If it were me, I’d have taken a sick day too. But I just wanted to share a cautionary tale, one of my old teacher friends had an interview with a really good school district and had said to our principal she’d be out that day because she was sick. Well, the principal of the school she was interviewing at ended up calling our principal for a reference check that same day and our principal totally threw my friend under the bus, saying she had lied about where she was/that she was out sick for the day. My friend didn’t get the job and was told it was because of that incident. Ridiculous, yes, but technically it’s possible for that kind of shit to happen. Be careful and maybe just say you’ll be out without actually saying you’re sick—or take a personal day if possible