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  1. Just Thinking

    As my daughter sets with me at lunch and starts talking about something that was said in a program got me thinking about a conversation I had with one of our basketball players. We are from a small...
  2. C'Mon Now!

    UPDATE--- Called LD in for V/H screening. Asked student if she went to the dr. and she said, "yes" (sad). Me: What did they do? LD: Took blood. ME: When will they let you know? LD: (very rejected and...
  3. New Head Lice Data - OldDude Institute for Head Lice Studies

    Needed that in depth study info
  4. Inventions

    Oh, yes. Last year the ladies in the front office called me desperate for me to intervene some how. We had a gentleman using the staff's men restroom and would walk out without washing his hands....
  5. Gotta Love It....

    Innocence. Had a 9th grader come in to my office and when I asked her what she needed, she spelled out P-A-D. It's nice to see a Little Darling being modest. Made me
  6. Daily kid count

    High School--approx 800 students Daily visits including meds- 25 (until yesterday when I saw 40.) Elementary (go help from time to time since our coordinator is on campus here)-approx 1200 students...
  7. Proposed Texas Legislation - Dumb or Dumber?

    Makes me wonder if they have even read the
  8. C'Mon Now!

    Little Darling-"I need to talk to privately." Me: Come on in. LD: Do you have one of those test? Me: (knowing full well what she is talking about, but just have to hear her say it) What kind of test?...
  9. Proposed Texas Legislation - Dumb or Dumber?

    UGH!!!
  10. C'Mon Now!

    C'mon Now... Why do you want to have lice so bad???????? I have Little Darling that will want to get out of class for a head check.(She is a jr. with a history of lice when she was younger) I had...
  11. Frustrating Start

    Had a Little Darling come in with this simple issue, "my throat hurts and my nose is stopped up." Remember SIMPLE. Took temp, no temp. Throat clear. Stated LD could be having some allergy issues, gave...
  12. Forged Doctor's Note

    How funny. We had issues with fake absence notes a few years back. A parent that had worked for the dr would use old stationary and write her notes from. It's crazy the lengths parents will
  13. C'Mon Now!

    Had TWO of these yesterday. One was a new student and the other a basketball player. Really, I'm not calling anyone for you. Ride the bus, call your mom after school or whatever, but I'm not telling...
  14. Not my role... admin rant

    I do not like making the initial call after an altercation just for that reason. I don't know how things went down or what discipline is dealt out. After I give parent report of injury and treatment,...
  15. Awkward

    I had an exchange with a grandmother today that turned awkward (and this is not the first time.) She was here to see what her Little Darling would need to get to use the restroom anytime she wanted...
  16. I just need a hug...

    Hugs....Yep those are tough. Hang in there. Thanks for being there for
  17. Question?

    My favorite is walking down the hallway and teacher says "I did such and such (on the job injury)" Which I reply "Come to my office for paperwork so we can do a "Report only" so if you have issues and...
  18. C'Mon Now!

    Little Darling comes in at 754 am (tardy bell rings at 755 am) and informs me grand mother told her to call her if she still did not feel better. Informed student I would not call grandmother since...
  19. Spinal Screening refusal

    I completed my first spinal screening this year. No big issues, but I did have one Little Darling call her mom about the screening. Little Darling proceeded to tell me her mother said she didn't have...
  20. Lost a student

    Prayers headed your
  21. Resetting dislocating WHATS?

    No reset here!!!! Had a student with Ehlers-Danlos syndrome a couple of years ago. Her shoulder would slip out of socket. When that happened we called mom and she went home. Nope, Nope not doing
  22. Florida students self carrying own otcs

    Well, I don't like the idea. Have had a couple of instances where students have given other students meds. One time student #1 gave student #2 like 14 aleve. Student #2 took 4-7 here at school at one...
  23. Camp nursing in summer

    I help with our district church camps. I volunteer just so I can go to camp. We have one week of youth camp and one week of kids camp. We have to pay for my kiddo's to go as campers. When my son went...
  24. Elementary or High School

    I am at the high school. I love it, but the drama the last few years has been unbelievable. With 2 Little Darlings that are always trying to get out of class or go home everyday (and I do mean...
  25. C'Mon Now!

    They don't like when you have an answer to the problem that is contrary to what they have already decided needed to happen. Here if they don't like what I do they whip out the cellphone and call home...