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[quote=Anonymous]I work in an elementary school.  If the kid is a "frequent flyer" to the clinic then the clinic person (not a nurse) may know if their parents are home or not.  What is more likely the determining factor is do the parents answer the call in a timely manner, meaning answer or call back quickly when a message is left.  If that happens then the child might be more likely to get sent home, or the parents might be more likely to say I'll come get them now.

No decision on sending home or not is based on knowledge of the parents work situation that I know of.  More likely based on availability of parents and parents reaction to the call.

Saddest thing in this situation is when parents cannot be reached, emergency contact cannot be reached, parents don't return calls, etc. and the kid is stuck either in the clinic or back in class despite being sick.

I recall a few years back social worker going to the home, nobody answered the door even though we knew the mother was home caring for younger children.  Father was a doctor and after he was contacted at work he somehow got the mother to answer the door.  By the time all this happened the sick kid had been very sick at school for hours and it was almost the end of the day.[/quote]

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