Sending kids back to school after Covid

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My kids and I have covid for the first time. DS1 had a positive test on Friday and had a day of having a temperature and being a bit off. He's been fine since then but his LFT this morning was still very much blazing positive. I've kept him off school as I don't feel comfortable sending him back yet, but in the absence of rules now I just do not know what to do for the best! DS2 I presume has covid as he has cold like symptoms but he is 4 and understandably is not keen on having sticks up his nose so I can't monitor his infectiousness via testing in the same way. What are people doing these days?

Guidance (which my children's school is following) is 3 days from positive test/symptoms. So if he had positive/symptoms, would mean he can/should go back tomorrow (Tuesday) as long as he doesn't have a temperature and is well enough.

Thanks, yes that is what I have seen online too, but I don't know if I'm alone in feeling uncomfortable with this? He's clearly still infectious going by his LFT.

Loads of people feel uncomfortable with knowingly spreading covid OP. Lots still isolate. Some don't. Some can't.

Guidance from our school is to send them in if they're well enough, even with a positive test.

So like a common cold, you stay home if you feel too ill to attend and go to school if you are able to manage the day.

There is now no requirement to test even if you have symptoms, so it is pointless having any guidelines around staying off if you test positive.

And yes, it feels bonkers to send them to school with covid after the years of restrictions, but that is the official approach now.

Yeah, I am struggling to get my head around this. I know we have to live with covid as we do with other viruses, but on the other hand it is still a nasty virus for some people and I don't want to play a part in spreading it! Most of DS1's class had covid in Feb, which he somehow escaped, so I assume most of them would still have some protection, but I especially have no wish to potentially infect the staff at DS2's nursery, most of whom are in their 50s and 60s.

I know. It's madness. Surely living with covid shouldn't mean trying to maximise the amount of covid!

I know 3 days is the rule, but if I could, I'd probably keep them off for longer. My DH recently had covid and he isolated for 9 days to keep him away from my dd who about to sit her a levels. Her getting covid now could have a very significantly impact on her future.

If you feel more comfortable keeping him off and you have the option to do so, which it sounds like you do, I don't think missing another day or so would be the end of the world. You can always do some educational stuff with him at home- I'm assuming he is fairly young?

Thanks, yes DS1 is 7 and I have told the school I will keep him off until Friday, so exactly a week after his test. He is due to have a sports activity day on Thursday, and even though he seems well, I'm not sure hours of sport is the best thing just a few days after testing positive - I'd rather he had an easy week of resting. Poor DS2 has a nasty cough so I'll keep him off nursery all week.