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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]No one is talking about keeping kids with a little runny nose home. I had two students who were absolutely miserable today. Heads down on their desks, deep wet coughs that they didn’t have last week, clearly out of it. Their parents both avoided answering the school’s phone calls. The nurse put a mask on them and sent them back to class. I stayed far away from them all day, and I mask. I have two vulnerable relatives coming to my thanksgiving, and I know I’m not the only one. Their behavior is selfish. You have a busy day at work? Join the club! So do I and so do all the parents of the other kids in the class. I feel awful for the kids who are sitting in class, clearly ill, and I feel bad that the other parents aren’t witnessing this scene so they can decide to mask their own child. [/quote]

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I’m a teacher who posted upthread. Most teachers posting here aren’t asking you to keep recovering kids home. That’s unreasonable.

We’re asking you to keep VERY SICK kids home. Contrary to what some want to believe, this happens regularly. I have to stop class, find a colleague to cover, walk your child to the nurse, and sit with them as they call home. The nurse asks if they took medicine, and the answer is almost always yes. The kids are usually very truthful, admitting to waking up with a fever and taking medicine to coax it down. We hear it all. I then go back to my class full of students who lost instruction time. About 1/3 of the time, the sick child doesn’t get picked up.

I’ve already had to take 5 of my own sick days this year because of Covid and the flu. Yes, I know my job puts me at risk of getting sick. I can’t help but wonder, however, if I could stay a bit healthier if those who can keep sick kids home WOULD keep sick kids home. I have my own reasons to stay healthy, the top one being I hate leaving my class with subs.

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