re: Daughter sent home for covid symptoms

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The only reasonable response would be to frick the principal.

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Poor kid! Your school’s policies are hysterical. I asked our school nurse last Friday how they plan to differentiate between common illness/covid and she said they have protocols from children’s hospital in Nola to follow that are pretty straight forward. If our kids go home with fever or vomiting, but tests reveal they don’t have covid they are allowed back after that illness is gone for 24 hours unmedicated.

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Did she have a close contact of a case where she spent a period of time?

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We don't even know anyone that has tested positive much less been around someone.

Depends on the policy. Out kid's school would send home both kids if either showed any one symptom but then they could return after symptoms go away and either a negative test of symptomatic kid or a physician note that testing is unnecessary.

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Depends on the policy.

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Up here they would 1) let her cool down and see if symptoms resolved while contacting parent..2) If symptoms would not reside then parent would pick up and take to MD, 24 hours symptom free and MD orders that no COVID test needed or negative test then head back to school.

To my knowledge our school district is following CDC guidance and utilizing the epidemiologist.

They would not have a 10 day quarantine thrown out off the bat.

ADPH just established new guidelines for schools. They ask school nurses to distinguish between MAJOR and MINOR COVID symptoms. Minor symptoms can be treated as they were before COVID. Major symptoms can still enter the student into the school's protocols for COVID.

Dont blame your school for trying to make sense of the ADPH guidelines and mandates. The ADPH webinar panel used to roll out the school toolkit could not answer most of the questions submitted by schools.

My 19 year old is in Culinary school in Cali. He moved out of the dorms for some bullshite already. Heatwave, moving, and studying was stressful. Went to class and told a “friend” he had a headache. Dean of Student Affairs pulls him out of class and tells him to go home and has to quarantine for 14 days. Wife called and tore into that arse. Of course, he tests negative and only misses 2 days of classes. The school was flabbergasted that he was back so soon...he walked in with a smile!!

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When did she get these symptoms? After doing jumping jacks in PE.

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First, props to any school still doing PE

Second, you should be concerned that your kindergartner couldn’t do some jumping jacks without getting sick.

What were the conditions they exercised in?

With that behind us I would tell the school know you will be retaining a lawyer for letting your child become dehydrated and possibly permanently scarred about exercise.

I know someones kid who was sent home for "clear liquid running from nose". Has to QT 10 days AND have a negative COVID test. You mean elementary school kids have snotty noses?

Not sure the conditions, she is very active. Plays softball, gymnastics, and dance. The kid doesn't sit still, it might seem that would be a bit concerning but she has gotten headaches before from over exerting herself. She is also a 5 year old girl and is super dramatic.

I get the policy, I understand it all, but now life is on pause until we get proof we don't have an issue. Guilty until proven innocent.

ETA: she's insanely sweet. Cares so much for others. I asked her if she made any new friends on her second day and she said no because she didn't want to get close to anyone. Changing an innocent heart for this shite.