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To: Mrs. Don-o

Just wait until a parent is bringing medication and the child collapses. Asthma, diabetes, or behavioral meds that keep the teachers safe like ritalin meleril or novane that is designed to control hyperactivity and the possible physical outbursts attached to the illness. This little slippery slope may get someone hurt, student or teacher.

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7 posted on 08/19/2016 10:32:09 PM PDT by Redwood71
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To: Redwood71

My school has had a similar rule for years and it’s never caused any significant problem. Parents and office staff do understand the difference between a parent dropping off an important medication and dropping off lunch. Rules can be applied with common sense once everybody starts being sensible about them.

Fact is, we’d let the lunch be delivered if it’s a boy who has forgotten once in two years or something. It’s when it happens repeatedly, so the lesson obviously isn’t being learnt that it’s a problem.


16 posted on 08/20/2016 12:57:03 AM PDT by naturalman1975 ("America was under attack. Australia was immediately there to help." - John Winston Howard)
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To: Redwood71

“Just wait until a parent is bringing medication and the child collapses. Asthma, diabetes...

Fair comment, but that’s what the school nurse is for. If the parent tries handing a cough drop to the kid these days, the kid would be looking at expulsion if he didn’t immediately down it.


28 posted on 08/20/2016 4:29:30 AM PDT by BobL (If Hillary wins, there WILL NOT be another contested election, for decades - AMNESTY)
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To: Redwood71
It occurs to me that the parent could problem-solve right there on the spot by saying,

"(Ahem..)These are medically necessary meds."

Problem solved.

40 posted on 08/20/2016 7:18:00 AM PDT by Mrs. Don-o (Some learn by readin'... Some by seein'.. The rest have to pee on the electric fence for themselves.)
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To: Redwood71

That was my thought as well. I’m all for training up boys. I’ve done it. But I’ll be darned if I’d let my diabetic or asthmatic child suffer or wind up in the hospital or worse because I was trying to instill character in him.


51 posted on 08/20/2016 3:34:39 PM PDT by radiohead
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