AIBU - teacher made son tell class he had headlice

[ferrarimum]

hello
I am a first time poster so excuse any lapses in correct posting etiquette! DS age 8 had headlice which I saw and treated. I am combing him every few days, all family is checked and clear and he seems clear now. I also informed the school by letter but DS was too embarrassed to hand in so I emailed. The teacher made my son tell the whole class he had had headlice. He was so embarrassed and went into the playground to cry and also other kids made fun of him. he is pretty tough and really likes his teacher but I think this was a very mean and inappropriate response. AIBU - is this out of order for a teacher to do this to a child?

Hmm all sounds a bit odd to me

Don't like the school's e-mail questioning your request?
I hope it was a wires crossed thing.

well I went down to the school at 4pm hoping to catch the teacher but they were in staff meeting. the office assistant said she had spoken to teacher and what they say happened was... she was handing out nit leaflets and said something like "we have probably all had lice at some point", and then DS said 'yes my mum treated me this week'...when she realised later that people were being mean to him she apparently gave the speech about how its normal, everyone gets them etc.
But my son is adamant that she said 'i won't be cross or anything but hands up if you have nits.'

She certainly didn't line him up at the front of whole class and i was probably too strong saying 'she made him tell'. Sorry for melodrama!! Hmm. However if she did ask for hands up as my son insists then she was not being tactful or appropriate. But I made my point and now think important thing is to move on. Lesson learnt for her and DS is sometimes its best to keep your mouth shut !!
Thanks posters.

In that case, all good! Even if she asked them to put their hands up, that isn't necessarily terrible as it could actually remove the (ridiculous) shame...

If it's true, good. But , I might be tempted to ask other parents to clarify it's what really happened in the class...

But as you say, it maybe better to just forget about it and move on.