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Head Lice Policy
Children with HEAD LICE OR NITS Will Not be permitted to attend
school until they have been treated ** and ** ALL NITS removed from
the hair. This policy follows guidelines provided by Kansas State
Law- K.S.A. 65-122 Schools and child care facilities; non-admissions
and exclusions; readmissions, when.; and Kansas Classroom Handbook of
Communicable Diseases, April 1995, KDHE.
Treatment Information: Is available in each school office.
Your Student(s) may return to school when the following items have
been completed:
1. The hair has been shampooed with the recommended
preparation.
2. The hair must be FREE of lice and nits.
3. You MUST accompany your child to the School Office on the
first day your student returns to school and bring a note as outlined
in #4 & #5 below.
4. The student(s) will bring a note from the Sumner County
Health Department, which states that they have been checked, and that
Health Department personnel to verify that they are free of
nits/lice.
Sumner County Health Dept. will check your student & other family
members free of charge. Health Dept. hours are 8am to 5pm Monday
through Friday.
OR 5. Your child may obtain a note from your doctor that they
have been checked
and are free of nits/lice.
(#4 & #5 above are necessary as the school nurse is not available in
each school every morning.)
Absence Policy related to Head Lice:
1. If a child misses 8 days per semester or 10 days per year they
will be referred to the proper authorities.
2. Children under the age of 14 will be referred to SRS.
3. Children age 14 and older will be referred to the County Attorney.
Policy approved: 10-09-97, Wellington School Board.
If your student still has nits, they will be sent back home until
their hair is nit free.
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