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What do you do if a child comes to school sick? (Dilemma).

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| January 01, 2003 | COPYRIGHT 1994 National Education Association of the United States. (Hide copyright information)Copyright

When I have a sick student on my bus, I try to comfort the child. If the child has an upset stomach, I offer the child a plastic bag in case of an accident. I notify my dispatcher and ask to have an administrator or school nurse meet my bus when I arrive at the school.

 
Mary Simmons 
Bus driver 
Grayson, Georgia 

* I send the child to the nurse and ask the nurse to contact the child's parents. If the child has to wait in my classroom for her parents, she rests her head on her desk or she relaxes in my rocking chair and reads a book.

 
Felicia Arnold 
Third-grade teacher 
Vernon, New Jersey 

* We call the parents and ask them to pick up …

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