To ask school to stop sending home 'Class Pets'' (parasites)

[elfycat]

After a year in which my DDs have brought home nits every single half term since before LAST summer holiday. I've spend hours wet combing and a small fortune in Vamousse and had them 3 times myself. I've only ever had them once in 43 years prior to this

Before nit year we had thread worm year.

Today school have excelled themselves.

A fucking tick in DD2's (5) head.

Went home via the GP surgery and they twisted the thing out whole. It's in a jar which is going into school tomorrow and I'll keep an eye on her for temperature/rash as the area I'm on has had increasing numbers of lyme's disease cases over the last 5 years.

I was hoping to escape class pets this half term. We're not even a week in.

So WIBU to use extreme sarcasm tomorrow morning? And does anyone else have a vile parasite filled school.

Obviously I need to warn them about the ticks. The school backs onto farmland and an open air museum with farm animals

LittleLionMansMummy The free stuff from Boots scheme is regional. My region is not in it ( I checked). So yes I have spent a lot of money in the last year on nit prevention and treatment.

And yes I am aware that my DDs are a part of the nit cycle and will have been involved in passing them on. I do as much as I can, regular (daily) checks, weekly prophylactic nitty gritty combings - the 2-3 times a week combings if there's evidence. Chemical treatments x2 if it's a school holiday if I can't get on top of them with combing. First one a suffocating oil type, and the second mop up one with vamousse (that combo had never failed). Their hair is tied up - DD1's in a bun as she seems to be a magnet for them.

If anyone has any practical suggestions (shaving their heads not an option) I'd be happy to hear them.

On Friday DD2 took her little friend in. The reception class are doing mini-beasts, and it certainly came under that heading. I told the school office and they were going to let the PSHE coordinator know, and she thought it would be a good thing to make the kids aware about anyway. The first of my friends I told about it said 'Oh you put vaseline on them'.

And thank you to those who got the tone of my OP

FFS, why are people being all about the suggestion the OP lets the school know her daughter picked up a tick on the school premises!

Its not going to hurt anyone to ask if they can make parents aware so they can keep an eye on their kids because of the risk of Lymes Disease.

yeesh!

OP, YANBU!