FCPS Lice Policy

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Neighbor had a kid in a classroom that eventually had to be moved out so the room could be fumigated. It seems like there were lice there all year--I think it turned out to be one child who kept bringing them in--mom had not followed protocol with bedding, etc.

My neighbor's kid was over here one day(different neighbor). Mom called to tell me next day to tell me she had lice (not from my house.) I bagged up everything she was around. We never had a problem with them here.

BS. The only thing that gets rid of them is combing, combing, combing.

And you don't get lice "the next day". It takes a while for the louse to lay eggs and the eggs to hatch. At least a week.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Neighbor had a kid in a classroom that eventually had to be moved out so the room could be fumigated. It seems like there were lice there all year--I think it turned out to be one child who kept bringing them in--mom had not followed protocol with bedding, etc.

My neighbor's kid was over here one day(different neighbor). Mom called to tell me next day to tell me she had lice (not from my house.) I bagged up everything she was around. We never had a problem with them here.

It’s a myth that you have to bag everything. They can’t love for long outside the human head. I thought this too and learned a lot when my DD got them. You only have to comb. It was recommended to us that we do it daily for two weeks.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Neighbor had a kid in a classroom that eventually had to be moved out so the room could be fumigated. It seems like there were lice there all year--I think it turned out to be one child who kept bringing them in--mom had not followed protocol with bedding, etc.

My neighbor's kid was over here one day(different neighbor). Mom called to tell me next day to tell me she had lice (not from my house.) I bagged up everything she was around. We never had a problem with them here.

BS. The only thing that gets rid of them is combing, combing, combing.

And you don't get lice "the next day". It takes a while for the louse to lay eggs and the eggs to hatch. At least a week.

Right. Instead of the school sending a kid with lice home or keeping the kid in class, why not just have the school nurse do the first comb treatment?

[Anonymous]

Right. Instead of the school sending a kid with lice home or keeping the kid in class, why not just have the school nurse do the first comb treatment?

LOL!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Right. Instead of the school sending a kid with lice home or keeping the kid in class, why not just have the school nurse do the first comb treatment?

LOL!

OMG. Are you joking or was this a serious suggestion

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I’m glad my school takes it seriously. The child stays home until it’s gone, and classmates parents are made aware. We’ve had one case there in the last two years.

Is this a public school?

Our Fairfax County public school does this. I don't think there is a bounty wide policy. Our principal also runs a tight (clean) ship.

It's not a cleanliness issue.

[Anonymous]

All this thread proves is how little people know about lice. Lice jump? Please. Mom didn't follow bagging protocol? GMAB. Probably she used shampoo and came up against resistant lice. Good Lord. It's 2019. How are people still so willfully uninformed?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Neighbor had a kid in a classroom that eventually had to be moved out so the room could be fumigated. It seems like there were lice there all year--I think it turned out to be one child who kept bringing them in--mom had not followed protocol with bedding, etc.

My neighbor's kid was over here one day(different neighbor). Mom called to tell me next day to tell me she had lice (not from my house.) I bagged up everything she was around. We never had a problem with them here.

BS. The only thing that gets rid of them is combing, combing, combing.

And you don't get lice "the next day". It takes a while for the louse to lay eggs and the eggs to hatch. At least a week.

Right. Instead of the school sending a kid with lice home or keeping the kid in class, why not just have the school nurse do the first comb treatment?

Omg

[Anonymous]

Policy should be a #0 head shave upon detection. It takes a special kind of filthy to be bringing lice to school.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Policy should be a #0 head shave upon detection. It takes a special kind of filthy to be bringing lice to school.

I hope this is a joke

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:All this thread proves is how little people know about lice. Lice jump? Please. Mom didn't follow bagging protocol? GMAB. Probably she used shampoo and came up against resistant lice. Good Lord. It's 2019. How are people still so willfully uninformed?

People are willfully misinformed because there's a lot of conflicting info out there...which leads to the same kids bringing lice into the classroom over and over again. It's a pain in the ass to comb (yes, I've done it every night for two weeks on three kids + myself to be safe) and a lot of people can't be bothered past the first day or two. I bet if letters were sent out when cases were detected, a lot of cases would be caught much earlier.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Large lice can jump to another person.

I have no idea if this is true, but so many elementary schools have tiny coat closets where all the coats and backpacks are crammed together, as well as stuff dumped in piles in the hall when they are in specials, etc, that the lice don’t need to do anything but crawl from one kid’s stuff to another.

This is the care at DDs school. It irritates me because many things can be passed this way. DD has had lice twice this year.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Large lice can jump to another person.

I have no idea if this is true, but so many elementary schools have tiny coat closets where all the coats and backpacks are crammed together, as well as stuff dumped in piles in the hall when they are in specials, etc, that the lice don’t need to do anything but crawl from one kid’s stuff to another.

This is the care at DDs school. It irritates me because many things can be passed this way. DD has had lice twice this year.

Hmmm now my sons teachers insistance that all jackets and hats are kept in the backpacks, zipped shut, makes a bit more sense. The space is really small, stuffing the coats in backpacks probably decreases the touching and possible passage of lice. But that is a guess on my part.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Right. Instead of the school sending a kid with lice home or keeping the kid in class, why not just have the school nurse do the first comb treatment?

LOL!

OMG. Are you joking or was this a serious suggestion

Some people may not realize how long it takes. When DD has lice this year and I called Lice Happens to make sure it was done right, the lady spent over two hours combing her hair for the first treatment. I had no idea it took that long.

[Anonymous]

I am forever grateful to these people, particularly to the man who invented this lice treatment.

https://liceremovalnova.com/

The lice shampoo didn't work for us. We went here the next day and walked out lice free.