Bloomingdale Parents Want Better Alert System
Board of Ed pledges to look into policies to notify parents of contagious illnesses.
If only a simple itchy head was all that came out of the spread of head lice, parents would not be so concerned when one student becomes a host for the parasite. But aside from dealing with their child scratching, the parent also has to worry about disposing of and cleaning every piece of clothing or bedding the child has come in contact with, as well as preventing their child from spreading the lice to other students or their families. Meg Gray, a Bloomingdale parent, said if she had known about head lice spreading in the Bloomingdale School District, she might have been able to prevent her daughter from spreading it to her, and other children. "We're not being notified," she told the Board of Education during a meeting on Monday, Dec. 6…
