Valid excuses to sit out of sports?

[Lemur]

Hello - I am a new school nurse and I'm at a small boarding school. My shift is 3-8 pm and I get a steady parade of kids starting at 3 looking to get out of their sports practice or games. Usually it's headache, cramps etc - which I will not excuse for, but I am curious what you would put in an email to send out to the student body for examples of what you DO excuse for. Anyone have a policy at their school you could show me? Thanks in advance!

[kidzcare]

Up to 3 days for the same complaint. After that a dr note is required.

[aflahe00]

I would excuse them if there was some sort of injury that occurred in gym class or else where that caused significant pain and or swelling. Significant enough that maybe they were unable to put weight on the knee (for example; knee injury) after. Swelling usually indicates ligamentous injury or damage. Use your judgement otherwise.