by Taylor ~hopes no one forgets her!~ Blue
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August 18, 2007

A phone call from the school...

September 17, 2007 05:20 PM EDT
views: 107 | comments: 35

The phone rang...and I was listening to my favorite song. I looked at the call display and I saw that it was from the board of education. I thought may be it was my daughter...but oh no it was my son's school.

"Hi, is this Vickie? Oh ok good....let me start....your son is okay...everything is alright!"

(Why do they start it like that? Here I am picturing his head chopped off and laying on the floor! "It's Ok Vickie...we found all the parts...."

I was like, "OK?"

They continued..."Your son was playing in the sandbox with his kindergarten class when his face fell flat into the sand."

"AND??"

"We found some sand....in his eye! He came with us to the nurses station and we had a cup and rinsed out for him. He told us he was okay and that he wanted to get back to class. We just had to call and tell you because it's a scratchy substance and it's his eye."

(I was still a little lost!) So I said, "So do you think he'll need to go to the doctors?"

They said, "No....probably not. Just letting you know...."

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Comments: 35

Bridget ♥ Sep 17, 2007, 5:22pm EDT
Why would they call you for this? Heck, this type of thing happens on a daily basis. Do they call every time a kid falls down too? LOL!

Glad he's okay though, but I would have been scared at first!
Geez, I would take a really good look at his eye when he gets home, and make sure he is feeling ok. Poor little guy~
michelle K. Sep 17, 2007, 5:29pm EDT
Well it's probably because everybody sues everybody for everything so they feel like they just can't be to careful! Hope he's okay though!
Vivian P. Sep 17, 2007, 5:30pm EDT
It has happened to me I know it seems crazy don't it.
Bridget ♥ Sep 17, 2007, 5:32pm EDT
My son comes home with scrapes and such from school, things happen! Kids are pretty tough!
Kelly M. Sep 17, 2007, 5:33pm EDT
I used to have a daycare that called me everytime my child sneezed!
Charlene K. Sep 17, 2007, 5:35pm EDT
probably not?? I would be scared.. I hope he's ok
Barbi P. Sep 17, 2007, 5:37pm EDT
I guess its better than them not telling you and then finding out weeks later he has some kind of perm. damage to his eye from it getting scratched.
Sandra T. Sep 17, 2007, 5:37pm EDT
I would have freaked out!
Taylor ~hopes no one forgets her!~ Blue Sep 17, 2007, 5:39pm EDT
he is fine...you can't even tell what eye it's in...I just thought it was weird how they called me....LOL
Heather W. Sep 17, 2007, 5:43pm EDT
I'm glad he's fine. When my daughter was in first grade they called me to tell me she'd been pushed over the side of the slide and had a bump on her shoulder. But they assured me she was fine and I didn't need to come to the school. When she got home it was obvious her collarbone was broken. I was pissed they let her sit in school like that all day!
Janet "Jax" B. Sep 17, 2007, 5:44pm EDT
I had camp call to pick up Angela because she got stung by a yellow jacket...I said no...send her back to play...
That is a little odd, but it better to be safe and let the parent know I guess.
Natalie Neal Whitefield Sep 17, 2007, 5:49pm EDT
I think it's difficult for the schools nowdays. Nobody wants a lawsuit. And it is better to know than not to know.
Ginny H. Sep 17, 2007, 5:52pm EDT
Better for them to call then get yelled at for not telling a parent an up to the minute happening with their child.
Dawn V. Sep 17, 2007, 5:55pm EDT
Yeah, it's probably a matter of liability and worry over what the parents would do if they weren't told, like most people have said already. It's just funny, because I know that when I was in grade school, they would only call parents if you were really sick or really hurt. If you were okay, I suppose they might have sent a note home letting your parents know that you saw the nurse, but that's about it.
Donna Besso Sep 17, 2007, 6:02pm EDT
I have recieved calls at work from Hunters school asking me to pick him up because he's had three bowel movements. They explained that three bowel movements in one day is considered excesive, and to please come get him. Of course he's never had a fourth bowel movement after I drop everything and go pick him up.
Janine D. Sep 17, 2007, 6:45pm EDT
This sort of stuff makes me crazy! I know its in part because I have a special needs kid, but I DO NOT want to be called for nonsense-it freaks me out to see the school number on the caller id or to have them call me at work. My kid has actual issues, call me if he is having a siezure, do not call me because you gave him a band-aid! I work in a school district and I know there are a lot of insane parents out there just waiting to blame everything on the school and the threat of lawsuits loom large, but it seems that all common sense has gone out the window.
Kimberly R. Sep 17, 2007, 6:56pm EDT
At Least they called you. My daughter fell on the plat ground and cut her knee open and they had to put a butterfly bandaid on it to hold it together and did not bother to call me. She needed stitches and went through 3 hours without them. I home school now!

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Nana to Seven Cutiepies Sep 17, 2007, 7:07pm EDT
It's better than them not calling you and then later on in the evening if his eye started bothering him and you wouldn't know why. They have to call so they aren't held legally responsible I guess. Better safe than sorry. Some parents may have wanted to rush their child to the doctor anyway even though everything was fine. I understand your shock though, I can remember that feeling, it's horrible to think something terrible happened.
B F. Sep 17, 2007, 7:41pm EDT
My daughter's school will call everyone on the contact list if they are due for an immunization and insist that someone pick the child up immediately... So yes the child is due for an immunization and the appointment is scheduled, but the child MUST not return to school until their shot record is current... If Grandma picks the child up, because they didn't reach you, then it's up to Grandma to let you know...
Sandy (back in Ohio...blah!) Sep 17, 2007, 8:00pm EDT
I wish my kids school would call for something like that. When I picked up my kids at parent pick up today. My daughter was getting in the van and telling me her head hurt. The lady that helped put her in the van, helps in her classroom. She told me that my daughter was telling her that all day. But was tellingher that she only had a few more hours before school was over to go home. I was flabber gasted..I mean if she had a headache...would she not do anything about but wiat to go home? I think not. Migraines run in my family. Hard telling why she had a headache. But waiting that long I will never know. The least she could do was take her down to the school nurse.
j - Frugal Mom - r. Sep 17, 2007, 8:09pm EDT
Well, I am sure glad he is okay. I also think it is a liability issue, as everyone sues these days.

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Denise B. Sep 17, 2007, 8:15pm EDT
you got lucky. when I got that call, my daughter had chipped her tooth, that was expensive.
Ghostly Ghoul Sep 17, 2007, 8:21pm EDT
I would like to be told - so i know the whole story. Kids don't always tell/know the whole story.
Brenda (square peg in a round hole) H. Sep 17, 2007, 9:30pm EDT
The school does that around here too. I think they have to call you because it could turn out to cause a problem down the road.
Jerri H. Sep 17, 2007, 9:53pm EDT
Yeah...kinda left you hanging
Kristy M. Sep 17, 2007, 10:15pm EDT
yup, exactly like others said....it's a liability issue so you can decide whether or not to take your child to the doctors. If they didn't call you and later it was bothering your child, then you might have been upset not knowing what had happened and then questioned the school as to why they didn't tell you something like this. I'd be glad that someone took the time to think about letting you know about a possible injury to your child than to not tell you. I'm glad your child is ok!!!
Darla P. Sep 17, 2007, 10:51pm EDT
They have to inform you. Some parent go lawyer happy on some school somewhere so now they do this.
Barb M Sep 17, 2007, 11:45pm EDT
Hope he is okay - my heart races when the school calls too. THey called the other da and it was just to confirm my volunteering for the book fair - Thank God!!!!
Cristina S. Sep 18, 2007, 5:13am EDT
I think it's good to let you know about sand in the eyes. This can be much more serious than most people think...

I taught Kindergarten for a long time, and sand in the eyes was a definite"call the parents and if it's serious, and they can't come, take the kid in to have the eyes flushed yourself" issue.

The thing is that there is something in the fluid of the eyes (otherwise called tears!) that can leach something out of sand, and if the sand stays in the eye too long, there will be actual tissue damage, not so much from the scratching as from this stuff. Not a very scientific explanation here, but given to me pretty much like this when I took a little girl to an optician after she had both eyes caked with sand...
Marie L. Sep 18, 2007, 3:14pm EDT
I think schools have to be really careful nowadays and anything involving the eyes is a good reason to call I would think. Everytime I see the caller ID come up with my sons preschool I instantly panic because he's my wild child and I just know they are calling to tell me he launched himself off something and broke bones or something similar! I hope your son is doing all right!
Samantha H. Feb 6, 2008, 9:06am EST
They were just covering their bases, I guess, so you couldn't sue them later. Can't really trust a little kid to get the story straight all the time. We get a lot of calls from angry parents about high schoolers who don't always get the story straight, so I suppose they were just trying to head off problems.
Missy Cline Jan 18, 2009, 2:45pm EST
yep i am wih the others scool is doing the old safe than sorrything, which to me is good. i'd rather know even on something minor.
Chris L Feb 13, 2009, 9:05pm EST
They have to cover their butt. What if they didn'/t inform you and there was more sand and you ended up at the dr. or the er. You'd be peeved.

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