Most of the doctors I have seen in my life don't consider it a fever until it hits 100 but anything above 98.6 that stays that way is considered worth watching. The problem with that is that not everyone has a normal temp of 98.6. Mine actually runs around 97 so if I get to 99 it is a big deal.
As for the running to greet you thing, well if she wasn't feeling well then she was probably anxious to get to mommy. But my DS had pneumonia 2 years ago, we caught it before he had to be in the hospital but he was home from school for a week, even at the very beginning I could not keep him down. I knew he was sick but he wanted to be up and doing and wandering around playing. It is their self-defense mechanism from having to rest and take naps. If she is really sick she'll give in when her body makes her.
I don't see how you are really going to keep it from happening again though. Right now schools are being overly cautious and school policies are often not geared for keeping kids in school. If a child goes to the nurse and says they threw up in the bathroom, whether they did or not or anyone saw it, that kid is going home.
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