School lip balm ban baffles parents
SMITHFIELD, N.C. (UPI) -- Parents of students at a North Carolina school district are questioning a policy banning lip balm without a note from a parent or doctor.
Stephanie Boyd, a parent at West View Elementary School, said she and other parents received a letter Nov. 9 from Johnston County Schools saying lip balm and cough drops would not be allowed in schools without a note from a parent or doctor, the Charlotte (N.C.) Observer reported Thursday.
"I just don't see how Chapstick can even remotely be perceived as medicine," Boyd said. "Is it me or has common sense just gone out the window lately? They seem to ban something new every single year."
Schools spokeswoman Terri Sessoms said the policy was the result of a county Health Department edict.
"Parents were afraid that children would share the Chapstick and spread germs," Sessoms said. "By requiring written permission from the parents, parents would be aware that their children had Chapstick and would be able to remind them not to share it with other children. This would also be a way for teachers to be aware so that they could deter students from sharing it with others."
Stephanie Boyd, a parent at West View Elementary School, said she and other parents received a letter Nov. 9 from Johnston County Schools saying lip balm and cough drops would not be allowed in schools without a note from a parent or doctor, the Charlotte (N.C.) Observer reported Thursday.
"I just don't see how Chapstick can even remotely be perceived as medicine," Boyd said. "Is it me or has common sense just gone out the window lately? They seem to ban something new every single year."
Schools spokeswoman Terri Sessoms said the policy was the result of a county Health Department edict.
"Parents were afraid that children would share the Chapstick and spread germs," Sessoms said. "By requiring written permission from the parents, parents would be aware that their children had Chapstick and would be able to remind them not to share it with other children. This would also be a way for teachers to be aware so that they could deter students from sharing it with others."
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