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(THE COLLEGE FIX) – New guidelines from the American Academy of Pediatrics say schools should not send children home if their heads are infested with lice. The AAP protocols note children who have lice are “neither a health hazard” not necessarily practicing “poor hygiene.”
Of concern to the AAP is the alleged shame children would face if they’re sent home due to lice, KATV.com reports. “Sending [children] home due to head lice can result in ‘phycological stress’ [sic] and ‘significant stigma.’”
“School exclusion of children or adolescents with nits alone would have resulted in many of these children or adolescents missing school unnecessarily,” the guidelines state. “In addition, head lice infestations have been shown to have low contagion in classrooms.”