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Principal calls. difficult child sleeping. Wants me to come get him, he's "wasting their time".
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<blockquote data-quote="flutterby" data-source="post: 264923" data-attributes="member: 7083"><p>In our district, sleeping isn't a reason to stay home...and if you keep a kid home for that enough times, you'll be charged with truancy (at that age, the parents would be charged). Being sick isn't much of one either, which is probably why we've had them close school for a long weekend when sick kids have spread their bugs to everyone else and the entire school is infected. They want them at school if their temp is below 100.4. And, yes, they send home that information at the beginning of the school year. That certainly doesn't mean their not sick. easy child's temp rarely went above 100, even with strep. Which means if he went to the nurse at school because he didn't feel well and his temp was below 100.4, they wouldn't call me. And most of the time, he was truly sick. So, he just stayed there all day spreading germs to everyone else, besides being miserable. I certainly don't want my kid to be sick and untreated PLUS infecting everyone else. </p><p></p><p>When difficult child was in the 3rd grade, she went to the office repeatedly one day complaining of her ears hurting. No temp so they sent her back to class. On the 4th visit, they called me very annoyed. I explained to them that she typically didn't run fevers with ear infections (which is what I assumed it was) and picked her up. Turned out she had a mild concussion from an accident at school.</p><p></p><p>When difficult child was in kindergarten, she went to the office just about everyday to rest. She only went to school for 1/2 a day. I didn't know until almost the end of the year. No one ever told me. That really frustrated me, of course, because she was in therapy and it would have been really good information to have. </p><p></p><p>We didn't do late night activities. She got to bed at a decent time. Let's not blame the mom. </p><p></p><p>easy child has *always* required more sleep. Freshman and sophomore years, he would sleep up to 16 hours a day. I took him to the doctor several times and always got a clean bill of health. I can't count the number of times he's been tested for mono (which he didn't get until January)...metabolic panels, you name it. Even as a little kid, he slept 10-12 hours a night. Every night.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="flutterby, post: 264923, member: 7083"] In our district, sleeping isn't a reason to stay home...and if you keep a kid home for that enough times, you'll be charged with truancy (at that age, the parents would be charged). Being sick isn't much of one either, which is probably why we've had them close school for a long weekend when sick kids have spread their bugs to everyone else and the entire school is infected. They want them at school if their temp is below 100.4. And, yes, they send home that information at the beginning of the school year. That certainly doesn't mean their not sick. easy child's temp rarely went above 100, even with strep. Which means if he went to the nurse at school because he didn't feel well and his temp was below 100.4, they wouldn't call me. And most of the time, he was truly sick. So, he just stayed there all day spreading germs to everyone else, besides being miserable. I certainly don't want my kid to be sick and untreated PLUS infecting everyone else. When difficult child was in the 3rd grade, she went to the office repeatedly one day complaining of her ears hurting. No temp so they sent her back to class. On the 4th visit, they called me very annoyed. I explained to them that she typically didn't run fevers with ear infections (which is what I assumed it was) and picked her up. Turned out she had a mild concussion from an accident at school. When difficult child was in kindergarten, she went to the office just about everyday to rest. She only went to school for 1/2 a day. I didn't know until almost the end of the year. No one ever told me. That really frustrated me, of course, because she was in therapy and it would have been really good information to have. We didn't do late night activities. She got to bed at a decent time. Let's not blame the mom. easy child has *always* required more sleep. Freshman and sophomore years, he would sleep up to 16 hours a day. I took him to the doctor several times and always got a clean bill of health. I can't count the number of times he's been tested for mono (which he didn't get until January)...metabolic panels, you name it. Even as a little kid, he slept 10-12 hours a night. Every night. [/QUOTE]
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