I heard about this from one of the guys I work with and had to rant.
His boy, goes to Eagle Valley Middle School in Carson City. He was home for a couple of days with a cold. My co-worker sent him to school yesterday, since he had no fever, eyes were clear, no runny nose, he had energy and he was eating. All he had was the lingering cough, which likes to stay on and on (which I am still coughing with my garbahge).
Anyway, the school calls my co-worker and tells him that he has to pick up his boy. They were sending him home because of the cough. My co-worker explained that all he had was a cough, no fever, eyes clear, no runny nose, energy and appetite. He was then told that he needed to take his boy to the doctor and if he didn’t it could be considered Child Abuse. EXCUSE ME … CHILD ABUSE?!?!?!
So, my co-worker’s wife, takes him to the doctor. Doc says he’s fine, he just has a cough from his cold and he is okay to go to school. They obtained a written statement from the doc so this boy could go to school today.
In the school’s defense, I’m sure thy see alot of this stuff where children are sent to school when they are sick, HOWEVER, to make an accusation of possible child abuse when the child looks fine, except for a stinking cough … that is uncalled for. If it was my child, I’d be standing on someone’s desk right now, of course, that’s just me!