We don't have a nurse at my school, so the secretaries decide who goes home. Considering the number of plague carrying children who come back into the classroom, I don't think the parent's occupation plays a factor. Fever, vomiting, and whether or not the parent answers the phone seems to be the only criteria.

I’m a teacher and I have no clue what the parents in my class do for work.

I am not a SAHM but I work nights so am at home during the day if DS needs to be picked up. He's in 1st grade. We get called if they get sent to the nurses' station. Sometimes, if something seems minor but kid got sent anyways, the school gives us the choice of picking up DS. So in that case, I'd imagine SAHMs are more likely to just come get their kid if they weren't feeling well.

Anonymous wrote:Sadly, no. I am a SAHM and tell the teachers if mine is sick send them home and I've only been called once. Its really annoying as if they need the doctor, I'd rather go to the doctor than ER.

This is incredibly dramatic.

I can’t tell you whether any of my kids’ parents work, if they work out of home or in home, etc. no, if they call you, your kid is either sick or misbehaving and has to leave. That’s it.

Sadly, no. I am a SAHM and tell the teachers if mine is sick send them home and I've only been called once. Its really annoying as if they need the doctor, I'd rather go to the doctor than ER.

What are you expecting, bloody limbs and tuberculosis? Most childhood illnesses fall into sore throat or stomach ache.

I don’t really know which of my students have SAHMs. It’s not something I track.

I think it’s more likely that the nurse errs on the side of listening to the kid and the kids who know someone will come get them are more likely to complain vs. the kids who know that they will have to wait in the nurse’s office and then have an annoyed parent because they only had nebulous (specious depending on perspective) symptoms.

The nurse decides and the nurse doesn’t keep tabs on the parents employment situation in most cases.

who Is “pressing” them, your daughter? And is your daughter also interrogating to find out if there is a parent at home ?

In public schools, teachers don’t decide if the child should go home. The nurse does. Even in private, my DD’s teacher didn’t decide. The HOS made that call.

How does your kid know exactly how sick or not sick the kids going home are?

Huh?

Do teachers purposefully send students home that "complain" of being sick that have sahms? My daughter keeps telling me that a few of her friends have been going home because they are "sick" but when pressed further, it's just a sore throat or a stomache, etc....