Lightly apropos, I have been often accused of misremembering my own school days because we never had a school nurse at any level of public school I attended, and until I was in my 30s I assumed that school nurses were some Leave it to Beaver TV trope. Apparently most American public schools do have nurses, but I’ve confirmed with others who attended my suburban Atlanta school district that the only relief available for sick kids was to call their parents to come pick them up.
I feel like my suburban Atlanta school district didn't either but that makes me wonder what about the kids who had to take medication during the school day? I was giving out Midol to tons of people at one point in my high school career because everyone knew I always had it on me but then it was brought to my attention that I could get expelled just for possession of OTC painkillers, never mind distribution.
I absolutely remember that they were ridiculously strict about stuff like students having Ibuprofen, probably because of some awful zero-tolerance state law. At my high school, some assistant principal was assigned to hold and dispense all student medications, which now that I think of it was probably not the smartest policy, liability-wise.
Lightly apropos, I have been often accused of misremembering my own school days because we never had a school nurse at any level of public school I attended, and until I was in my 30s I assumed that school nurses were some Leave it to Beaver TV trope. Apparently most American public schools do have nurses, but I’ve confirmed with others who attended my suburban Atlanta school district that the only relief available for sick kids was to call their parents to come pick them up.
I feel like my suburban Atlanta school district didn't either but that makes me wonder what about the kids who had to take medication during the school day? I was giving out Midol to tons of people at one point in my high school career because everyone knew I always had it on me but then it was brought to my attention that I could get expelled just for possession of OTC painkillers, never mind distribution.
I absolutely remember that they were ridiculously strict about stuff like students having Ibuprofen, probably because of some awful zero-tolerance state law. At my high school, some assistant principal was assigned to hold and dispense all student medications, which now that I think of it was probably not the smartest policy, liability-wise.
Oh I think that's what they must have done at my school too and yes, good lord the liability implications of that!
"I wonder if you have ever had to set up a snare drum kit in front of a group of kindergarteners?"
I love the little moment of suddenly feeling like I'm reading one of those chatty, charming 1930s authors.