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This photo taken Aug. 15, 2016, shows the front of the Bellefonte Area School District certified school nurses office. Schools are confronting soaring absence rates. Some are calling for parents to send their children to class even if they are not feeling 100% well. During the pandemic, schools urged parents and children to stay home at any sign of illness. Now that the COVID-19 emergency has ended, guidance on when to keep children home varies widely. The American Academy of Pediatrics recommends staying home with fever, vomiting or diarrhea, or when students “are not well enough to participate in class.” But many districts go far beyond that, delineating a dizzying array of symptoms they say should rule out attendance. (Abby Drey/Centre Daily Times via AP, file)

Cough? Sore throat? More schools suggest mildly sick kids attend anyway

Schools are confronting soaring absence rates

By BIANCA VÁZQUEZ TONESS
Published - Feb 07, 2024, 12:37 AM ET
Last Updated - Feb 07, 2024, 12:37 AM EST

Trenace Dorsey-Hollins’ 5-year-old daughter was sick a lot last year. Dorsey-Hollins followed school guidelines and kept her home when she had a cough or a sore throat — or worse — until she was completely better.

Near the end of the year, the school in Fort Worth, Texas, called her in to talk about why her daughter had missed so much school.

During the pandemic, schools urged parents and children to stay home at any sign of illness. Even though the emergency has ended, she said no one has clarified that those rules have changed.

“It’s extremely confusing,” she said.

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