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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]
Settle down, Suzy.

Let me explain how easy it is for this to happen to any student…including those with a perfect mother. Here’s what has happened at our school:

Kid complains of a headache or tummy ache or sneezes and has a runny nose or coughs three times over the course of an hour.

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It only takes one such “symptom” for a nervous teacher to send the kid to the health room and the end result could be quarantining the entire class unless/until the kid presents a negative covid test result. [/quote]

Almost none of the symptoms your listed are on the list of possible COVID symptoms for which a student will be sent home.

tummy ache?  Not on list
Runny nose?  Not on list.

Cough 3x over an hour?  Debatable what they mean by "cough" but to me it means the incessant coughing kids do when they are sick; not three times clearing your throat. I agree that this is a judgment call.

"headache" as in -- "my head hurts" just before reading class?  The list says SEVERE, new onset headache.   Kids who have that symptom look very ill.[/quote]

Well, our school has already had a handful of covid fire drills, and parents share everything over FB groups. These are the actual symptoms resulting in class quarantine situations. [/quote]

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