Lice Check

I'm curious, how long do you search a child's head for lice? I generally look for nits first, and once those are located (usually easy to find), I begin looking closer for the crawlers. If I don't find obvious nits, I do a quick look behind the ears, neck, etc. and send them on their way.

So on Thursday one of the aides comes in with a student and says, "she has crawlers, I saw one while trying to put her hair in a pony tail. This little girl (short, dark, curly (though thin) hair) wasn't infested, in fact, I had to really look hard to even find a nit (had only a couple).. it took a good five minutes to locate the crawler (yep, it was there).

So, next morning teacher escorts child to me to re-check, I searched for another good 8 minutes and didn't find anything. Sent the kid to class. Later in the afternoon, the teachers comes with a louse taped to a card to prove the kid still had lice!

Seriously, the aides in this class must have magic lighting, or are literally spending all day looking for lice to find that one louse left behind by mom's treatment.

The teacher kind of had an attitude that I didn't do my 'job' and locate the louse in the morning.

Sooo, how long do you spend looking for lice in the absence of nits?