The Board of Health finally admitted they were wrong and changed the policy back to keep infested children out of the classroom. We forced them to stop pretending this nightmare is just a minor inconvenience for families. Keep watching the school board because we are done letting their lazy mandates …
June 16, 2017
Final supporters
Calling all parents of Saskatchewan school aged children! Thursday night my daughter came to me all itchy...sure enough, she had lice and as it turns out so do my son and I.
This is our second bout of lice in their short school career. Any parent with school aged children is likely familiar with that notice that comes home...the one that makes you scratch your head, literally. Lice in the classroom.
ARE YOU AWARE that a few years ago the Board of Health decided that too many children were missing too much school because of head lice. They changed the policy to force teachers to keep children with live lice in the classrooms. They have determined that lice is not a communicable disease but rather just an inconvenience. Lice has now become an epidemic that can't be stopped, and an expense that parents can't afford. The expense aside, the exhaustive laundry and combing that needs to be done, which I might add, the secretary to the Minister of Health told me was just a myth. "You don't really have to do all that work" she said. "Maybe just wash their pillow cases and for sure do the treatment but it's not as bad as they say." When I asked if she'd ever had lice or a child with lice her response was "Well...no."
This is not the children's fault. It is the result of parents who are not taking the proper steps to clear their children and continually sending them to school with the infestation. Those of us who do go through the proper steps to treat our children and rid our homes can not win but for the few who cannot be bothered.
This petition is demanding that the Board Of Health reverse the decision and allow children with LIVE LICE to be sent home to be treated and not allowed to return until they no longer have live lice in their hair. The parents/caregivers must be held responsible so that the cycle of infestation can be broken.
If you are a parent/caregiver who is tired of having your child/ren come home with lice please sign this petition and force the Board of Health to reverse this ridiculous policy.
Best regards,
Erin Neufeld
Saskatoon, Saskatchewan
Updates
Reached 250 supporters
March 31, 2017
March 30, 2017
We hit 100 signatures today because parents are sick of the Board of Health calling this nightmare just an inconvenience. It is time for the Minister of Health to stop listening to clueless secretaries and fix this policy now.
Reached 100 supporters
March 27, 2017
62 Comments
I work for the school division and I am tired of doing lice checks. I was shocked to learn that we no longer send students home when live lice are found. The health board needs to see where the majority of students keep their coats and backpacks....in locker cubicles with up to four students per cubicle.
I find this ridiculous and absolutely disturbing that a rule has been changed to this. I have worked at a women's shelter and seen what sever cases of lice can do. With constant inch that leads to open sore which causes infections. U definitely have my vote!!!
YES! I live in fear of lice! And if a letter comes home, I generally keep MY child home, BECAUSE their fellow classmates are allowed to return with eggs and nits! Parents should HAVE to keep their children home until the lice are gone. Take care of it properly or home school your kids!
My grandchildren have all had several rounds of lice, mom followed all the procedures to rid them, only to get them again from someone at school. Treatment is expensive , inconvenient, uncomfortable and just plain gross. Start doing head checks and sending kids home until it is cleared up
I am sick of lice!! It cost me over $300 to get rid of it on my 2 kids. If you want kids with live in school then YOU pay for the treatment and YOU come do all the work it takes to get rid of it!!!
It should be treated and the child checked before allowed back into school. As it's an expense for treatments for other parents who take the appropriate precautions. And is time consuming to constantly be checking there child and there belongings when returning home from school.
Something really needs to be done!!!!
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The Board of Health finally admitted they were wrong and changed the policy back to keep infested children out of the classroom. We forced them to stop pretending this nightmare is just a minor inconvenience for families. Keep watching the school board because we are done letting their lazy mandates …
June 16, 2017
Final supporters
Calling all parents of Saskatchewan school aged children! Thursday night my daughter came to me all itchy...sure enough, she had lice and as it turns out so do my son and I.
This is our second bout of lice in their short school career. Any parent with school aged children is likely familiar with that notice that comes home...the one that makes you scratch your head, literally. Lice in the classroom.
ARE YOU AWARE that a few years ago the Board of Health decided that too many children were missing too much school because of head lice. They changed the policy to force teachers to keep children with live lice in the classrooms. They have determined that lice is not a communicable disease but rather just an inconvenience. Lice has now become an epidemic that can't be stopped, and an expense that parents can't afford. The expense aside, the exhaustive laundry and combing that needs to be done, which I might add, the secretary to the Minister of Health told me was just a myth. "You don't really have to do all that work" she said. "Maybe just wash their pillow cases and for sure do the treatment but it's not as bad as they say." When I asked if she'd ever had lice or a child with lice her response was "Well...no."
This is not the children's fault. It is the result of parents who are not taking the proper steps to clear their children and continually sending them to school with the infestation. Those of us who do go through the proper steps to treat our children and rid our homes can not win but for the few who cannot be bothered.
This petition is demanding that the Board Of Health reverse the decision and allow children with LIVE LICE to be sent home to be treated and not allowed to return until they no longer have live lice in their hair. The parents/caregivers must be held responsible so that the cycle of infestation can be broken.
If you are a parent/caregiver who is tired of having your child/ren come home with lice please sign this petition and force the Board of Health to reverse this ridiculous policy.
Best regards,
Erin Neufeld
Saskatoon, Saskatchewan
Updates
Reached 250 supporters
March 31, 2017
March 30, 2017
We hit 100 signatures today because parents are sick of the Board of Health calling this nightmare just an inconvenience. It is time for the Minister of Health to stop listening to clueless secretaries and fix this policy now.
Reached 100 supporters
March 27, 2017
62 Comments
Not just an inconvenience. What about parents that contact lice and have to lose time from work because employers don't want it at their business. Not to mention employers having to re schedule around missing employee
I work for the school division and I am tired of doing lice checks. I was shocked to learn that we no longer send students home when live lice are found. The health board needs to see where the majority of students keep their coats and backpacks....in locker cubicles with up to four students per cubicle.
I find this ridiculous and absolutely disturbing that a rule has been changed to this. I have worked at a women's shelter and seen what sever cases of lice can do. With constant inch that leads to open sore which causes infections. U definitely have my vote!!!
YES! I live in fear of lice! And if a letter comes home, I generally keep MY child home, BECAUSE their fellow classmates are allowed to return with eggs and nits! Parents should HAVE to keep their children home until the lice are gone. Take care of it properly or home school your kids!
My grandchildren have all had several rounds of lice, mom followed all the procedures to rid them, only to get them again from someone at school. Treatment is expensive , inconvenient, uncomfortable and just plain gross. Start doing head checks and sending kids home until it is cleared up
I am sick of lice!! It cost me over $300 to get rid of it on my 2 kids. If you want kids with live in school then YOU pay for the treatment and YOU come do all the work it takes to get rid of it!!!
It should be treated and the child checked before allowed back into school. As it's an expense for treatments for other parents who take the appropriate precautions. And is time consuming to constantly be checking there child and there belongings when returning home from school.
Something really needs to be done!!!!
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Not just an inconvenience. What about parents that contact lice and have to lose time from work because employers don't want it at their business. Not to mention employers having to re schedule around missing employee