WTF?

[Not_Giving_Up]

So, my son tells me tonight that he went to the school nurse today, with a sore throat. He had a fever of 99.9, but the nurse didn't even call me. Her reason - "You've missed too much school lately." Well, he had bronchitis, and missed 4 days from that. A week later, he was sent home with fever and body aches. After that, he's been running unexplained fevers with no other symptoms, and the pediatrician doesn't seem concerned enough to run bloodwork or anything.

My kids don't miss school to go on vacation (I know some who do)...They only miss when they are sick. I define sick as fever or puking. They keep getting sick over and over because the damn nurse keeps sick kids at school to infect the other kids!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[Floogeldy]

1. Telephone the Center For Disease Control

Or just deal with it.

Whichever.

[Dave Reynolds]

2. Is it up to the nurse

to tell anyone how much school they can miss?

Sumpin' wrong there.

[Not_Giving_Up]

5. The last time I checked, no!

She doesn't get to make that call. If the kid has a fever, the kid goes home. That's supposed to be the policy. I don't want him missing any more school than he has to, but if he's sick, he's sick!

[Dave Reynolds]

8. Absolutely.

She shouldn't risk causing the spread of anything to other kids, and your kid should be home resting and taking in fluids and watching bad TV like I did when I was a sick kid.

The illness going around this neck of the woods is damn nasty.

[Not_Giving_Up]

9. Right

When he got bronchitis, they told me that they had the flu, strep, pnuemonia, and bronchitis all going around.

[bhobbhobbins]

3. man, i wish i could go back and yell at some of my teachers

in kindergarden i had these two teachers that would only let you use the restroom once a day...well i had to go twice, and they said no, so i ended up pissing myself....the fact that i still remember that to this day(im 24 now) shows that it wasn't a very healthy thing to do to a 5 year old boy.

[Not_Giving_Up]

7. That made me think

Last year, he had something going on that made him need to pee more frequently than normal. He had been to the doctor, they found traces of blood in his urine, and we were waiting to get in to a urologist. I found out that he was only allowed to ask to go to the bathroom twice a week (outside of class bathroom breaks). Every time over the second time, he lost 5 points from his conduct grade. I went to the school nurse, who told me that I'd need a note from the doctor. The doctor couldn't believe it. She had to write a note saying let the kid pee when he needs to.

[KitchenWitch]

11. Had a first grade teacher did the same thing to me

and I also had an accident (I am a female). Not a good thing for either gender..

[still_one]

4. Is this a private or public school?

[Not_Giving_Up]

6. Public

I'm not in the right tax bracket for private!

[ElectroPrincess]

10. Since he's in Public School - I'd bet money that there is a

Standard for School Nurses throughout your county. I would check to see if that is the case, because an "low grade" temp of 99.9F would be something that IMO SHOULD be reported and the parents notified.

Because an elevated temp can indicate an infection, this nurse is not only doing wrong by you but also placing other students at risk.

Suggestion: If you know one of the front office staff to be open and friendly, casually ask if there are written guidelines for a school nurse to follow.

Good luck - BTW, I'm with you on judgement: I'd be livid if I was not called if my child was running a fevor of 99.9F at school. :-)

[Not_Giving_Up]

12. I'm on a first name basis with the Assistant Principal

Last year he was in her office regularly. (Not this year, no problems this year!) I do believe I'll be calling her tomorrow.

Funny thing - The nurse called me to ask me to bring him something for fever once before when he was running a low grade. I took him some Motrin. That night, he was coughing his head off. The next day, it was 102.8...this was a Saturday. Monday, he was diagnosed with bronchitis. Stupid bitch.

[ElectroPrincess]

13. Yeah, methinks Nurse Cratchet must have escaped from the asylum /eom

[Not_Giving_Up]

18. What really pisses me off...

This kid is not a faker. If he's sick, he's sick. My daughter is a drama queen and a half. I've told her school nurse to be SURE she's sick. (She'll claim to have thrown up in the bathroom...no proof, but they'd send her home anyway, and she'd be fine!)

[LeftPeopleFinishFirst]

14. Our school nurse is required to send kids with a temp home

There's something wrong with what your nurse did.

I had a fever of 100, but still felt okay enough to go to practice and didn't really feel the need to leave school - but the nurse sent me home against my will. There's like a legal obligation, at least in NY, where the nurse has to send the kid home if he has a fever or is vomiting.

[Not_Giving_Up]

15. That's how it was when I was in school

The nurse wouldn't send you home unless you had a fever or you were puking. Feeling like you were going to puke didn't count.

I told my son to tell her next time that she's to call me if he has a fever at all. He's afraid he'll get in trouble for telling her that. Fine, I'll call the AP tomorrow, and we'll see who gets in trouble!

[bookman]

16. Being an educator...

(retired)....

I'd look into these possibilities ...

A) They're testing

B) They're "practicing" for the test

C) The administrator told the nurse that too many kids were going home.

or a combination.

[Not_Giving_Up]

17. TAKS tests are this week, but he didn't have one today

I'm so sick of hearing about that FUCKING test.

Screw the administrator if they did tell the nurse that. You don't send sick kids home, you end up with a lot more sick kids. His school is grades 4-6...they aren't exactly obsessive hand washers!