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Resident urges district head-lice policy; subcommittee asks nursing staff to draft policy
Summary
A community member urged the Policy Subcommittee to adopt a formal head-lice policy that would support treatment, notification and, in some cases, exclusion for live infestations. The subcommittee voted to refer the matter and requested nurses draft a policy based on current procedures.
Taylor Perry, a Fall River resident, asked the Policy Subcommittee on May 27 to adopt a clearer district policy on head lice to protect students’ health, dignity and school access.
Perry told the panel she had personally dealt with repeated household infestations and described the treatments and laundry burden families sometimes face. She urged the district to require that students with live lice be sent home for treatment, allow return when cleared by the school nurse, and support families by maintaining treatment kits for…
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