The spread of lice in the schools has become an epidemic this year. The fact that the schools have no policies to combat this at all is not helping the situation. While we understand that no child should be embarrassed and many families have two working parents and cannot afford for people to be at home for lice when they do not carry disease,many children are allergic to these bugs and they do bite other children badly. There must be a compromise. We must be able to send a letter home letting parents know when children are attending school with lice and maybe have a special classroom where the children can go (such as the nurse's office) and do their work while they are infected so as not to infect other children.