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Exactly. Our school will automatically send home for fever 100.4+ or vomiting (you get a call saying to come pick child up immediately). Everything else-within reason-they will let kid rest a few minutes to evaluate & then call and ask parent what you want to do. I always pick my kids up in that scenario but not everyone does. A cough or “seeming sick” won’t get a kid sent home automatically unless there is a fever over 100.4 [/quote]

Forgot to add: at our school this decision is up to the nurse, not the teacher. Teacher doesn’t have discretion to send kids home. It’s up to the nurse. [/quote]

This.  I've had calls asking me to pick children up immediately.  In this case, the child had a fever above 100.4 or just vomited.  I've also had calls where my kid was feeling a bit sick and had either no fever or a temperature in the low 99 degrees.  In that case, the nurse has always asked if I'd like to pick up my child or send them back to class.  My kids have never even been sent to the nurse for the sniffles, and they certainly wouldn't have been sent home unless they also had a fever.

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