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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Teacher here and I also have a kid with a cold, PCR says not covid. Not sure you’d be happy if I had a sub for a week while I stay home with my kid who feels perfectly fine and just has a mild cough. What do you suggest I do? Spouse is a front line worker and can’t take off. Would love your suggestions so your kids don’t miss out on a week of education.[/quote]

I'm usually in the defend-the-teacher camp, but come on!  Do you really get a sub every time your own kid is sick but you are not??  I've almost never missed work for this (have contingency plans in place for child care, knowing that they are sure to be sick sometimes and I have to go to work!)[/quote]

What possible contingencies could you have in place to care for your sick kid that doesn’t involve a parent or parent-like figure taking care of them? Seriously? Do you have some expensive nanny service on speed dial? Seriously, share your secrets cause I don’t know anyone who “doesn’t miss work when their kids are sick.” Who are you??[/quote]

There are 'sick day' child care options-- you can find at-home sitters on online matching services that have opted into this kind of emergency coverage (though not for Covid).  There are also some daycares who have a sickroom available.  In addition, my spouse and I designed somewhat staggered schedules so that one of us (not always the same one) can be available if necessary.  For instance, he works 10 hour days and thus has a shorter week.  And his telework schedule is different from mine.  There are times when our workdays overlap, but we have identified which days are easier for him to take off (in terms of work obligations and meetings) and which are okay for me to take off.

So if there's a surprise illness in the morning, it will fall on whomever is home getting the kid off to school and that could mean that person having to call in sick.  But by the second day, we can often cobble something together that's not very disrputive to our worklives (certaintly that doesn't mean one parent calling in sick for a full week!)[/quote]

https://www.nannypoppinz.com/services/sick-childcare-services.html[/quote]

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