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Students Severely Sunburned at School Field Day Because of Little-Known State Sunscreen Law

Jesse Michener Outraged After Daughters Return From School Field Day With Severe Sunburns Because of State Sunscreen Law

(Photo: Jesse Michner)

Jesse Michener is outraged after her two daughters returned home from a school field day with what she described as “hurts to look at” sunburns because they weren’t allowed to put on sunscreen.

Michener said it was raining in the morning so she didn’t put sunscreen on the girls before they left, but even if she had, she noted that they would still have had to reapply it at some point.  And there’s the rub– apparently, teachers are not allowed to put sunscreen on students in Washington, and kids can only put it on themselves if they have a doctor’s note.

Michener wrote her own account of what happened on her blog, after explaining that she is particularly irritated because one of her daughters has a documented form of Albinism that makes her extra sensitive to the sun:

…after seeing the kids upon returning home from work, I immediately went to the school to speak with the principal. Her response centered around the the [school's] inability to administer what they considered a prescription/medication (sunscreen) for liability reasons. And while I can sort of wrap my brain around this in theory, the practice of a blanket policy which clearly allows for students to be put in harm’s way is deeply flawed. Not only does a parent have to take an unrealistic (an un-intuitive) step by visiting a doctor for a “prescription” for an over-the-counter product, children are not allowed to carry it on their person and apply as needed. Had my children gone to school slathered in sunscreen (which they did not, it was raining), by noon – when the sun came out – they would have needed to reapply anyway. Something as simple as as sun hat might seem to bypass the prescription issue to some extent. Alas, hats are not allowed at school, even on field day.

My children indicated that several adults commented on their burns at school, including staff and other parents. One of my children remarked that their teacher used sunscreen in her presence and that it was “just for her.” So, is this an issue of passive, inactive supervision? Where is the collective awareness for student safety? If they were getting stung by bees, teachers would remove them. Staff need to be awake to possible threats or safety issues and be able to take action. Prolonged sun exposure leads to burns: either put sunscreen on or, at the very least, remove the child from the sun. A simple call would have brought me to that school in minutes to assist my kids.

Common sense missing + fear of being sued = my kids pay the price. Not okay. [Emphasis added]

ABC has more information on the story, and on which states have similar regulations:

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Though the pictures clearly relate some of the damage, Michener said that the following days were even worse, once the girls’ faces started blistering and they became generally miserable.

“I’m out to change policy that ties [the school's] hands from making good decisions,” Michener wrote.

The school district has since apologized and informed Michener that a new law “[allows] for districts to make their own distinctions about what is and isn’t allowed at school with regard to sunscreen and other over-the-counter medications” and that school policy should be revised by October.

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  • The-Monk
    Posted on June 24, 2012 at 7:11pm

    Now they need free Obamacare…..

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    • TSUNAMI-22
      Posted on June 24, 2012 at 7:27pm

      I always thought the Sun caused sunburn, but I guess the ignorance of law knowledge is to blame.

      What kind of people are creating these ridiculous headlines?

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    • Skrewedretiree
      Posted on June 24, 2012 at 7:36pm

      @Tsunami-22 : Try reading the article in full and then commenting. You are making yourself sound like a fool.

      “It is better to be silent and thought a fool than to open one’s mouth and remove all doubt.”

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    • Pontiac
      Posted on June 24, 2012 at 8:08pm

      “teachers are not allowed to put sunscreen on students in Washington,”
      I think the reasons should be obvious…

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    • 13th Imam
      Posted on June 24, 2012 at 8:10pm

      It all comes down to LAWYERS. Because of the suit happy sharks, and golddigging aholes that sue for Free Money. And the Judges that allow these suits are LAWYERS for the most part. And the parents have some responsibility here, as if kids are sensitive to the sun, Have A note Written to send along with some sunscreen.

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    • The-Monk
      Posted on June 24, 2012 at 8:32pm

      Wait till some Government regulator who owns stocks in a sunscreen company realizes the financial potential and mandates that all school Children where sunscreen before they come to school. : (

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    • docgreen
      Posted on June 24, 2012 at 8:34pm

      When my daughter is out weather its soccer, swimming, or any other sports, she knows she has to put it on. When they have field trips normally parents attend also. Like chaperones! Where are the parents and why couldn’t they have put it on themselves? My daughters about to turn 10 and she knows that you have to keep reaplying it. Thats mine and her mothers job to teach them that. Yes the school teacher should have seen and known they were burnt. She could have asked them to borrow sunscreen or anything other than let them be burnt. This is foolishness and the teacher should be fired and the admin need to be held accountable for it. But the parents are also to blame. Teach your kids to be prepaired for the worse and exspect the best. If I see other kids and their starting to get pink, I’ll ask them if they have sunscreen on. If not I’ll let them borrow some. But some sunscreens cause allergic reactions and can also burn people. Most of it comes down to parents knowing and watching out. If I were a teacher I would have asked them if they had sunscreen, if not I would have called their parents before they were burned!….. This could effect them for the rest of their lives. My mom was burned really bad when she was young and she cant hardly stand to be in the sun now!….

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    • The-Monk
      Posted on June 24, 2012 at 8:52pm

      When I grew up there was no such thing as sunscreen and no one got a sun burn.

      Why?

      Because we were outside a lot and not sitting in front of a computer all the time. I was a Lifeguard for two summers, had no sunscreen and never got a sunburn. And my skin is just fine.

      If Children were allowed to be Children and to play outside; a sudden and rare exposure to the Sun would never happen.

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    • Abigail Adams
      Posted on June 24, 2012 at 8:53pm

      DocGreen you didn’t read the entire article. The girls had sunscreen but the law forbids them from applying it to themselves without a doctor’s note. Not only were they forbidden from “self-medicating” themselves with sunscreen but the school staff didn‘t bother to call the girls’ mother so she could “medicate” them with sunscreen.
      It’s this kind of culture that prevents kids from growing up to think for themselves. No wonder Obama thinks 25 year olds are incapable of insuring themselves.

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    • johnnylingo
      Posted on June 24, 2012 at 9:13pm

      Washington is one of the few states not allowing school vouchers . Change the law and bypass tthese continual incompetent idiots in charge of our children. The NEA and their cronies are corrupt.

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    • wdittgasn
      Posted on June 24, 2012 at 9:18pm

      I’m sorry but it is at times like these that you just need to tell the teacher or whom ever to go to hell, I’m going to take care of my self, screw your rules or what ever….. WHY DO PEOPLE SIT THERE AND TAKE IT!!!!!.. Take your sun screen to school and put it on.

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    • wdittgasn
      Posted on June 24, 2012 at 9:21pm

      They say they are afraid of law suits, if there is any reason to sue the school it should be for allowing the kids to get sunburned.

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    • ashestoashes
      Posted on June 24, 2012 at 9:31pm

      There is waterproof sunscreen..

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    • Pillar of Fire
      Posted on June 24, 2012 at 9:50pm

      Pour some white vinegar on him in the shower. Takes the burn out. Then just rinse with water; NO SOAP! Bless him, Lord.

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    • FFTyranny
      Posted on June 24, 2012 at 10:02pm

      @The-Monk

      Not sure where you grew up, maybe Tibet? But I am 54, grew up in VA and they did have sunscreen and if you didn’t use it you would get sunburn.

      Now yes when I was growing up. There were these people who had dark skin. They would be the ones who would walk around placing their arms next to fair skins kids and people and say” wow you sure are white. why don’t you get a tan?” Was that you The-Monk? I’ll bet it was. I remember getting burned many times, because sunscreen back then “coppertone” (remember coppertone The-Monk? Sunscreen back then washed off in the pools and seawater. Oh and I always enjoyed telling people who acted like they were Gods with the tans. I would tell them I love being white and I have no thoughts of changing myself just to please you.

      Get a life.
      Oh and get off the computer and go outside…

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    • BLACKDIAMONDSKIER
      Posted on June 24, 2012 at 10:48pm

      @ SKREWEDRETIREE

      When you are quoting someone it would be nice if you got the quote exactly right but more importantly give credit to whom it is due. Regardless, the point being made is so true.

      “Better to remain silent and be thought a fool than to speak out and remove all doubt.” – Abraham Lincoln

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    • docgreen
      Posted on June 24, 2012 at 11:14pm

      Maybe I missed it, but from what I read, the girls never had it with them. It sounds like they weren’t allowed to have it at school, and the school wasn’t allowed to put it on. Its lose, lose situation. Even if it was against school policy I would have instructed my girls to apply it themselves! Screw the School system and if ya ask me everyone of those teachers and or administration people need to have their liscences revoked!….. How can they be accountable for the other kids if they can’t even take care of this. I would be so P.O. that I would pull my kids from that school! The board needs to fire all of them! But more than likely, they probably all have 10yr! Question for everyone; if the school doesn’t allow it, why did other teachers and parents that were there have it and apply it? Somethings not right. So the teachers can apply their own sun screen but the kids can’t? Someones lying and it sounds like the teachers and admin were able to use it. So why couldn’t the kids if they had it? Its a lie, otherwise the teachers shouldn’t have been allowed to wear it also! Maybe it says that they cant but then I would ask them why the teachers and other parents were allowed to apply it? People come on use your Brains, if all else fails a simple phone call prior to them getting burned would have solved everything. I still say the admin, and the teachers need to be fired for this! If they cant watch a few kids, they shouldn’t be teaching!…..

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    • toto
      Posted on June 24, 2012 at 11:26pm

      The dumb getting dumber and they are in charge of the schools. Common sense needs to be declared endangered before it is too late. We definitely have people with deficient brains in control of our schools. Parents, if you care about your children, get involved, and take control of what happens to your children. They belong to YOU, not the STATE!

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    • white_ostracism
      Posted on June 24, 2012 at 11:37pm

      That is a criminal act. They should have called the parents to ask if the child should be excluded. Now this child faces possible skin cancer because of what the school did. They let kids drink bottled water they bring from home.

      This makes me so mad.

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    • Maji
      Posted on June 24, 2012 at 11:53pm

      Now-a-days this actualy makes sense.
      I think thats how its going to work…
      **You’re going to have to
      get your doctor to prescribe an “education” for your kids for them to get one!

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    • GeorgieJo
      Posted on June 25, 2012 at 1:28am

      LAW SCHOOL applicants JUST rose 200%
      Union Teachers and their stupid “rules”
      Thank You Jesus my kids are grown.

      OMG 2012

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    • The-Monk
      Posted on June 25, 2012 at 1:29am

      @FFTyranny

      Coppertone was a suntan oil for tanning and had no sunscreen properties.

      Or don’t you remember that?

      Remember, too much smoking pot will lead to false memories. How about that link pot head?

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    • Doctor Nordo
      Posted on June 25, 2012 at 1:44am

      Uhhh… Monk, while Coppertone was indeed a tan enhancer originally, by the early 50s it was patented and marketed as a sunscreen. That was 60 years ago and it wasn’t even the first commercially available sunscreen.

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    • Doctor Nordo
      Posted on June 25, 2012 at 1:53am

      http://www.coppertone.ca/en/about_history.php

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    • spikebu
      Posted on June 25, 2012 at 3:04am

      @The Monk…I was born and raised in Phoenix, Az. The community pool was a block from my house. It was 1965. Nobody had air conditioning. I was 2. My parents went to work, and we kids went to the pool. Summer meant all day at the pool. Never heard of sunscreen. Never got a sunburn until I went camping in the mountains. The only thing on TV I wanted to see was on from 6am to 7am on Saturday morning. Cartoons. I drank (and made) Kool-Aid (with 1 whole cup of sugar!) as a child. We burned the calories almost faster than we consumed them. There was not one single fat kid in my neighborhood, and nobody had Asthma. Monk, you are exactly right. They are all sitting inside on their duffs. I didn’t allow my children TV or video games. They played outside. They built forts, played hide and seek, swam. I got validation from a neighbor a couple of streets over. She saw me on my front patio and stopped to tell me my kids reminded her of her youth. They were the only ones in the neighborhood she ever saw OUTSIDE! My youngest is now sixteen. Those of you with young kids, BUILD YOUR COMMUNITY! Know your neighbors, all the way down your street. Give your kids freedom. If you walk your dogs, talk to everybody you see. It’s your job. Know their environment. It’s so much better to be connected.

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    • sasquatch08
      Posted on June 25, 2012 at 3:50am

      The ones that actually follow the laws morons create…? Duh.

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    • bigdaddyt46
      Posted on June 25, 2012 at 4:23am

      @docnordo

      sorry but the monk is right and your link proved it. re-look at the history before 1972 it was not a sun protector. before that it was marketed as a sunless tan product ect. why a sunless tan product if it protected from the sun then? spf(SUN PROTECTING FACTOR) was introduced in 1972. whe i was a kid in the 60‘s 70’s never used sunscreen,i very rarely got sunburned being outside when i did get burned my mom used noxema on it. when it blistered i use to sit there watching tv and pealing it off no big deal. kid‘s in the 80’s and beyond are a bunch of crying wussies who’s parents run them to the dr if they fart. i‘m old school even today won’t go to a dr. unless it’s an emergency, and even then it’s a last resort(like when i accidently stepped on a broken toothpick in my stocking feet and drove it into my foot) never had or used any protection for anything. knee pads, elbow pads, and a helmet to ride a bike? to rollerblade? to skateboard? part of being a kid is scrapes, bruises, and scabs. you could tell the left tree hugging wussy parents because they always bragged about knee pads ect. it was a federal crime if their kids got so much as a scraped elbow. buffalo bagels let kids be kids.(smdh).

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    • JACKTHETOAD
      Posted on June 25, 2012 at 6:52am

      @DOCNORDO – I wouldn’t let you treat a hangnail.

      @SKREWED&DIAMOND – I think TSUNAMI was being sarcastic.

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    • Dismayed Veteran
      Posted on June 25, 2012 at 9:18am

      I am 64. Every summer I got sun burnt. Burn and peel in a continuous cycle. I was never in the house during the summer. I was either playing or working. WGAS when sunscreen was introduced.

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    • CPT_GCF
      Posted on June 25, 2012 at 9:30am

      @ BLACKDIAMONDSKIER , actually it is derived from Proverbs 17:28. So, who took what from what?

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    • mtcountrygrl
      Posted on June 25, 2012 at 10:43am

      Homeschool!

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    • docgreen
      Posted on June 25, 2012 at 11:46am

      Ya think its bad now? Wait till obama care kicks in and see what happens! It will be 4months before you get into a doctors office to see a doctor. What is happening to the Greatest Country in the World? Are people that stupid that you can’t see that a childs getting burned? You don’t ask if they have any, or you don’t ask them for a phone number to call their mother? What idiots we have running our schools. Its no wonder we have such F-Up schools! What would happen if there was a fire in the school and the alarms didn’t sound. Would you sit there and tell everyone that you killed their kids because the alarm didn’t go off and your manuel tells you, you cant take the kids outside because the alarm didn’t go off? People use your F-ing Brains. I hope these parents end up in court and get a large judgement against this school, city, county, and civil judgements! Not because I love lawsuits, just the oppisite. But if a teacher and or admin cant see a child getting burned badly, they shouldn’t be in charge of any kids, at all! Including their own!……. Its no wonder why our kids are so far behind everyone else! Their teachers are Morons if they treat kids like this. One other thing has anyone heard about Benchmark testing? My kids spent fourth quarter studying for them and then taking them. The last part of the 4th quarter they didn’t do anything! So they spent almost a whole quarter for that one test! What happend to kids learning all four quarters?

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    • Benjamin Abruzzo
      Posted on June 25, 2012 at 11:59am

      @The Monk @Doctor Nordo @Spikebu and all of you:

      Here’s a bit of history for sun screen.

      - The first effective sunscreen was developed by chemist Franz Greiter in 1938
      - The first widely used sunscreen was produced by Benjamin Green, an airman and later a pharmacist, in 1944
      - This product was developed during the height of World War II, when it was likely that the hazards of sun overexposure were becoming apparent to soldiers in the Pacific and to their families at home
      - Franz Greiter is credited with introducing the concept of sun protection factor (SPF) in 1962

      Now, do we need to have a discussion on melanin and how it varies from one genetic make-up to another? Or how about we discuss albinos (and back to melanin) and their lack of protection from the sun?

      I know that I was only born in 1972, but I am of Irish and Italian decent, so I know about dark skin that burns. And, yes, in the 70s there was sun screen and I was either wearing that stuff or was blistering. A burn is a burn, no matter how much time you keep your hand in th flame.

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    • Doctor Nordo
      Posted on June 25, 2012 at 12:27pm

      Bigdaddy

      Wrong. The advent of spf did not mark the start of sunscreen. Spf is only a gauge whereby the effectiveness of sunscreen is measured. It‘s like saying that the automobile didn’t exist before the incorporation of the speedometer.

      Red Petroleum Jelly was a sunscreen that was invented in world war two that became the basis of Coppertone’s sunscreen formula in the 50s.

      http://archderm.jamanetwork.com/article.aspx?articleid=528411

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    • Doctor Nordo
      Posted on June 25, 2012 at 12:33pm

      And to all of the jerk offs saying only indoor recluses and couch potatoes ever get sunburned are just wrong. Some people don’t tan very well. I was outside all the time in my youth and I would still get burned several times per year if I neglected sunscreen. Sometimes the burns were severe second degree. Nasty business.

      Besides, those kids in this story are obviously gingers, and if you think that gingers are naturally predisposed to tanning then… LOL

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    • Doctor Nordo
      Posted on June 25, 2012 at 12:40pm

      Lmao, one of the kids is even a friggin albino.

      “stop whining you albino. If you don’t want to get burned then spend more time in the sun!”

      Nice advice, geniuses.

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    • Doctor Nordo
      Posted on June 25, 2012 at 12:45pm

      Benjamin

      Uh yeah I know. You’re not educating me; you’re agreeing with me.

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    • Doctor Nordo
      Posted on June 25, 2012 at 12:51pm

      Jackthetoad

      Well you’re lucky then. I‘m not a dermatologist so hang nails aren’t my specialty. But the dermatologists I linked to seem to agree with me, so there you go.

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    • FFTyranny
      Posted on June 25, 2012 at 2:16pm

      @The Monk

      First thing. Just because I am proving you to be a trolling ass and I am 54, doesn’t make me a member of a union. What a piece of work your are. I don’t support Union and have never worked for a union, not that this has ANYTHING to do with the artificial.

      Secondly, since your a simpleton I’ll try to make this easy for you. There is a thing called Google. You should learn to use it before you open that mouth of yours. Looks like you been found ignorant, not just by me.

      http://coppertone.ca/en/about_history.php

      A brief history of Coppertone® (and suncare!)

      During WWII, an airman and future pharmacist named Benjamin Green helped develop a sun protective formula for soldiers. In 1944, Airman Green used his invention as the basis for Coppertone® Suntan Cream.

      As the story goes, Airman Green concocted the cocoa butter mixture on his wife’s stove (hopefully, with Mrs. Green’s blessing!) and tested it on his own bald head. Little did he know that would be the first of many firsts for Coppertone® – in this case, the first consumer suncare product!
      65 years of solar thinking

      For more than 65 years, sun protection has been our number one priority. Since the launch of the first Coppertone® sunscreen, we’ve been committed to developing high-quality, easy-to-apply suncare products that provide every member of the family with effective sunburn protection, every day.

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    • FFTyranny
      Posted on June 25, 2012 at 2:23pm

      @BIGDADDYT46

      I know we have a big problem in this country with reading comprehension. You yourself really need to read more, it’s the best way to improve your skill.

      During WWII, an airman and future pharmacist named Benjamin Green helped develop a sun protective formula for soldiers. In 1944, Airman Green used his invention as the basis for Coppertone® Suntan Cream.

      See the key word there BIGDADDYT46 “protective”

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    • ProbIemSoIver
      Posted on June 25, 2012 at 2:48pm

      “Person gets burned when they put hand in a fire because of a little known ”don’t put your hand in the fire” law.”

      “Person Splatters like bug when they jump from a 100-story building because they were unaware of a “don’t jump from heights” ordinance.”

      No. I call it being unaware of common sense and responsibilty.

      It is also refered to as Darwin’s Theory of Natural selection.

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    • TSUNAMI-22
      Posted on June 25, 2012 at 6:03pm

      @ Skrewedretiree
      Posted on June 24, 2012 at 7:36pm

      @Tsunami-22 : Try reading the article in full and then commenting. You are making yourself sound like a fool.

      “It is better to be silent and thought a fool than to open one’s mouth and remove all doubt.”
      ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
      Actually, I did read the article. The article doesn’t match the headline (which is stupid).

      Maybe you should take your own advice.

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    • claymoremacm
      Posted on June 25, 2012 at 6:44pm

      they can’t put sunscreen on the but they will drive them as fast as they can for to Planned Parenthood an abortion!!!

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    • bigdaddyt46
      Posted on June 26, 2012 at 7:49am

      @docweirdo and fftranny:

      that was for military. i am not talking military. it BECAME coppertone suntan cream. 1972 is when it was put into public as a sun protector. before 1972 and the chemical that added and introduced spf, it was not a known protector before that. it was known as sun cream with mpf(mild protecting factor).it was NEVER distributed as a protective sunscreen UNTILL 1972. there was several of today’s products that were first test/used in the military for years before it went public. bottom line in the 40‘s 50’s and 60′s it deflected SOME of the sun was not a true protector back then.

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  • Meyvn
    Posted on June 24, 2012 at 7:08pm

    Stoopid. Move aside State, or keep your Field Trips indoors.

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    • MRMANN
      Posted on June 25, 2012 at 5:51am

      Mindnumbingly inhumane. Shocking, but not in the least surprising.

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  • Angel_light
    Posted on June 24, 2012 at 7:04pm

    so in other words the kids are set up for disaster before the problem arises. very sad. i remember that in school i was not allowed to bring in water to drink in the classroom. sadly i admit i end up hideing one in my bag. Sorry but if its the summer it’s horribly hot and they did not have air conditioning, i’m bringing water. If i have to take medicine (for whatever the reason) i wanted to take it on my own and not have to be babyed by the school “nurse”. What i’m trying to say is that if you make stupid rules and be control freaks, then the kids (like I did) will resort to being sneaky.

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    • Midwest Blonde
      Posted on June 24, 2012 at 7:13pm

      Your comment applies to many things in life. Make a stupid rule is just asking for it to be broken, sneakily.

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  • AJAYW
    Posted on June 24, 2012 at 7:03pm

    I don’t loke people sueing but in cases like this – They need to sue them for child endangerment and the pain the children are going through. Also the chance of them getting cancer in the future.

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    • Skrewedretiree
      Posted on June 24, 2012 at 7:17pm

      My thoughts exactly. Sue the State, sue the School, sue the teacher. Nothing like lawsuits to make the powers that be stop, reconsider and get real instead of brushing us off and taking the usual We Know Better Than You attitude.

      School levies are on the ballot this fall, and so are the Democrat seats in the State Legislature.

      Remember and vote accordingly.

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    • mickey16
      Posted on June 24, 2012 at 7:45pm

      The only problem is the people that are responsible for these laws are not held responsible. Any judgement or settlement will be paid with tax dollars, and not from the personal accounts of those responsible for the laws.

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    • sawbuck
      Posted on June 24, 2012 at 8:38pm

      Ok…School…. No Sunscreen.. SOooo..NOTHING..!
      How about some common sense..
      How about engaging that thing above the neck….
      That you teachers brag is so superior.. .!
      How about a t-shirt ….Get in the shade.. Out of the sun..
      Something…! …Not ..OUR HANDS ARE TIDE CRAP ..!

      I say charge the school with child abuse ..child neglect…
      and stupidity..

      I’m sure if a child went to school looking like them kids…
      The School would call social services on the parents.

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  • Wool-Free Vision
    Posted on June 24, 2012 at 7:03pm

    “Nanny State” laws and policies like these are put into place for one reason: to remove ANY responsibility or accountability from the union card-carrying INCOMPETENTS who run our public schools. IT HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH PROTECTING CHILDREN, AND EVERYTHING TO DO WITH HIDING THE INCOMPETENCE OF FOOLS WHO SHOULDN’T BE TRUSTED TO BE LEFT ALONE WITH THEM.

    The teacher who was using the sunscreen that was “just for her” should lose her job IMMEDIATELY. But she won’t. Her behavior, to me, sounds more like conscious cruelty than negligence or incompetence. I would love to interview this teacher and find out which.

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    • Skrewedretiree
      Posted on June 24, 2012 at 7:11pm

      There is only one cure for this lunacy. Stop voting yes for public school levies, and stop voting for the Democrats who keep increasing their power, reducing our freedom and restricting and outlawing our abilities to provide for and protect our own children.

      There are school levies on the ballot in Washington this Fall. VOTE NO!
      There is a General Election this Fall. Punish the Democrats and vote them OUT!

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    • momprayn
      Posted on June 24, 2012 at 8:30pm

      Amen !!!

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    • Le Sellers
      Posted on June 25, 2012 at 10:49am

      SkrewedRetiree sed:
      >There is only one cure for this.
      Wrong! There are two (at least) cures. In fact the other is much more effective than the first: STOP SENDING CHILDREN into the greedy grasp of the power-hungry bureaucrats and politicians. If they do not have children to indoctrinate into the mental condition known as dependent socialism, they can’t hurt them, and they cannot justify the levees and taxes they now demand (at the point of a gun) we pay for the privilege of having our children divorced from us and our mores.

      > Stop voting yes for school levies, and stop voting for the Dems
      It’s not just Dems (although I agree that it’s mostly Democrats).

      > who keep increasing their power, reducing our freedom and restricting and
      > outlawing our abilities to provide for and protect our own children.
      Exactly. STOP SENDING YOUR PRECIOUS TO THE GOVERNMENT TO BE “EDUCATED”. In the end, it’s your fault because YOU made the CHOICE to “render unto Caesar”. In my view, anyone whose children are in a government-run, tax-funded welfare school is guilty of “over rendering” (in the words of the late Marshall Fritz).

      > There are school levies on the ballot. VOTE NO!
      ALWAYS vote NO on any tax increase or bond issue. Government has an insatiable appetite for money, greater than any private person, and they have more guns, bigger guns, & better guns than you and I could dream of having.

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  • chips1
    Posted on June 24, 2012 at 7:00pm

    Everyday we get stories about the disfunctional schools in America. People complain about the teachers union. Complain!!! Complain!!! Complain!!!! If people were serious, they would march into school on the first day of school and yank their children out. Home school your kids. You will learn alot also. Show the corrupt government that they work for you. Not the other way around. Your not going to return to the Constitution by voting. The libs have the illegal vote in their favor and they don’t care what you think. I‘ve done it and it’s the greatest knowing they aren’t being indoctrinated.

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    • taxpro4u03
      Posted on June 24, 2012 at 8:53pm

      FREEDOM requires personal responsibility — PERIOD. If you choose to allow it to be delegated (unlawfully in most cases) — without knowing the PROPER way to invoke accountability, then you are a SLAVE. — That’s the idea… the co-existence of freedom and slavery is intentional. History tells us that Virginia had a law on the books to HANG every ‘lawyer’ who accepted that title of nobility from the crown – obviously, the pope ‘convinced’ the well-intentioned patriots to ‘reconsider.’ btw – jefferson was opposed to ‘slavery,’ — va had a law that prohibited the slave OWNERS from ‘freeing’ them… least that’s the rumor… (One ring to Find them, One ring to Bring them, One ring to Bind them in the darkness of their ignorance…–fitting)

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    • janedough1
      Posted on June 24, 2012 at 10:00pm

      You are absolutely right, CHIPS1. If you want your child to be properly cared for, do not turn them over to the state to be raised. I am a former teacher, and I’m homeschooling mine. I will not leave the care of my child to a government worker. They will not have to stand before God some day and answer for her upbringing, I will. I’m the one who will deal with her every boo-boo, bump, sunburn, sick stomach, headache, pimple, and what have you, not the school district. I will not have my child sent home to me in this condition for me to deal with it. Raising her is my job, and I’ll do it. If you don’t want your child cared for this callously, don’t give them to the state.

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  • ICANHANDLETHETRUTH
    Posted on June 24, 2012 at 6:57pm

    Common sense seems to be a thing of the past………… I WONDER WHAT COLOR THE SKY IS IN THEIR WORLD ????? [ the teachers ] We need to teach more critical thinking skills in schools . My Granddaughter goes to a Charter school and they have some really GREAT teachers [ we live in Arizona ] When the kids go outside they play under a large tent, and if needed the teachers will help the kids apply sunscreen, the parents supply it of course. And they also say the pledge every morning.

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  • lukerw
    Posted on June 24, 2012 at 6:57pm

    All Humans are Not Alike, and you cannot make Laws… alike One Size fits All.

    I am fair skinned, and at 7, I had 2nd Degree Burns from 6 hours of exposure with Sun Screen.

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  • Baddoggy
    Posted on June 24, 2012 at 6:55pm

    Hello…I am from the government and i am here to help….

    We need to take these people out and stake them in the sun naked for two or three days….Preferrably on an ant pile.

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    • Taquoshi
      Posted on June 24, 2012 at 7:34pm

      Red ant nest, Bad, red ant nest.

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    • mtaylor56
      Posted on June 24, 2012 at 7:37pm

      Those are my sentiments. Find the the democrat union idiots who put the guidelines in place, stake ‘em in the sun ’til they’re dehydrated and suffering from 3rd degree burns, and then horsewhip them when they go for the sunscreen. If you think I’m kidding, I’m not. These people need to feel a little wrath. I’d like to be the one to administer it. Seriously, I think they should really take those teachers and administrators to court and sue them for everything they’re worth.

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    • beckyspatflaveredstew
      Posted on June 24, 2012 at 8:01pm

      Sounds a bit like hostile Indian talk, don’t forget to sew the eyelids open.

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    • wdittgasn
      Posted on June 24, 2012 at 9:37pm

      Covered in honey.

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  • edrebber
    Posted on June 24, 2012 at 6:52pm

    This is clearly child abuse. Call the police.

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  • CatB
    Posted on June 24, 2012 at 6:52pm

    “I’m out to change policy that ties [the school's] hands from making good decisions,” Michener wrote.

    SUE THEM!

    Every liberal in the country sues over every little thing .. that is how we get this foolishness .. fight fire with sunburn (or sunscreen)

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  • BBEV
    Posted on June 24, 2012 at 6:49pm

    Has the world gone mad? This is nuts, we are Americans why do we put up with crap?

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    • mprincess
      Posted on June 24, 2012 at 11:03pm

      You know why we put up with all this crap now? Because we have become like sheep, follow the crowd dont make waves. We have been led to believe that everything we do is wrong and we cant think for ourselves, so the government and anyone in any sort of athoritive possition knows whats good for us better than we do .Everyone start standing up for yourselves use your head and show some back bone. Or things are just going to keep getting worse. Take care of your children the way you believe is right. Start speaking up and speaking out. This is america lets show others what we are made of, whoever it may be. Stand up and be proud of the way you live your life.

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  • Skrewedretiree
    Posted on June 24, 2012 at 6:45pm

    The article mentions a State Law and says Washington, so it’s pretty clear that it is Washington State, better known as the People’s Soviet Socialist Utopia of Washington, under the dictatorship of “Queen Christine” Gregoire, and the Democrats, who rule everything here.

    Everything, that is, except Freedom and Common Sense.

    But, we will Remember in Nobember.

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  • freeberty
    Posted on June 24, 2012 at 6:44pm

    Always depend on the stupidity of others. Take responsibility of your self and family, they make all day, sweat proof, waterproof, sunscreens.

    Problem solved.

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    • Dodsfall
      Posted on June 24, 2012 at 7:01pm

      Exactly.

      This is what happens when parents expect the government to do the parenting. Like most everything else the government lays it’s hands on, it will come out half-baked.

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    • cassandra
      Posted on June 24, 2012 at 7:43pm

      FREE you can not fix stupid, and the all day sweat proof sunscreen don’t last like it advertises

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    • Restored One
      Posted on June 24, 2012 at 8:52pm

      I have to agree with FREE to some extent. This story could backfire on this parent. There have been stories like this where the parent faced endangerment charges for letting their child get so burnt. Bottom line, she, the Mom did not prepare her children for a day in the sun. I don’t care that it was raining in the AM, that is typical on the West Coast at that time of year. What is she going to try and sue the weatherman for not stating, “light showers turning to sunny by noon.” The story would be much different if she provided the sunscreen and the kids were not allowed to apply themselves or to carry with them as she mentioned. The law she claims is lame, but she did not even take the precautions. Not to mention that there is spray sunscreen, where the applier does not need to touch the kid.

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  • OutOnTheTiles
    Posted on June 24, 2012 at 6:43pm

    Homeschool. Problems solved.

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    • CatB
      Posted on June 24, 2012 at 6:50pm

      Amen ..

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    • OutOnTheTiles
      Posted on June 24, 2012 at 8:26pm

      Yes, all kinds of problems can be solved with by home schooling your kids. The most common response we’ve received from parents against homeschooling is “They’ll miss out on socialization”. Exactly! That is one of the most important reasons TO homeschool. We get to have more control over the major influences in their lives and that’s important when you want to instill your values in your children. A sunburn is relatively minor in comparison to all the other things that can happen to and influence them when their minds are like little sponges. Think about how their souls can be “sunburned” by what they are taught at a public school nowadays.

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  • constitutionparty
    Posted on June 24, 2012 at 6:41pm

    Once again… proof of what happens when liberals are the dominant party in a state. People are not allowed to use common sense.

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    • CatB
      Posted on June 24, 2012 at 6:49pm

      “Sunscreen liability issues” .. how about when the kids get burnt to a crisp? .. what is their liability then?

      LIberal teachers .. no common sense allowed.

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  • Mr.Fitnah
    Posted on June 24, 2012 at 6:39pm

    The land of the stupid.

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    • Skrewedretiree
      Posted on June 24, 2012 at 7:38pm

      Oh, you’ve been to Washington State too! Most people who visit here go away with that thought.
      Then again, many of us who are stuck living here have that thought.

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  • CanteenBoy
    Posted on June 24, 2012 at 6:38pm

    It’s too bad that rules and PC have trumped common sense. The kids needed sunscreen but, “oh no, we’re not allowed to protect them” so they get burned.

    Common sense is not that common anymore.

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    • showmerancher
      Posted on June 24, 2012 at 6:59pm

      That’s why Zombies are so popular today. It it the model to which the Democratic controlled education system aspires. First, eliminate any possibility of developing critical thinking skills. Then begin working on eliminating basic logic and reasoning skills. When that is achieved, rid the kids of common sense. At that point they are putty for indoctrination imprinting. When measured by these goals, the Democrat’s education system has been extremely successful, especially with the children of other liberals who have no basic of reference at home for rational thinking… you can tell this simply by reading their posts almost anywhere on the web.

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  • KickinBack
    Posted on June 24, 2012 at 6:35pm

    Ooohh…I’ve been burned like that on a canoe trip once…Painful memories, I feel for the kid.

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  • Countrygirl1362
    Posted on June 24, 2012 at 6:29pm

    It is a shame that none of the parents or teachers that saw the child getting burnt, was smart enough to take her inside out of the sun. For sure they don’t need a doctors note to do that.

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  • ___
    Posted on June 24, 2012 at 6:27pm

    never trust a school system

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  • JimCDew
    Posted on June 24, 2012 at 6:26pm

    Nanny state health care bans use of sunscreen!? Please, SCOTUS, disallow the Obamacare law and extend that to all idiotic school interference with healthcare too.

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  • momrules
    Posted on June 24, 2012 at 6:25pm

    Is anybody as sick of stupid rules made by stupid people as I am?

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    • Fubared
      Posted on June 24, 2012 at 6:30pm

      Few years now Ma. Been a while, yep.

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    • 1956
      Posted on June 24, 2012 at 6:36pm

      I am! I am!

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    • Skrewedretiree
      Posted on June 24, 2012 at 6:49pm

      Me too! Guess what? There are SCHOOL LEVIES on the Fall ballot. Wanna bet how I vote?

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    • justangry
      Posted on June 24, 2012 at 8:41pm

      And the State thinks it knows what’s best for our children. I’d call this at the very least neglect if not assault.

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  • Godzgrl247
    Posted on June 24, 2012 at 6:22pm

    Do you really expect public schools that don’t allow prayers will allow sunscreen? I mean, come on!

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  • Tri-ox
    Posted on June 24, 2012 at 6:20pm

    Perhaps these folks should find a planet where the sun is not so intense – or where someone wants to hear their whining.

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    • justangry
      Posted on June 24, 2012 at 6:27pm

      WHINING? You can’t be serious. I see these poor girls and think about what would I do if it were my daughter.

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    • Fubared
      Posted on June 24, 2012 at 6:30pm

      We should be at a place where common sense is looked down upon and regulated out of existance. We should be tripling the NEA coffers and just signing the chillren over to these new educators/bean counters to do with as they see fit. Why aren’t the little trolls working on setting up wind farms and solar arrays instead of playing at a field day? This soft core socialism crap ain’t going to work with whiners at every turn.

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    • MeteoricLimbo
      Posted on June 24, 2012 at 6:31pm

      yeah but you are Just Angry. Perhaps an umbrella is in order or are those banned to

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    • Skrewedretiree
      Posted on June 24, 2012 at 7:15pm

      Tri-Ox, this is Washington State, where it rains a lot. Lots of water. Just like on your brain. Get a life!
      You obviously care little or nothing about how the State victimizes children! Tell me: do you have children? A job?

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    • since1791
      Posted on June 24, 2012 at 7:40pm

      You obviousley abandoned common sense and critical thinking long ago.

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    • normalmom
      Posted on June 25, 2012 at 4:36pm

      @skrewdretiree actually only western Wa gets alot of rain eastern Wa gets nice hot summers and the middle of the state is nearly a desert. I live in Wa.

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