The California court decision is being appealed, so it’s currently business-as-usual for Calif. homeschoolers. (Although I’d be looking for a quick way out of the state, if I were they - writing on the wall and all that.)
It breaks my heart when I hear other parents talk about how their children are always sick. “And as soon as they go back to school, they get sick again!” Well, yes. As soon as a child has a normal temperature and stops throwing up, it’s back to school, even if he’s still contagious, his immune system is depressed, and he’s not strong enough for a 10-hour-day without rest. But the parents have to get back to work, and the children’s grades are reduced for absences, even if they learn the material.
I never let my kids go back unless they were fever-free for 24 hours. They never had relapses.
The extra day made all the difference.