Home | How It Works | Stats Login | Register         Case: Student Smells Bad There is a student in my internship who always shows up dirty and smelling bad. His smell can be a distraction to other students in the class. My CT has heard from other school staff that the student's family is very low-income, and this has been a repeated issue in the past. What can or should we do to address the issue? Solution: (Rates are posted for this solution!) I would have hygiene products for students that need it. I would ask them privately if there is anything going on or if they need anything trying not to embarrass them and reach out to the parents as well. If this issue still continues, I would talk to the schools guidance counselor and school social worker to ask for help. I have been around a situation like this where a student’s clothes and backpack had cat spray on it. Even the homework they turned had a smell. For this situation, the social worker and guidance counselor did contact the parents finding out that this student has a lot of pets in their house, but the situation never got solved. I felt bad because cat urine is extremely strong, and the other students would be bothered by it. I would open any windows if you could BEFORE the student comes to your class to try and let some of the smell out. I would also have an air freshener in the class to help limit the smell.