What's your school policy on head lice info?

[amidaiwish]

Dithered whether to put this here or in Children's Health, but i'm really interested in your school's policy/approach to head lice rather than getting rid of lice.

Just 4 days into term we have had a text from school announcing "head lice in year 2, please check your child's hair"

We were getting these texts most weeks last year and i can't believe this has happened again so quickly.

We have 3 classes in year 2 - but the text goes to the whole year group. Surely 4 days into term a teacher has seen a child/children scratching furiously and this has triggered the text.

If it is the same children over and over, will the school ever do anything? These blanket texts do not seem to be working!

Does anyone have a nit nurse anymore? Can we club together and pay for one? (or is this not allowed...?)

TIA.

We send a nit text

6 year old ds had three nits and named them Tom, Jerry and Tshirt. He reckoned they had gone to nit heaven - flippin' church school

Ooh, this is a zombie thread - bet Jess was advertising!

As a class rep, I encourage all my gang to check all children just before the start of term and at half term to try to get ahead (so to speak). We have had a pretty good year so far (dread last words, possibly!).
I don't get too excited about the children, just grind into comb and hedrin mode, but as I have v thick and coarse hair I can just about sit on, that is more of a concern.....