[old and tired]

Did the mother put sun screen on the child before she left for school that day? A good 50 or higher applied 30 min before going in the sun will usually last most of the day. If you’re swimming you might have to reapply on some areas. If my child were having a field day I would put sunscreen on myself when they were getting dressed and send them off with a hat or cap.

That's exactly right and if they were going swimming, you'd put one of those spf shirts on them. I'm not saying it's a good rule. It's more nanny state stuff. However, I don't think the rule is asinine or grounds for a lawsuit either. The last thing a school needs is a bunch of fourth grade boys running around with aerosol sunscreen. And how well can most 4th graders actually apply sunscreen (other than the aerosol kind) themselves? My guess is most of them not too well. Wouldn't a decent/non-halfwit parent have found an alternate method of protecting her kid?

[DariusBane]

I burn easily, Scotch, German, Dutch redhead. I burn in the middle of winter on a sunny day. My nickname growing up was “Red”. I was putting sunscream on myself from an early age.

So kids today are not capable of what was routine and necessary for me? Come on. I had kids in my class giving themselves insuline shots when necessary. It’s all about the expectations put on Kids. If you treat them like helpless idiots the will act like helpless idiots.