My mom won’t let me go to an in-person middle school because they might have bed bugs. But I doubt that.
Do Pennsylvania middle schools have bed bugs in 2025?
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My mom won’t let me go to an in-person middle school because they might have bed bugs. But I doubt that.
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It’s technically possible, I guess? But extremely unlikely that any particular school would have them.
Pest controller here got to say they do exist in lots of place where people sleep, I’ve treated for them. Hard to tell on a cursory glance if they are there. Mattress edges behind a head board dark hidden areas is where you find them.
I haven’t heard of it, but it’s possible.
You would have to look up what school you would go to and whether that school has them.
Just because some might doesn’t mean the one closest to you does.
Most common places for bedbugs: homes, hotels, and hospitals. Schools don’t usually have them
Apparently high schools have them.
https://www.pahomepage.com/news/bedbugs-discovered-at-carbondale-area-high-school/amp/
Infestations of bedbugs are uncommon. You can check with the school you are interested in attending.
To access these records, you would need to submit a Right-to-Know request to the specific school district’s Open Records Officer. Each school district designates an Open Records Officer who handles such requests.
The request process typically involves completing a form provided by the school district and submitting it to their designated Right-to-Know Officer.
Your mom sounds wacky. Hope you’re doing okay
Doubtful. Your mom or someone else should be able to contact the specific school you’d be attending to get that information. If there’s an infestation that would be so dependent rather than it being wide spread.
Absent that working, you can try to get a trusted adult to be your advocate to her. If you can’t convince her, then try to compromise with extra curricular activities or tutoring. There are also home school co-opts that help bridge the gap.
Bed bugs no.Head lice are more of a thing in schools.
Yes
You can call the school and ask but it’s highly doubtful. Schools, outside boarding schools, usually don’t have any materials in which bedbugs are known to infest. Almost everything is washable and can be disinfected. That happens in most day cares and younger kids’ classrooms regularly.
Do you think she might be referring to head lice? That’s common in most schools because kids are together constantly but it’s usually mitigated very quickly and easily eradicated.
Your mother may not want you to attend a specific school but her reason doesn’t sound reasonable.
And, you can ask a million parents about colds, flu, and chicken pox. All our kids bring home something. It’s the nature of the best with kids together for several hours per day. They are all germ factories that don’t wash their hands and are constantly touching things.
Tell her there are chairs at school, not beds.
😂 All I could think about is “why are there beds in Pennsylvania middle schools” 😂
Sounds like your mom is grasping at straws, trying to control you with whatever she thinks will work.
My mom was like that. It’s rough.
Good luck.
Maybe…if your school does have an issue, they’ll probably send an email to all the parents. It’s what our school district does when something happens.
Well, bed bugs do still exist in 2025. So, maybe?
A school with bedbugs would be rare.
Do you have any other trusted adults you could talk to besides your mom?