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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I’m waiting for a call back from a school official but MCPS is now letting kids infected with head lice stay in class.  We spent some money and effort getting rid of lice and keeping our kid home last year only to hear of this absurd change in policy.

Anyone know how to get this complained out / changed?   I guess I can tell my kid to shun any kids with lice but what is wrong with this county?   You all complain about Florida, yet my sister’s kids enjoy a lice free education.   [/quote]

This is a standard best practice, as recommended by the American Academy of Pediatrics.

https://publications.aap.org/pediatrics/article/150/4/e2022059282/189566/Head-Lice?autologincheck=redirected[/quote]

Fairfax County Public Schools also follows above and has changed protocol accordingly; active live may stay in school. Yes, even if the lice are crawling and visible. Now the principal may and usually will override and quietly send the student home but here’s the thing; the parents are not required to collect their student nor are they required to treat according to health department written and agreed upon guidelines. Should parents immediately collect their child, treat and or pay some attention to their DC’s scalp? Yes, absolutely but the sad truth is lice is now considered “just” a minor inconvenience and not a health emergency and parents can’t be reached, refuse to pick up/can’t leave work/wont leave work and this is just the easier solution for all.

Teachers hate this policy and health room staff (health dept employees, all) and are outraged.

No more notification letters, no classroom wide lice checks. We’re moving on…
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