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School Sends Home Student for Coughing

According to NBC 10, parents in Rhode Island are expressing their frustrations with school districts’ COVID-19 policies after they claim their children were sent home after coughing and sneezing in class.

 

One mother said her daughter was sent home after coughing in her special needs classroom and it has since impacted all of her kids. She said her daughter still isn’t showing symptoms and has tested negative, but she had to pull all of her children out of school that day.

 

A spokesperson for the Rhode Island Department of Education (RIDE), Victor Morente said policies are made at the local level and it’s up to school districts to decide when to send children home that might be showing symptoms. The superintendent of Johnston Public Schools said the district is following the guidance laid out in RIDE’s playbook.

 

With the cold and flu season approaching, parents fear how often their children will be sent home for coughs and sniffles. The district is still not providing children with the option of distance learning.

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