LICE TIPS

Schools in Layton and Kaysville, Utah in the Davis School District do not have a “no nit” school lice policy. Children found with live head lice will not be removed from the classroom and may return to school the following day after treatment.

Schools in Temple do not enforce strict “no nit” policies and only exclude children from school under extreme cases.

The short answer is yes, but not with water. This is a good first step in the process of eliminating an active case of head lice.

Children may return to school the day following treatment after a check with the school nurse finds no live lice present.

Sometimes what you don’t know can make a thing scarier. Such is the truth with lice, which introduces all kinds of ideas that at first can seem downright frightening.

Palm City and Stuart are both located in the Martin County School District, which does not allow children with lice to attend school until they are cleared by the school.

Schools in the Commack and Smithtown districts allow students into school once they have been checked for live lice by the school nurse.

Buffalo Grove and Northbrook schools follow the recommendations of the National Association of School Nurses and do not exclude children who exhibit no signs of live lice.

Here a lice technician tells of her earliest memory of getting head lice as a child. Her experience was not a pleasant one and she vowed to find a better way.

Schools in Bartlett and Millington do not hold to strict “no nit” policies. Students must be treated satisfactorily before returning to school.