Dear Elementary parents,
GRS has received reports of head lice in Lower and Upper Elementary.
While we do not require students to stay home from school until head lice infections have cleared, we're notifying the community of these recent cases so that families can check their students for lice and respond appropriately. Treating hair and washing clothing and bedsheets will limit the transmission of head lice.
While we do not require students to stay home from school until head lice infections have cleared, we're notifying the community of these recent cases so that families can check their students for lice and respond appropriately. Treating hair and washing clothing and bedsheets will limit the transmission of head lice.
Recommendations on treatments are below - one from the Minnesota Department of Health and an alternative from a GRS parent Kara Parker, MD.
MN Department of Health: http://www.health.state.mn.us/
Recommendation from Kara Parker, MD & GRS parent: "Coconut oil and essential oils work great- the coconut oil suffocates them and the essential oils chemically harm (tea tree (mellaluca) and oregano, eucalyptus are strong options). Can also add diatomaceous earth (DE) to cut through the exoskeleton and eggs into the paste and spread through the hair, wear at night, wash in the am."