Must be fever free before going back to school?

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Anonymous wrote:The level of babying the shit out of everyone is over the top! It's a good thing they don't take temps at the door no one would be in school, ever.

We know you're trolling and sockpuppeting. Mostly because you are vile and a very shitty writer. Why did you have kids if you don't want to take care of them when they are sick? This has nothing to do with babying you idiot. It's about not infecting others with your shit.

Do you believe that all of the kids in school are not sick???? Does that even make sense to you? Everyone is going in sick, not even realizing that they are sick. My kiddo said absolutely nothing to me last night or this morning before going to school about not feeling good. For this theory of "everyone go home" to work they would have to check temps at the door. Thank God they don't do that because kids are constantly sick.

You are a complete dumbass. It must be nice to be able to stay home with kids non-stop. WTF? Are you serious right now I can't tell.

I’m the teacher who posted above. When you send your feverish child to school, others suffer. Period.

I missed 5 days, meaning 140 students didn’t have access to their teacher.

I do care about other people. I just don't think that this makes sense. If we knew for sure that kids didn't have a fever, that would be one thing, but that's not really how it works. It would make more sense to have everyone fight it off at once. We went to school sick as kids.

I can’t see my mother because I can’t take illness to her. But at least that’s better than my coworker who took the flu to her husband with cancer recently.

I have a student who was recently hospitalized because of what he caught at school.

So it’s “just a sick kid” to you, but I see the domino effect every day. When you send your sick child, you create major issues for others. Sometimes it turns serious.

But nobody can make you care about other people, I guess.

I care about other people. But this logic does not make sense. We went to school sick and everyone fought off whatever the bug was. Since we know that kids go to school sick anyways, you might as well scratch the idea of keep them fever free. Maybe have a red day or week type of announcement so those that have a weak immune systems can keep their kids out or wear masks.

So the kids with weakened immune systems should stay home so your sick child can go to school? SERIOUSLY?

And what about the teachers? There are 3 million (or more) in the US. Some are also immunocompromised, or they live with people who are. Want them to stay home, too? You realize we already have shortage of people willing to deal with the stress of teaching, right?

So all of these people (immunocompromised students, teachers, etc.) should make accommodations for you? So you can offload your sick child and go about your day?

Yeah, kind of like what doctors do. If you ask a pediatric nurse or doctor they will tell you that they used to get sick all of the time and now they don't anymore.

There are more kids that get sick at once than there are people with autoimmune issues.

You are selfish and it's not how it works. I have a horrible genetic illness and autoimmune issues. If I get sick monthly, which happens, it doesn't make me stronger, it makes me more sick. Thanks to people like you have had all kinds of issues because of having to take regular antibiotics and steroids and because of those it lands me in the hospital regularly. How about coming over and taking care of my kids when I'm hospitalized because of your selfish behavior.

Your case proves the point. If the kids all got sick at the same time and got over the sickness at once, wouldn't it reduce the window of infection? This bug seems to last for weeks and weeks on end. it's obviously not just my behavior or there wouldn't be a problem. Most parents send the kids in no matter what. Let's try something different because the rule does not make sense.

DP. The rules are logical and they exist to benefit the community. If you are feverish, you are likely very contagious. STAY HOME until you are fever free for 24 hours, and then we can keep your disease from spreading exponentially.

You choose not to follow this because you think your convenience is more important than your child’s comfort or the community’s well-being. You don’t mind putting others at risk because it doesn’t actually impact you. Why should you care if your kid’s 101 fever in the classroom sends a teacher’s spouse to the ICU?

And no, most parents are good members of the community. Those on this thread who send in their sick kids are the minority (thankfully). But they do plenty of damage because of their selfishness.

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Anonymous wrote:The level of babying the shit out of everyone is over the top! It's a good thing they don't take temps at the door no one would be in school, ever.

We know you're trolling and sockpuppeting. Mostly because you are vile and a very shitty writer. Why did you have kids if you don't want to take care of them when they are sick? This has nothing to do with babying you idiot. It's about not infecting others with your shit.

Do you believe that all of the kids in school are not sick???? Does that even make sense to you? Everyone is going in sick, not even realizing that they are sick. My kiddo said absolutely nothing to me last night or this morning before going to school about not feeling good. For this theory of "everyone go home" to work they would have to check temps at the door. Thank God they don't do that because kids are constantly sick.

You are a complete dumbass. It must be nice to be able to stay home with kids non-stop. WTF? Are you serious right now I can't tell.

I’m the teacher who posted above. When you send your feverish child to school, others suffer. Period.

I missed 5 days, meaning 140 students didn’t have access to their teacher.

I do care about other people. I just don't think that this makes sense. If we knew for sure that kids didn't have a fever, that would be one thing, but that's not really how it works. It would make more sense to have everyone fight it off at once. We went to school sick as kids.

I can’t see my mother because I can’t take illness to her. But at least that’s better than my coworker who took the flu to her husband with cancer recently.

I have a student who was recently hospitalized because of what he caught at school.

So it’s “just a sick kid” to you, but I see the domino effect every day. When you send your sick child, you create major issues for others. Sometimes it turns serious.

But nobody can make you care about other people, I guess.

I care about other people. But this logic does not make sense. We went to school sick and everyone fought off whatever the bug was. Since we know that kids go to school sick anyways, you might as well scratch the idea of keep them fever free. Maybe have a red day or week type of announcement so those that have a weak immune systems can keep their kids out or wear masks.

Or your could just follow the rules and keep your sick kid at home!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Must. Be. A. Robot. Just blankly follow rules. Don't ask questions.

You don’t like the rules perhaps you should homeschool? Take your own advice.

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Anonymous wrote:OP wins for worst person on DCUM today. Maybe even this week.

Why for using logic and reason? Way to stay open-minded for trying things in a new way. wow. Way to be forward thinking.

We are using science as our reasoning instead of BS “logic” like you. You just want to find justification for being incredibly selfish and irresponsible.

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24 hours without a fever is a waste of a school day. Um, no you should not be out of school for no f'cking reason. Remember all kids deserve an education.

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Anonymous wrote:The level of babying the shit out of everyone is over the top! It's a good thing they don't take temps at the door no one would be in school, ever.

We know you're trolling and sockpuppeting. Mostly because you are vile and a very shitty writer. Why did you have kids if you don't want to take care of them when they are sick? This has nothing to do with babying you idiot. It's about not infecting others with your shit.

Do you believe that all of the kids in school are not sick???? Does that even make sense to you? Everyone is going in sick, not even realizing that they are sick. My kiddo said absolutely nothing to me last night or this morning before going to school about not feeling good. For this theory of "everyone go home" to work they would have to check temps at the door. Thank God they don't do that because kids are constantly sick.

You are a complete dumbass. It must be nice to be able to stay home with kids non-stop. WTF? Are you serious right now I can't tell.

Oh now you're changing your story. No one is talking about you sending your kid to school thinking all is well. You were arguing that its not big deal to send kids with fever to school and that we are babying them too much by keeping them at home. You are an idiot.

You absolutely should stay at home with your sick kids. I don't give a shit about your reasons why you don't think it's a good idea or it's too inconvenient for you.

Ok, I'm an idiot. I think you just need to call me that to make yourself feel better. That's very small of you. I think I will try to see if there is a way you can have your kids say no to getting their temps checked.

There isn’t and there shouldn’t be precisely because of people like you.

Yeah. I am definitely going to push for this. I wonder if the reason for the exemption could be something like an invasion of privacy or personal space.

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Anonymous wrote:24 hours without a fever is a waste of a school day. Um, no you should not be out of school for no f'cking reason. Remember all kids deserve an education.

They do. You are correct. This is why I’ll allow your child to meet with me for extra tutoring, etc.

But “no reason”? Keeping the community healthy is a very good reason to stay home.

I’m right. You’re wrong. That’s it.

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Does anyone actually know what happens if your kid returns to school without a fever the day after they were sent home for having a fever?

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Anonymous wrote:Does anyone actually know what happens if your kid returns to school without a fever the day after they were sent home for having a fever?

You don’t even care about your own kids much less anyone else’s. Truly disgusting.

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Anonymous wrote:Does anyone actually know what happens if your kid returns to school without a fever the day after they were sent home for having a fever?

You don’t even care about your own kids much less anyone else’s. Truly disgusting.

For wanting them to go to school with no fever. Yeah. I’m the bad guy. WTF? Fine I picked them up because they have a fever and now the school wants them out the next day even if they don’t have a fever. That’s a wasteful day off.

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Anonymous wrote:When did this start??? If your kid goes to the nurse, what makes the nurse take a temperature? If your kid has OTC meds for headaches and they go in just saying they want their meds - is the nurse required to take their temperature?

On a side note, what happens if you send your kid to school the next day after having to pick them up for school because of a fever of 100.4?

We always take a temp.
Feverfree 24 hours without medication.
Please follow the guidance.

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Anonymous wrote:Does anyone actually know what happens if your kid returns to school without a fever the day after they were sent home for having a fever?

You don’t even care about your own kids much less anyone else’s. Truly disgusting.

For wanting them to go to school with no fever. Yeah. I’m the bad guy. WTF? Fine I picked them up because they have a fever and now the school wants them out the next day even if they don’t have a fever. That’s a wasteful day off.

Staying home for at least 24 hours after a fever subsides, without the use of fever-reducing medications, is recommended to reduce the risk of spreading contagious illnesses, particularly respiratory viruses like the flu.

A fever, especially a temperature of 100.4°F (38°C) or higher, is a sign that your child's body is fighting off an infection, which could be contagious.

For the past two months, so many students have been out sick. In my own classroom, I have had students with flu, Covid, strep, and norovirus. Several kids have had two of these illnesses simultaneously or had one and then another within days. I have also been out sick with all of the above, plus a sinus infection and bronchitis.

I beg you to follow the guidance and keep your child home for the requested timeframe. It’s not fair to the other students and staff who are exposed unnecessarily to these illnesses. As you may already know, it is extremely difficult to obtain substitute teachers. As a result, classes are often split among other classes at the grade level. This is bad for everyone. Please keep your children home until they are fever free without the use of medicine for the 24 hours requested.

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Anonymous wrote:Does anyone actually know what happens if your kid returns to school without a fever the day after they were sent home for having a fever?

You don’t even care about your own kids much less anyone else’s. Truly disgusting.

For wanting them to go to school with no fever. Yeah. I’m the bad guy. WTF? Fine I picked them up because they have a fever and now the school wants them out the next day even if they don’t have a fever. That’s a wasteful day off.

It’s 24 hours fever-free and you know it.

And guess what? Your child doesn’t miraculously feel better because the fever is down. So you’re comfortable sending your miserable kid to school?

Then I have to stop teaching and tend to your child. And I can’t tell you how bad I feel for the children who are pushed at the school still actively sick. They are miserable and they aren’t learning.

The nurse gets involved, we call home, and often the parent takes a long time to come. If they come at all.

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what is wrong with you! it has always been the case that you don't send kids to school with a fever!

dolt!

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Anonymous wrote:Fever means your kid is infectious. You keep them home till fever-free WITHOUT fever-reducing meds for 24 hrs.

OP is obviously trolling, but you’re also incorrect. You can have a fever without being infectious- for example, ear infection, UTI etc.

You don't get a fever with a UTI or ear infection. You are trolling. You keep them home till its normal again.

wrong

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Obviously not everyone believes in this rule. Yes out of school during the fever but when the fever is gone - go back. None of this wait 24 hours for nothing.