Posted on 06/10/2014 12:26:36 PM PDT by Kaslin
Not The Onion: a school district in Texas has banned sunscreen from schools due to the fact that they're afraid children will eat it.
The North East Independent School District has the restriction because it considers sunscreen toxic, and fears kids will eat it, parent Christy Riggs, of San Antonio, told Fox News.
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School district spokeswoman Aubrey Chancellor told ABC News that allergic reactions to sunscreen are one of the numerous reasons the district does not allow sunblock in its 72 schools.
“We don’t want students sharing sunscreen,” Chancellor told the station. “If students get it in their eyes or react badly to the sunscreen it can be quite serious.”
In order to use sunscreen, a child must have a note from a doctor and apply it in a nurse's office. This policy includes field trips, which are notoriously lacking in school nurses. According to Riggs, whose father passed away from skin cancer earlier this year, her daughter returned home from a field trip with a bad sunburn.
School officials advised parents to put sunscreen on their children prior to the start of the school day.
This policy is dumb and parents have a right to be angry. For starters, sunscreen doesn't last all day: it needs to be reapplied every few hours. Secondly, the school district is in San Antonio, Texas. Texas is pretty hot and sunny. I'm assuming the majority of Texans have used sunblock at some point in their lives and are aware that it's not food. I understand that the school is trying to cover themselves in today's lawsuit-happy culture, but needlessly exposing children to sunburns and putting them at risk for future skin cancer is not okay.
The no-sunscreen policy may be reviewed in the coming year.
Better for them to contract skin cancer I guess.
Are San Antonio kids all stupid?
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I remember when I was in 3rd grade, a kid in my class ate LePages white paste. We were doing some arts and cratfts thing, and he ate the paste.
Stupidity on display in the publick skules.
Teachers need an education.
My nephew once got in-school suspension for bringing coffee beans to school to eat, and to share with his friends. The administration said they were afraid they might be laced with cocaine, which they were not.
They also got in trouble for inhaling breath freshener spray. Stupid is as stupid does, but we need to get a grip.
The most fair complected kids will need it the most. Everyone knows they’ve had privilege for far too long already.
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They wouldn’t mint flavor the stuff if it wasn’t intended to be eaten...would they??
Ya know...like one of those things that Beaver Cleaver got caught at...and he had to take a note to his father...and Wally told Beaver....
Don't worry...I did it, too. Dad will just tell you not to do it again.
You just say yes sir and look sad.
Thanks Wally
Elmer’s is better.
Just sayin....
No, but the school board members are.
Public Screwholes: Teaching Evolution and surivial of the fitest, not living up to it...
Ok kids, no sunscreen. Here’s some condoms.
I'm sure it didn't kill him, regardless.
We used to smear white glue on our hands and then peel it off after it dried, freaking out the girls. Today, that would likely get a haz-mat team called it.
For a minute I though it might be peanut based or look like a weapon in it's container. Maybe it still is a scarey science project to the fine arts teachers*
*In memory of my fellow science teacher who was canned because gasp!!! he had kids design projectile launching projects. Other teachers complained about the "weapons".
Should be OK to use in San Antonio if the labels are in Spanish. I understand banning the ones with labels in English.
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