Comments on: Escambia Schools Alert Parents About The Flu

By: Richard

Richard — Tue, 16 Dec 2014 05:13:37 +0000

We tend to reward students who never miss a school day. This will work against the policy of staying home with the flu for anyone who currently has a perfect record. You can have health or you can have a perfect attendance reward … you probably can’t have both. We do shoot ourselves in the feet.

By: school attendances

school attendances — Tue, 16 Dec 2014 03:45:47 +0000

There is more than the flu going around. I am not a parent who runs to the doctor every time my child gets the runny nose or has a fever but you aren’t suppose to send your child to school if they are running a fever. It makes it hard to keep sick children at home when you start getting letters in the mail about too many missed days. Send sick kids to school or keep them at home and risk getting into trouble for too many missed days. With everything from the flu, stomach virus and nasty colds it’s hard to not miss too many days.

By: Susan

Susan — Mon, 15 Dec 2014 22:08:38 +0000

My first inclination is to stay home and keep sick kids home but this is not easy for hourly workers. No work, no pay. I have know several people this year that had the flu shot early on and still got a nasty case of it.

By: TJ

TJ — Mon, 15 Dec 2014 14:37:03 +0000

I agree with you, Jane. When a sick or infected person stays home, they also keep from spreading it to their “customers” in their food service or cashier jobs. I’ve many times had a cashier cough into her/his hand and then use that hand to give me my change! Yuck! I don’t want to get your cold/flu etc. and take it home to my family! Sorry you’re sick, but stay home and get well.

By: Jane

Jane — Mon, 15 Dec 2014 12:37:37 +0000

There are plenty of flu cases here in Escambia County. It would be nice if the people who have it would stay home from work to avoid making their co-workers sick too.