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  1. My new best friend <sarcasm>

    What cruise line did you
  2. Smelly Kid

    Tough situation. Last year I had a child who had a strong, urine scent- and come to find out- her cats were peeing on her jeans in her jeans drawer. Don't know how the parents did not catch this....
  3. what do you do?

    following.
  4. new and feeling blue..

    I felt the same way for the entire first year I was here and had days where I went home and cried and/or told my husband I was going to quit. ha It does get better with time and now I'm in my 3rd...
  5. called 911

    We have O2 tanks at our school- I wish you did too. Good
  6. Need Advice Plz Help!

    Exposure notices for strep throat? We do not do that. I have K-3 grades and we send home for one episode of vomiting. (unless has a cough/cold and it's due to gagging.) But my kiddos are younger...
  7. PFAPA

    Had never heard of PFAPA (periodic fever sydrome) before, but now I have two with it. One never really has many flares per mom- so missing school shouldn't be an issue. The other student is a new...
  8. PFAPA

    Great, Thank you so much- I will check that
  9. Too Many Visits - advice for teachers?

    I haven't read everyone's replies to this thread yet- but here's a letter I use: I am elementary school though. Guidelines for Nurse's Office Reasonable Expectations for Self-Care in Classroom: As...
  10. parents won't pick up sick kid!

    We have a student liasian officer that will go to their home if I cannot get a hold of them in a reasonable amount of time- which has happened with parents who have run out of phone minutes or have no...
  11. Accident tag

    I use the same as
  12. Screening questions

    That is
  13. Guess what I did today?!

    We do not do whole classroom checks. God bless
  14. Sent kid home with a fever of 103 yesterday

    This is the point that our school liasion (sp) officer would go to their house. This is the part of the job that really irritates me. She should not be at school potentially infecting others. I'm...
  15. SMDH...sigh

    My day
  16. Administering eye drops to uncooperative kid

    I am not allowed to give the first dose of any med- antibiotic, drops etc......in case of an allergic reaction. So, I would've had the mom give the first drops
  17. Summer camps interviews

    I'm also interested in working 2-3 weeks this summer. Will start
  18. And on a personal note

    My oldest has suffered with migraines for several years, I know how frustrating it can be. Tell her to hang in
  19. Anyone leave over money/salary issue?

    Hope they fix the mistake. Frustrating. I took this job knowing it was the lowest paying district in the state, but I wanted a schedule to match my daughter's. Now that she is graduating and going...
  20. My Arm Touched the Walll!

    Sounds like the "gum on shoe", "mud on shoe" and "can't get shoelaces untied" that I've been sent
  21. 1000 specialists...

    We have two "timeout" employees where kids are sent from time to time. But, 3 seems
  22. Bed bugs

    No...have several seats. I love this
  23. Bed bugs

    So a bug was never actually found at your
  24. Inhalers

    We also require asthma action plans whenever I'm given an inhaler/ spacer/ neb etc.... I also require doctor's order to give prior to PE if it's an every PE class type of
  25. Bed bugs

    The dogs were brought in when there wasn't even a live bed bug found?? Or was there?