Closing the classroom and removing carpets is an overreaction, and tends to perpetuate misinformation, incur unnecessary costs, and instill fear. There are more appropriate methods to treat the room. Then, this room as well as others should be monitored to detect any future pest problem. In any case, any pest should be objectively identified by an independent expert (who has no stake in the answer) before pest management activities are pursued.
This is horrifying! I thought head lice was bad enough, and to hear about a school near me with this problem is nuts. I think this school is taking care of the problem! My Childs school allows pillow pets, and doesn’t have a nix free policy, and all the book bags, and coats are put in a pile. 3 times now my kid came home with lice, and almost spent 1,000$. Let’s just say if bed bugs became an issue I would have to home school.
Ashlee: It would be horrifying and unjustified to overreact as described. It would be trading a small problem for a much larger one. As far as head lice, it is difficult to imagine why one would have to spend as much as you did, unless you were pursuing inappropriate strategies. Perhaps, you were basing your decisions and actions on misinformation. You might find the information on my website to be insightful.
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Closing the classroom and removing carpets is an overreaction, and tends to perpetuate misinformation, incur unnecessary costs, and instill fear. There are more appropriate methods to treat the room. Then, this room as well as others should be monitored to detect any future pest problem. In any case, any pest should be objectively identified by an independent expert (who has no stake in the answer) before pest management activities are pursued.
That one photo of a bed bug is used so often I have to wonder if the little bugger gets royalties.
The least someone should do is show a squashed one for a change.
This is horrifying! I thought head lice was bad enough, and to hear about a school near me with this problem is nuts. I think this school is taking care of the problem! My Childs school allows pillow pets, and doesn’t have a nix free policy, and all the book bags, and coats are put in a pile. 3 times now my kid came home with lice, and almost spent 1,000$. Let’s just say if bed bugs became an issue I would have to home school.
Ashlee: It would be horrifying and unjustified to overreact as described. It would be trading a small problem for a much larger one. As far as head lice, it is difficult to imagine why one would have to spend as much as you did, unless you were pursuing inappropriate strategies. Perhaps, you were basing your decisions and actions on misinformation. You might find the information on my website to be insightful.