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[quote=Anonymous]Lice has been with humans as long as we have been evolving.

Lice is just another contagious condition.  There's no shame in it. Would you be ashamed of a cold or a runny nose?

No matter what we do or say, there will always be less-responsible or less-educated parents in the class who do *not* take responsibility for lice checking their own kids.  If the school is willing to help with this, I am all for it.  If the price is that my kid gets her hair looked at, that's fine.  I am confident my kid doesn't have lice because I proactively comb her once a week, as everyone should be doing.

Yes the lice checks should be done in relative privacy and basic hygiene standards should be maintained such as gloves and a change of the stick or comb or whatever they are using.

Yes doctors do lice checks.  I had my pediatrician do them before I knew what I was doing.

Obvs the school should not be touching your kid if you forbid it so yes, you should be able to opt out.  The school should have to get permission from the parents.

If it were up to me, parents who opt out should have to get a doctor's note certifying their kid doesn't have lice.   Lice is miserable.

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