09/02/2024
Please sign this petition so I can lobby policy makers to bring back the No Nit Policies.
Head lice have become epidemic in the past decade since school boards took away the no nit policies that used to be in place to protect the spread of head lice in the classroom.
With the mutation of super lice which have become immune to the drug store OTC. (Over the counter treatments.) Parents are now really struggling to deal with getting rid of head lice. This struggle gets amplified when they finally get rid of them only to be re-infested when they send their child back to school where other kids are in attendance with active head lice.
The school boards rationale for removing the policy was that excluding children for head lice was affecting their education. Further they sited head lice was not a health or medical condition but rather a nuisance. Head lice is a highly communicable affliction. The second highest next to the common cold in children.
These blood sucking insects travel from person to person and cause a great deal of mental and financial stress for both parents and children. Children with undiagnosed and untreated head lice can spread it to others and we have seen infections such as impetigo as a result. Allowing children with active head lice to attend class especially with highly resistant strains of head lice needs to be reconsidered and stopped.
We must go back to the No Nit Policies or a better policy to reduce the number of children and families getting lice and spreading lice. Please sign this petition so we can advocate for change. We hope to lobby the minister of education to take another look at why this policy was revoked and what we need to do to bring it back. Protecting parents and students from the frustration, expense, and time it takes to deal with a head lice outbreak.
As the owner of a head lice removal business, I see the frustration daily. This No Nit Policy ban has been great for my business but as a parent it makes no common sense. I believe it was a mistake to stop checking and excluding students until they have been cleared of active head lice.
Please sign this petition so I can lobby policy makers to bring back the No Nit Policies.
https://www.petitions.net/bring_back_no_not_policies_to_schools?fbclid=IwY2xjawFDJGRleHRuA2FlbQIxMQABHTb1ycfYOGpUEGSkmtAozr9knnUf85wlHL0lFfH5DiHpFs_YESDwMt6_PA_aem_lKroAWAVqayab6n4NON7Cg
Head lice have become epidemic in the past decade since school boards took away the no nit policies that used to be in place to protect the spread of head lice in the classroom. With the mutation of super lice which have become immune to the drug store OTC. (Over the counter treatments.) Paren...
