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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I’m a teacher last week I got Covid from a student who was sent with a runny nose. I got a fever and was miserable and missed 2 days of school. Then my assistant got it- 3 days off with a fever. Yesterday the teacher next door to me got it and will miss at least 2 days. 
So now of course we don’t have subs and a few short weeks into the school year, we are all exhausted and splitting classes. 
So FCPS touting send kids to school with fever free symptoms is going to run their workforce into the ground and it is already running on fumes. 
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I am a parent and I support you. The principals need to listen to the teachers (and common sense).  It's so short-sighted to pressure sick kids to attend school, because then everyone starts getting sick, and the next thing is, schools will shut down because all the staff are sick.

Are the administrators getting bonuses for increasing attendance? Why aren't any of them standing up and saying, "we want all kids to attend every day, but we also know as professional educators that pushing sick kids to attend school will ultimately lead to even more absenteeism and disrupt learning."
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DP, ES teacher
I don’t expect a student to stay home with a runny nose, nor do I think they should. If the child is sick, of course they shouldn’t be in school, but it’s really not necessary to stay home due to minor cold and allergy symptoms.[/quote]

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