Anonymous
11/25/2025 11:33
Subject: Health question FCPS
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:As a teacher lice is a big problem! You must not be a teacher!
DP
Two teacher household here. I don't recall having many issues with lice during my 30 year ES career. I know there were a few instances, but I don't recall it ever being a big problem. My spouse says the same.
My child's second grade class kept getting them it was 2 months of nonsense they finally made the teacher get rid of all her pillows all over the room and it got better. I'm sure it doesn't happen everywhere but it does happen.
Anonymous
11/24/2025 21:35
Subject: Health question FCPS
Lice! I wouldn’t take my dog to a kennel if I knew that they would come home with fleas. Why would I send my kid to school if the kid next to them had bugs crawling all over them.
Anonymous
11/24/2025 21:30
Subject: Health question FCPS
Lice are parasitic insects that feed on human blood and can infest the head, body, and pubic area.
Common symptoms of a body lice infestation include: intense itching (pruritus)
rash caused by an allergic reaction to body lice bites, red bumps on the skin, thickened or darkened skin, usually near the waist or groin, if the lice have been there for a long time.
I don’t think this is something that people want their kids having to deal with. It is sad that so many people have lowered their hygiene standards.
Common symptoms of a body lice infestation include: intense itching (pruritus)
rash caused by an allergic reaction to body lice bites, red bumps on the skin, thickened or darkened skin, usually near the waist or groin, if the lice have been there for a long time.
I don’t think this is something that people want their kids having to deal with. It is sad that so many people have lowered their hygiene standards.
Anonymous
11/24/2025 21:17
Subject: Health question FCPS
Anonymous wrote:As a teacher lice is a big problem! You must not be a teacher!
DP
Two teacher household here. I don't recall having many issues with lice during my 30 year ES career. I know there were a few instances, but I don't recall it ever being a big problem. My spouse says the same.
Anonymous
11/24/2025 19:50
Subject: Health question FCPS
Anonymous wrote:You can have live lice all over your body and the lice can be jumping into other people and it’s no big deal. People’s feelings matter more that health and safety do when you are at school.
How is the health and safety of students impacted by lice? Please explain.
Anonymous
11/24/2025 19:38
Subject: Health question FCPS
Anonymous wrote:As a teacher lice is a big problem! You must not be a teacher!
At our elementary school--years ago--they had to find another classroom for a second grade class because kids kept getting lice.
It is certainly not unusual, but it is tough to end it. And, it is gross.
When I taught, the school nurse would come in and inspect all the kids when there was lice in the class.
Anonymous
11/24/2025 19:21
Subject: Health question FCPS
As a teacher lice is a big problem! You must not be a teacher!
Anonymous
11/24/2025 18:43
Subject: Health question FCPS
Lice is an entirely different issue. They are annoying, but not dangerous.
^people like this are the problem.
Anonymous
11/24/2025 12:33
Subject: Health question FCPS
Anonymous wrote:You can have live lice all over your body and the lice can be jumping into other people and it’s no big deal. People’s feelings matter more that health and safety do when you are at school.
Now I want to vomit
Anonymous
11/24/2025 12:20
Subject: Health question FCPS
Anonymous wrote:You can have live lice all over your body and the lice can be jumping into other people and it’s no big deal. People’s feelings matter more that health and safety do when you are at school.
Lice is an entirely different issue. They are annoying, but not dangerous.
Anonymous
11/24/2025 12:00
Subject: Health question FCPS
You can have live lice all over your body and the lice can be jumping into other people and it’s no big deal. People’s feelings matter more that health and safety do when you are at school.
Anonymous
11/24/2025 10:32
Subject: Re:Health question FCPS
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Dial it back, folks. Context matters.
A kid is in lunch and eats too fast. They “vomit” meaning they spit up some of their food. Or they go to PE after lunch and are jumping around and tumbling. No fever. Their affect is fine. Do NOT need to send home.
A kid is lethargic. Seems off. Lunch was over an hour ago. Vomits. SEND home.
But in your 2nd example we can’t do that now.
This is easily resolved: go to the School Health Aide on Monday and ask them to show you the protocol for a student who vomits. They have a binder with tabs for each situation. In the meantime, you can read the FCPS website about whether or not a student can go to school:
Symptoms and Illnesses
Vomiting
Child has vomited 2 or more times in a 24-hour period. If vomiting is associated with diarrhea or fever, please reference the recommendations for those symptoms (diarrhea, fever).
Can My Child Go to School?
NO
Keep your child at home until vomiting has stopped overnight and your child can keep food and liquids down in the morning.
https://www.fcps.edu/about-fcps/policies-regulations-and-notices/attendance-policies/attendance-recommendations
And yet tons of parents and their kids to school when they’ve been vomiting.
Anonymous
11/24/2025 09:57
Subject: Health question FCPS
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Oh shit. I’d be so pissed if my kid threw up and they didn’t call me. That isn’t even counting the germ issue. That’s insane
Are they calling and giving parents an option? Or is the decision not being made by a parent?
My child puked at school on Friday, I got a call, I went and got him.
Anonymous
11/23/2025 21:50
Subject: Re:Health question FCPS
Gee. As an adult, would you want to be out vomiting in public places? I had nauseas pregnancies--vomiting at home is bad enough--in a public bathroom? Much worse.
Of course, as a teacher, the young kids usually vomit on the floor. Fun for the whole class!
Of course, as a teacher, the young kids usually vomit on the floor. Fun for the whole class!
Anonymous
11/23/2025 21:43
Subject: Re:Health question FCPS
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Dial it back, folks. Context matters.
A kid is in lunch and eats too fast. They “vomit” meaning they spit up some of their food. Or they go to PE after lunch and are jumping around and tumbling. No fever. Their affect is fine. Do NOT need to send home.
A kid is lethargic. Seems off. Lunch was over an hour ago. Vomits. SEND home.
But in your 2nd example we can’t do that now.
This is easily resolved: go to the School Health Aide on Monday and ask them to show you the protocol for a student who vomits. They have a binder with tabs for each situation. In the meantime, you can read the FCPS website about whether or not a student can go to school:
Symptoms and Illnesses
Vomiting
Child has vomited 2 or more times in a 24-hour period. If vomiting is associated with diarrhea or fever, please reference the recommendations for those symptoms (diarrhea, fever).
Can My Child Go to School?
NO
Keep your child at home until vomiting has stopped overnight and your child can keep food and liquids down in the morning.
https://www.fcps.edu/about-fcps/policies-regulations-and-notices/attendance-policies/attendance-recommendations