How sick is too sick for school?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Shooooooooooooot which busy & desperate parent in a bind hasn’t given fever reducer right before school & prayed for the best? Ideal? No. Necessary to keep a job in this world? Yes.

You need to keep a kid home 24 hours after a fever goes away. So if your kid is home from school with a fever and still has a fever at 2PM you gotta keep them home the next day from school. It hurts other parents who actually don't get paid leave or someone at home who is immunocompromised. My mom had cancer from when I was age 3-6 (and then died after) something like this would have really hurt her system and possibly killed her sooner. She was a single parent (dad died) and had limited help. I understand some people are desperate, but keep your kid at home when they have a fever/ diarrhea/ vomit/ lethargic/ etc. Please think of others, especially when you are priveledged (as many DCUM people are).

PP but I would send my kid home with a little runny nose and cough (as long as none of other symptoms). I also usually give my kid a Covid test even if have just runny nose and cough symptoms just to be safe.

Ugh meant to sayI would send them to school.

[Anonymous]

My daughter had a runny nose from October-March. We taught her how to wipe well and wash her hands (bathrooms/sinks inside the early grades' classrooms are so helpful). If the runny nose was accompanied by a persistent cough or fatigue, we kept her home.