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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Just keep in mind the kids - at least the little ones - tell us everything.

“Do you tell mommy you didn’t feel well?”
“Yes, but she told me she couldn’t stay home today.”

Or “Is anyone else sick at your house?”
“Yes, my brother threw up everything this morning.”

They tell us they took medicine, they tell us they asked to stay home, etc. And yes I have a touchless thermometer in my class and I use it. I also don’t let the sick kids do group work or come to the carpet. I feel badly for the 3 other kids at their table group. [/quote]

Why are you grilling these kids? I keep my kids home when they are sick but this is really obnoxious. If you want to silently judge the parents, fine. If you think a kid is sick enough to need to be picked up, send them to the nurse and call the parents. But quizzing the kids on whether they asked to stay home or their parent took their temperature? It's gross.

FYI, my kid has gone through phases of school resistance where she will ask to stay home with a tummy ache. It's because she has had some social issues with a girl in her class, and also because she just really likes staying home. I know when my kid is sick and when she's just trying to get out of school because she'd rather stay home and hang out with mommy and play with her toys in her room than deal with some nonsense on the playground. My sense is that you probably don't know any of the kids in your class well enough to understand those kind of nuances.[/quote]

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