We've got a thread for kids, but sometimes the parents come out with some doozies too! For example -
Parent: I just saw that donut is one of the breakfast options and I don't want (child) having too much sugar, can you tell the cafeteria that he's allergic to sugar?
Me:
After some parent education about what allergy alerts are actually for, and the sugar content of our donuts (they are really more like bread rolls, I had a similar concern until I bought one), I encouraged mom to talk to her student about healthy choices. He's in 5th grade, he is old enough to take responsibility for food choices.
Anyone else have a recent parent encounter that makes you shake your head and giggle?
Mom tells 3rd grade son if his stomach hurts when he gets to school to go to the nurse. Mom leaves voicemail for me saying if her son comes to the health office to call her. 35 seconds after the busses arrive said boy arrives in health office. No med hx, Afebrile, ate breakfast, had BM etc etc. I call mom and she says "he just got there, I can't leave work to come get him yet. Call me in an hour if he comes back." í ½í¸¡
Ooh I have another... Gym excuse for precious because he over exerted himself playing on Sunday and shouldn't stress his medically perfect body any more this week. Seriously???
Ooh I have another... Gym excuse for precious because he over exerted himself playing on Sunday and shouldn't stress his medically perfect body any more this week. Seriously???
Well, that'll crush his chance at a full scholarship to NCAA D1 Big Name School of his choice for (insert sport here)
Ooh I have another... Gym excuse for precious because he over exerted himself playing on Sunday and shouldn't stress his medically perfect body any more this week. Seriously???
See, that kid would end up in my office during gym period because the gym teacher would be like "huh?" And I will internally sigh because this note is now going to be a 10 minute process of pulling some teeth, so to speak.
I send the kid back to gym with a note that says there is no medical reason I can find for this student to not participate in gym. Parent's notes do not get a child out of gym unless the child walks in a crutches or with a cast, etc.
And if I have to call the parent, I have explained that a student without a medical excuse who does not participate in gym receives a 0 for gym that day. Gym may be pass/fail, but it is required for graduation and you can fail it. Any other concerns, please take them up with the gym teacher or principal.
(And seriously, I have seen seniors who are failing gym. They will be "making" up gym in order to get a diploma. They are not happy. You do not have to excel at sport to pass gym! You just need to try!!)
That's funny, Hubby is always calling me a hardass.
A middle schooler stole my diet lemonade from the clinic fridge last week and got detention for it (well, it was on the list of many infractions, I believe.) She'd previously done it last fall and stolen snacks from my desk drawer, though I hadn't reported those.
Hubby says I should just take my things and put them in her locker from now on...cut out the middle man.
Windchaser22
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Mom tells 3rd grade son if his stomach hurts when he gets to school to go to the nurse. Mom leaves voicemail for me saying if her son comes to the health office to call her. 35 seconds after the busses arrive said boy arrives in health office. No med hx, Afebrile, ate breakfast, had BM etc etc. I call mom and she says "he just got there, I can't leave work to come get him yet. Call me in an hour if he comes back." í ½í¸¡