When will the lice drama end???

[MHDNURSE]

I got an email late last night from one of our third grade teachers, telling me she had just gotten a message from a parent of one of her students that "she has lice and since none of her cousins have it it must have come from school".

I emailed the teacher back this morning and just said "Thanks for letting me know". The teacher replied "can you please come check the whole class? I don't want it to spread. I emailed our DSO and she told me you would come do that". I about spit my coffee out as my DSO knows I won't do whole class checks. She is also away, so I can't talk to her in person. I emailed the teacher back with the CDC, AAP and BOH recs of not doing head checks or sending out letters to entire class and told her I would not be doing either. Also offered to discuss in person if she had concerns. I emailed my DSO as well to remind her of the recs.

I long for the day when LICE will be no big deal to teachers and parents. I get it, it's a PITA. My DD had lice for the first time the first day of Summer Vacation this year and I wanted to cry (she has loooooong, wavy hair), but other than the inconvenience of having to comb for so many days, it was NBD.

A stay at home mom in my town got "certified" as a nit-picker and charges $250 to come do a head check and comb out. She is always busy!! Seriously, she makes BANK doing this in my snooty, affluent town. I am tempted sometimes to just do that instead but I'd go nuts with all the crazy parents.

[ABRN2012]

MHDNURSE said:

A stay at home mom in my town got "certified" as a nit-picker and charges $250 to come do a head check and comb out. She is always busy!! Seriously, she makes BANK doing this in my snooty, affluent town. I am tempted sometimes to just do that instead but I'd go nuts with all the crazy parents.

WHAT!!!!???? Where do I sign up? Seriously thats crazy that is even a thing. Sadly we have a lice treatment place close by but even people who can afford it wont pay the money. So even if I did get certified people prolly wouldnt pay me.

[EnoughWithTheIce]

I am in middle school and my first case this year of 'lice drama" started today. 2 moms e-mailed the PE teacher to tattle on a girl picking out bugs and throwing them at their 2 darlings. First the coach had heard any of it. When i talked to the girls, they only said they saw her scratching. Both moms in a tither because they had to treat their darlings (best friends) last year for an outbreak at the elementary. Now, had either mom checked their kids hair, nope - of course not!!! Happening more than a week and your kid has had in the past and you don't even attempt to have a lookey loo???

All 3 heads, clean!! And what do you want to bet the "source" of 5th grade break out last year started and ended with the best friends and their best friend mommies?????????????????

I am literally scratching my head, not form lice but from STUPIDITY and too much time on people's hands!!!

[Amethya]

Got a call from a friend mom (She was a janitor last year) that said that her daughter said, a PTO mom said, that one of the students had lice because they found the bugs jumping off her. I called that poor child in, nothing. Her hair is super clean. I did blacklight too! I only saw dandruff.

I already gave my rules, unless it comes from the student, the parent of the said student or teacher, I will not do full class checks because it's not fair on that poor kid and it's not necessary.