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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]The people who send sick kids to school are probably not on this board. This board is full of high income white collar workers. People who send very sick kids to school are probably hourly wage earners who cannot afford a sick day.[/quote]

That isn't my experience.  My experience matches the OP's that the kids who come to school sick are most likely to be higher income.  It's an entitlement issue.  Low income families who live on the edge have empathy for other families and figure out a solution that doesn't expose other children to illness.  [/quote]

It doesn't divide along these lines. It's actually not a class issue.

Some people send kids to school sick and others don't. You see this issue at Title 1 schools with high FARMs populations and you also see it at elite privates or schools in wealthy districts.

My kid attends a Title 1 DCPS and we have friends at the school across the socioeconomic spectrum. I know families at all socioeconomic levels who are really careful about illness and get really mad when other kids come in sick. Of the two moms who are most likely to text me if their kid has even the hint of a cough after hanging out with my kid, one is UMC and the other is working class. And likewise I've heard about kids throwing up in the classroom or coming to school clearly lethargic with a fever and falling asleep in classes, and they include kids with families at all income levels.

This is not a class issue, it's a values issue. [/quote]

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