Speedy Recovery

Maybe we’re nit-picking…

But is it crazy that students can come to school with lice? In the wake of the No Child Left Behind law, and its emphasis on attendance and test preparation, school districts are revising their policies to allow students to return faster after lice infestations. Instead of a doctor’s note, some just need to bring a box top from an over-the-counter lice treatment. “This is not a Third World  country,” one angry mother in Sherman Oaks, California, told The Wall Street Journal. “Why would we lower our standards?”