LICE TIPS

Head lice are transferred from person to person via close contact. Here are commonplace scenarios in which lice may be transmitted.

The Long Beach School District Lice Policy “mandates that a child that is found to have live lice will be dismissed from school. Once the child has been treated with the appropriate shampoo.

How do you know if a nit is a nit? A nit is glued onto the hair at an angle. If you take your finger and slide it down the hair shaft, dandruff will slide right off. Another way to find out if a nit is really a nit, is to remove it and place it on a damp paper towel. A nit will appear black against a white background.

Some schools in Riverside County have a “no nit” policy, which prevents children from entering school until there is no sign of lice or eggs. Other schools leave it to the discretion of the nurse and allow children into the classroom as long as they are free of bugs.

Current recommendations by the American Academy of Pediatrics and the National Association of School Nurses encourage schools to become more lenient regarding allowing children with “nits only” to remain in school.

Santa Barbara Unified School District Santa Barbara schools maintain the same lice policy as Oxnard schools, which allows students with active lice to remain in school until the end of the day and then then child must go home to be treated.

You see the tell-tale signs. You see your child scratching. Maybe you see some sticky things in the hair. Please do not let it be head lice. If you ignore it, does lice go away on its own?

According to the Department of State Health Services of Texas, there is no law in Texas that addresses excluding children with head lice from school.