More US Schools Suggest Mildly Sick Kids Attend Anyway

This Aug. 15, 2016, photo shows the front of the Bellefonte Area School District certified school nurses office in Pennsylvania. FILE - Snow-covered school buses sit in a parking lot in Wheeling, Ill., Jan. 16, 2024.

Trenace Dorsey-Hollins' 5-year-old daughter was sick a lot last year. Dorsey-Hollins followed school guidelines and kept her home when she had a cough or a sore throat — or worse — until she was completely better.