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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I teach at the elementary level. Yesterday afternoon, I had a student repeatedly vomit in the classroom. I escorted the child to the health room and mom came to pick up the child from school. Well, the child was back in school today. The health tech called the parent who said the child felt better and “insisted” on coming to school today. Since the child didn’t have a fever, child was allowed to stay in school. There is a stomach virus going around the building. This wasn’t a case of the child ate something for lunch and it disagreed with them. This kid was vomiting large amounts over and over again. The child looked sick and miserable all day long. However, since child’s temperature was normal, there wasn’t a thing that could be done.

[b]Parent won’t respond to phone calls, so I’m out of luck there.[/b]

Please keep your sick kids at home. Please.[/quote]

I'm surprised.  At our school, the child would be sent to the nurse's office to wait for pickup and they would keep calling the parent.  And the child would be marked as out sick.[/quote]

I also teach ES—my reaction to this chain of events would be to assume there’s a work-specific reason the parent can’t keep the child home.  Two days left, OP.  Two days.[/quote]

Work-specific excuse - [b]not [/b]an excuse in my book

Back up childcare is a must.  It's just irresponsible of parents to assume the school will take care of their sick child.  Find a sitter!  [b]Pay a stay-at-home mom to watch your kid. [/b] Take leave!

sorry - But we teachers are not babysitters.[/quote]

LOL yeah no thank you. -SAHM[/quote]

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