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When treating for head lice, you want to be sure that you have high quality tools. It can be challenging to get out all signs of head lice and having the proper tools is important.

Schools in Shawnee and Lawrence do not enforce strict “no nit” policies. Children will not be sent home if nits are found in the hair. It is expected that they will go home and be treated that night.

The Lake Washington School District (Sammamish) states that children may remain in school with lice but should go home at the end of the day to be treated. Issaquah schools say that children may stay in school and then go home to be treated.

Schools in Downers Grove and Wheaton districts allow students to remain in school until the end of the day when lice lice are found.

Maybe you’ve gotten one of those dreaded emails from the school. Or maybe you were brushing your child’s hair one morning, noticed her scratching the same spot, and spotted it: a louse. Are you worried your family’s about to get hit with a relentless wave of head lice? Or are you worried because you don’t know who it may have already been spread to?

Schools in Wake County, including Cary and Chapel Hill do not hold to strict ��no nit” policies for head lice. Children with nits may remain in school. At the end of the school day, the child should be sent home for lice treatment.

Schools in Racine do not restrict school attendance for the presence of lice eggs or nits. They follow the guidelines of the American Academy of Pediatrics and the National Association of School Nurses

Both Oak Park and Berwyn schools no longer have “no nit” policies in place. Oak Park’s exception to this is that if a child has nits (lice eggs) and the case continues to get worse, the child may be sent home.

By Head Lice Technician, Sean McGee At LiceDoctors, our mission is to take the burden from you and put this case of head lice in the past. We make sure that all of the lice eggs are removed and that is where you cannot equal an in-home professional lice treatment service like LiceDoctors.

Schools in these districts have dropped their “no nit” school lice policies. Children will not be automatically sent home if nits are found. This is based on research from and recommendations by the Center for Disease Control (CDC), American Academy of Pediatrics, the National Association of School Nurses, the American School Health Association, and the Harvard School of Public Health.