To talk to the teacher about headlice?

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There is one girl in DD's class who has has had an extreme case of headlice for months now, DD says that agaisnt her dark hair you can see hundreds of eggs as well as scabs all around her neck and the girl is constantly scratching.
DD was friends with her but has started playing and sitting with others at lunch and break, purely because of her nits and other children are now following. As much as I dont want my DD to leave someone out for somehing that is not their fault and I dont want this to become a bullying issue, I wouldnt want to sit next to someone who clearly had nits so can't force dd to do this same, I would also prefer to avoid another infestation.
This has been the case since before christmas, we have a letter every few weeks asking to check our children but this girls parents are obviously not doing anything about it.

WIBU to go and talk to the teacher about this? And can they do anymore than sending out the headlice letters anyway?

Well I'm sure people would think you were being U.

However it is expensive dealing with nits and I would resent paying out all the time cos one parent won't treat their child.

That poor child must be miserable

There’s a similar issue in our school, but the teachers/head are unwilling to deal with it. They just say ‘We can’t discuss other pupils.’

One of the other parents plucked up the courage to mention it to the mother, but she said she knows her kids have nits. They have a large family and can’t get rid of them.

I feel sorry for the child and if I did go to the teacher I would be doing it more for her benefit than mine and dd's although we do both have having to treat her every few weeks but I'm worried the teachers wont be able to do anything either.
Without being dramatic, I really do think refusing to treat your childs headlice should be considered child abuse/neglect and the school should be able to get ss involved.