to hand washing, mask wearing, and staying home if sick. Hopefully there will be more understanding on both sides, parents keeping kids home, and teachers making it easier for kids to make up work. When my kids were younger, I dreaded any illness both from the perspective of time off from work, but even more so in terms of keeping up. We had several teachers who took a week or more to respond to emails, and it was impossible to make up missed work without getting hopelessly behind.

I agree with teachers about how ridiculous it is that pre-pandemic, there was never soap in the bathrooms. How is that acceptable on any level? Hand washing is the most important thing we can do to stop the spread of all types of illnesses and that needs to be prioritized. My kids attend private school, and they are in a steady routine of sanitizing their hands before and after every class, wiping down their desks at the end of each class, and washing well each time they use the bathroom. I would love to see all of these continue.

When it comes to colds, which with five kids were the bane of my existence when they were younger, I would gladly send my kids to school with masks anytime they were unwell but did not meet the criteria for exclusion from school. That would include lingering colds and even allergies if it would make people more comfortable.

I suspect that going to school in a mask because you aren't feeling well, once this is all over, will be a ticket to the nurse & then home.

I guess maybe if COVID-19 is endemic.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I have 5 sick days.

“ Like, they’re asked to complete these worksheets to catch up, but they weren’t in class for instruction. I remember one time when my kid was in 8th and out for a few days not too long before an exam. He came home with all of these math worksheets and was told he could have until the exam to turn in the worksheets. He didn’t know how to do the math. The teacher essentially said “well, you missed the instruction, so go ask your parents to catch you up.”

Yep. There is nothing on paper that actually EXPLAINS what the teacher is doing like you know a textbook!

If we only need textbooks, why do we have teachers?