Didn't know that part of the story. I don't think what happened to the girl is right; where was the school nurse? Were the parents contacted during this coughing episode? I know I'd have a difficult time following policy if there was a little one suffering right in front of me. But did the parents take steps to make the school aware that the girl was prescribed an inhaler over the weekend? Even a note attached to her medication? My guess is probably not. Parents get busy and forget to notify the people who are caring for their children during the day about important things like medications, allergies, etc and then cause a scene when the daycare provider/teacher didn't know. Teachers have classrooms with 30+ children, and some have more than that and/or multiple classes each day and can see hundreds of children. Most teachers care about EACH child and take the time to get to know their students, differentiate instruction for individual needs, etc but when it comes to who gets which medication (and some schools will only allow the school nurse to administer any medication), forms are necessary so that the correct medication is given to the correct child at the correct time. Policies like that are designed to ensure the well-being of EVERY child in the school and to protect the school from lawsuits. Again, I don't think what happened to the girl is right and their policy definitely needs to be updated but I can definitely see where it came from and I think the parents most likely could have been more proactive about informing the school of their daughter's condition. They could have kept her home for the day until the necessary forms were filed, or, took her into school personally that day and explained what happened over the weekend.