Today, today we got the letter
It was a form letter but one that is obviously used quite often as it was constructed as follows:
School:_______________________ Date:__________________
(handwritten name and date)
Dear Parent:
This letter is to notify you that head lice have been found in your child’s class.
By working together, we can effectively manage and control head lice outbreaks this school year. Please check your child for head lice daily for the next several weeks. To check your child, start at the back of the head at the hair line and slowly part small sections of hair while looking closely for small pearly eggs (nits) attached to the hair near the scalp. The eggs are not easy to remove and do not flick off like dandruff.
If signs of lice or nits are noted, please treat right away with a lice killing product. Carefully follow the product instructions for treatment of head lice. The attached Parent Information Sheet (which had nothing attached by the way) provides more information and may be helpful to you.
If you find no lice or eggs (nits), DO NOT TREAT.
If you have any questions, please call me at __________(phone number hand written)
Sincerely,
________________
Principal
(signature copied from somewhere else and transposed on the paper)
________________
School Nurse
(left blank, who is the school nurse? Oh, yea, we don’t have one)
Attachment
(which again, doesn’t exist)
Wonderful start to my already TMJ crappy week. If I make it to that orthodontist appointment on Wednesday or Thursday without staying inebriated, it will be a miracle. And, then, then, if the doc dares to brush me off, I might be forced to spit on him…with inebriated breath (just kidding- I’m taking percocet instead of using the alcohol).
October 7th, 2008 at 10:18 am
…wow.
Is this what our $15,000 per child per year is paying for?
…you know, homeschooling is a great option that is cheaper–well, you have to pay for it on top of the taxes going to education, but it’s well worth it–and you could probably avoid the lice thing too [smile].
Hang in there! And may the lice issue “die” down quickly.
~Luke
October 7th, 2008 at 2:45 pm
Oh my good gravy!!! Letters like this always froze my heart. Major heebie-da-ba-jeebies.
I count it as one of the major pluses of homeschooling that I don’t have to worry about it anymore. =D No really, when I figured out that my children would never again set foot in an elementary and/or middle school, it was like the lights got bright all of a sudden and angels starting singing and the thought “No more lice” occurred to me. =D
Good luck! Hope your child doesn’t get it. In our old elementary school they had the children bring drawstring trash bags to put their coat/hat etc in. Do they do that at your school?
October 7th, 2008 at 2:54 pm
OMG, I’m dying here. At least they don’t need coats and hats just yet, too hot, but when it gets cold, matters will just get worse…….I’ve never had it, even when kids in my school had it when I was a kid and I had LONG hair. I keep my boys’ hair buzzcut so maybe the bugs will leave us alone.