Head Lice and teachers - help, need advice - just a little angry right now!!!!!!!!!

[Lizziekid]

Hiya, i'd like some advice on headlice and teachers!!

Headlice has been an on going porblem for my daughter. We manage to get rid of them and then about a month later they seem to re-appear, summer holiday, easter etc etc she is all clear, the minute back at school she gets them.

Today my daughters teacher pulled me to one side after school and explained that a helper had looked in her hair and that she was crawling with lice, she then went on to say that the headteacher had said that unless they are gone she has to stay home from school until they are gone. I was made to feel like my daughter is the root cause of the whole schools problem with headlice. Having spoken to my daughter who is 7, no-one has touched her hair today, and having combed through her hair tonight with a nitty gritty comb i found one lice in her hair. i'm so angry and want to say sonething to the head as

1. surely being made to stay at home is like a suspension from school and would have thought a letter would need to be written to me
2. why is she being singled out, as no other parents have had this said to them
3. and why did the head send a message through the teacher and not approach me herself???

am i over reacting????? pls help!

When my DD was in Reception, the school sent home letters school-wide saying there was an outbreak and to treat accordingly. Then when she moved up to Year 1, they stopped sending letters home - apparently the LA had decided there was little point!

My DD seems to get lice maybe twice a year. She has really long hair which is ALWAYS tied back really well or plaited as she hates to wear it down. So tying back doesn't neccesarily work IMO. I think the only thing that would work would be to make all the kids have a skinhead! LOL

We've tried most of the treatments and they all seem a bit crap, so I usually just wash the hair normally, then cover head in conditioner, thoroughly comb through with nit comb, then wash again. Then I comb again with normal comb and slide out the egg-cases with my fingernails. Think it's quite odd that some people leave them in the hair.

Never heard of Hedrin, sounds good and I will give that a try next time.

bring back the nit nurse. Maybe it would cause the outbreaks to be less often and not so bad. My son's school is going back to the old scheme of sending letters out to parents with children who has tham. Let's see if they do it and if it will work.