My oldest has had a stomach bug for the afternoon and evening today. Was feeling much better when we sent her to bed and no vomiting for about 3 hours. She never ran any kind of fever. I was planning on keeping her home from school tomorrow just to make sure she was okay but my sister in law called to tell her good luck on her testing tomorrow. The school is undergoing testing for nonverbal reasoning in her classroom. She is at a math science magnet school and this test helps to determine her qualification and placement in the program next year. Obviously if she is has any more vomiting or is feeling bad she will miss school but if she is feeling good and the vomiting has stopped what would you do? My husband says that if everything seems okay in the morning to go ahead and send her to school since the testing is important but I'm not so sure. I don't know what the policy is on her missing school around testing. I don't know if she gets to make any of the testing up or not so I don't have that information.
I did end up keeping her home today but I know a lot of you asked about the school's policy regarding vomiting. Actually according to the school it is no fever for 24 hours without medications and no diarrhea for 24 hours without medications but all it says is that if vomiting is frequent then keep the child home and consult a doctor. I did contact the school and her teacher last night but I have not heard back about how her absence will impact her test that she was supposed to take today.
What is the school's policy if a child goes home sick? I know daycares generally say no school for 24 hrs after stop vomitting (or other stomach issues) or fever. To me, the determining factor is their sick policy vs. their mised test policy, as the school will not want her there outside of their sick policy. It would so not be cool to possibly expose other kids to a stomach bug.
The general rule is 24 hours free from vomiting. So, if she vomited at all today, she needs to stay home tomorrow. Contact the school in the morning and see if she can do the testing another day. If she's not feeling well, she won't do well on the tests anyway.
*the school, SHOULD have sent home, prior, fliers/information about the tests and the dates and times of it, and the "make up" test dates. Since this test is so, important.
That is what my kids' school does. They send home ALL of this information, Beforehand.
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Typically, there is ALSO a make-up day for tests.
This is usual. So... ask the school.
The school per testing, they cannot just assume 100% attendance on those days. Sure they want the kids to make sure to come to school on testing days... BUT, sickness and illness cannot be, predicted.
It cannot be helped if your child is sick. Too sick to go to school.
Have a Doctor's note. It is imperative. In this situation.
I would email the teacher and principal tonight. Call school first thing in the morning. I'd be surprised if there were no make up test opportunities.Kids do get sick & often at the most stressful times.
My daughter had a similar virus last week but the fever didn't break out until day 4. It's so hard to know what to do. I have always just gone with
my gut and it's all worked out so far. Being nauseous at school is no fun so I'd keep her home a day.
I hope your daughter sleeps well tonight and feels better tomorrow! I hope you get some rest too! good night
I wouldn't let her go to school. Even if she didn't throw up in the evening, she might not be feeling 100% tomorrow and that could affect the testing.
It's best for her to make up the testing (and I've never heard of a school that didn't have a make up day) when she's feeling better. The results of the testing would be more accurate!
I'll never forget, I ended up taking the standardized testing in grade school when I had a fever. I had felt find in the morning, and was burning up by afternoon.
When the results came back, everything was way above grade level, but my science was 2 grades below! My mom had to convince the school to let me re-take the science because I had gone home sick that day. It took some fighting, but they relented and I came back above grade level (which was consistent with my other testing).
So it's best to just keep her home!
I wouldn't send her. Whether she feels bad or not, her body will still be depleted from the illness and she's not likely to do as well as she normally would on the testing. I can't believe there wouldn't be a make-up test...
The rule in our school system -- the official rule! -- is that a child should stay home for a full 24 hours AFTER fever or vomiting. In other words, 24 hours after the last vomit, she should still be at home. The point is that some illnesses continue even when the kid seems fine. My daughter had a stomach virus, vomited twice and did not vomit again for exactly 23 hours! So keep her home. If she turns up and is sick on the testing day, not only will she be upset, her testing will count despite her feeling lousy AND she will be a huge distraction to the other kids and adults.
Most every system allows make-ups for any form of standardized testing. Call immediately and ask when the make=up date is. If they tell you she cannot make it up, fight it hard because it is about placement. But I'm pretty sure they would allow a make-up.
Normally a child MUST be 24 hours without vomiting or diarrhea or fever before they will allow them to return to school. I think that calling them this morning as soon as they get there to let them know she was vomiting last night would be the thing to do. If she even mentions it they can make you come get her and they might not feel to friendly about her being there.
On the other hand they might say send her. But I would leave it up to them.
stay home u cannot explain away a low test score
Have her go - she might be fine.
She can do her tests and if she relapses at school they can send her home.
Keep her home, I am sure the school will have to provide a make up time for the text. Maybe get a doctors note to assure the excused absence. If she isn't 100 percent she may not do well on the test.
I would email the teacher, to be quite honest. I would let her know the situation, and how you feel about keeping her at home. Let her know the situation, and her symptoms. As a mother, you can tell her that you are uneasy about sending her to school if she is'nt 100%. However, if the test is important, and can't be taken at another time, see if she can do it by herself at school, and then go home afterwards.
I hope you kept her home. The standard for schools is 24 hours with no vomiting. She might still be contagious and will expose the other kids to the bug.
I am sure they have a policy for letting the kids make the tests up, especially if it effects their placement for next year. And would you want her taking the test if she's not feeling 100% anyway.
