Head Lice

The Board of Education recognizes the need to maintain a healthy learning environment for all children in the school district.  One way to maintain this healthy learning environment is to manage pediculosis, a condition of a person having head lice.  Head lice are very small insects that have claws that cling to hair and spend their entire life cycle on the heads of people.  Head lice do not spread any diseases, and having head lice is not prevented by personal or household cleanliness, use of shampoos, or length of hair.  All social and economic groups can be affected by head lice.  Because it is very difficult to totally prevent head lice infestations in schools where children come into close head-to-head contact with each other frequently, the Board of Education authorizes appropriate steps to manage pediculosis.

A student who is found to have active head lice will not be permitted to attend school until there are no active lice in the student’s hair, proof of treatment has been provided to the nurse, and until all live and/or dead head lice are removed from the student’s hair as confirmed by an examination by the school nurse.

The presence of nits (the eggs of lice) without active head lice will not prohibit a child from attending school

• About Head Lice
• Treatment of Head Lice
• Head Lice Information Sheet English/Spanish