During other times of the year (i.e. NOT cold & flu season), I may err on the side of "maybe it's just allergies or eating too much sugar," but, during the height of cold & flu season, I do think it's pretty careless & thoughtless to let a child who has vomited (& has not been vomit-free for at least 24 hours) go out.
And I'm not sure why you had to just sit at the park & couldn't go back to your room w/ your sick child. But the details of the story are a little confusing... why would another chaperone be able to sign your child out? Even if you were planning to join the team at 7:00 pm, why did that make you have to sit at the park w/ a sick child until then?
The reason we practically hibernate during cold & flu season is due to people who continue to go out & about even when they're sick. (Or parents who let children, or siblings of children, who are sick go out.)
That said, I also cannot believe that a coach would want a child who has been sick sleeping in a room w/ 3 other girls - especially when other sleeping arrangements are available.
As a parent of one of the 3 other girls, I'd be upset & would question the wisdom & intelligence of my child's coach.
Being with the team whether sick or injured is in support of the team. It's harsh, yet it's how it goes with these type of things and is well known upfront and in advance. The school would be liable if anything were to happen on their watch, including letting a parent take a child out in the middle of a school trip. Not only that, I saw so & so at the park, she was fine earlier, she must not be that sick or just wanted to come only for Disney with her mom. Believe me, they are indeed judging.
We stick to "day only" trips. No overnights. So we can have control as parents and our kids rather be with us. Maybe something to consider in the future. Hope DD feels better.
I'm sorry... if your child is sick, I don't want him/her w/ the team & possibly infecting the other kids on the team.
Attitudes like this are how & why viruses like the flu spread so quickly.
Sorry but I find it unacceptable that you had your sick child spread her virus around Disney. She should of never left her room.
I agree.
I also understand having a child who is a rule-follower & anxious about things like upsetting the coach - I have one of those kids. However, I think, as adults (& parents), it's our job to guide our children & to use wisdom, common sense, & our best judgement when our raising our children.
Instead of having my child text the coach, I would have texted the coach when my child threw up that morning.
I'm extremely annoyed with the new policy. It was written by school district employees who probably don't have a $6500 deductible plan like we do. It would cost me $150 straight out of pocket to take my daughter in to see the doctor for a note. She's not in the office often enough that they would just write a note by phone.
I'm just glad that we only have a little over a year left of the nonsense. In the meantime, I suppose that encourages me to send her to school sick. I won't, but that's what the policy does.
She's currently number one in her class. If they want to fail her in a course because an unexcused illness puts her over the limit, I guess we'll have to have a big ole discussion about it.
This kind of policy upsets me too. We have several schools in our community which require a doctor's note EACH time a student is absent. And, for those of us w/ high deductibles or even those of us w/ high co-pays, it's not cheap to go to the doctor each time your child is sick just for a note. A stomach virus shouldn't require a doctor's note, but, at the same time, a child w/ a stomach virus shouldn't be at school. Most of time, even the flu can be treated at home.
However, because of how much it can cost to go the doctor's office for a note, many parents choose to not to take their child to the doctor's office &, instead, send their child to school to spread germs.
And then we have a flu epidemic.