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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]This is a problem in other elementary schools in APS too, OP.

We were in a 22207 elem school, lice had apparently been rampant in my kid's class for MONTHS but the school never told us. So I didn't know to check my kid's head and by the time I found the lice, that kid had a raging problem and had already spread it to the rest of us. It would have been so much better if the school had told us there was a problem in that class, we would have checked and been able to catch it much sooner. It was really a nightmare with the level of infestation we had. Called one of the lice services and it took the nice lice lady HOURS to comb through all of our hair. I think even she was a little surprised how bad it was (this was our first experience with lice so we were a little clueless).

When this happened in a different class - same school - another mom got so fed up with the school doing NOTHING that she emailed the entire class to let everyone know there was a lice problem and with advice to check your kids, etc. That was really helpful but sad that a parent had to do that.

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So it’s not just us :( Yes this is exactly what is happening in Campbell. I found out about the lice from a parent Thursday night, checked my daughter’s hair Friday morning and lo and behold she had nits. If it weren’t for the other parent we wouldn’t have known. She just got lice last March so this is the second time :( My daughter’s hair is so thick that it was a nightmare last time. This time I took her to that lice place in Falls Church and forked out the money.[/quote]

Yep I chimed in to let you know you're not alone and don't both switching schools cuz this happens all over APS.

When we discovered the lice infestation, I emailed some of my kid's friends to warn them to check and one was like "oh yeah, we've had it, it's been going around the class for months." That was the first I had heard of it. [/quote]

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