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[quote=Anonymous]I worked in a daycare center for years.   I was also the director of a large daycare center and taught kindergarten and first grade in the public schools.  My experience is that most (not all) working parents will drop their children off, sick or not, if they think they can get away with it.  It's pretty common for sick kids to come in without much fever.  You can tell by looking at them that they are ill.  And sure enough, six hours later when the motrin wears off, their fever goes up.  Of course, by then it's mid-afternoon.  You can call the parents....and they'll come.  But they'll drag it out until about 3-4pm.  In other words, they do whatever they can not to miss work.  Every teacher and daycare provider knows this.  But there isn't much you can do about it when they policy is "fever over 100.6".  Technically, a child should not return to school or daycare until they have been fever free for 24 hours.  But that policy isn't enforced in any daycare or school I've ever taught in.

If that offends, I'm apologize.  That's my experience.[/quote]

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