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September 12, 2014
Total Insanity! 5th Grader Banned From Using ChapStick at School Because it's Considered An 'Over-The-Counter Drug'
Virginia: 5th Grader Banned From Using ChapStick at School Because it's Considered An 'Over-The-Counter Drug'
An 11-year-old girl whose lips became so chapped they bled at school is now petitioning the district to let her use lip balm.
Grace Karaffa, a fifth-grader at Stuarts Draft Elementary School in Virginia, has suffered from dry lips for years and and repeatedly her requests for ChapStick have been turned down because the district considers the ointment an 'over-the-counter drug' that requires a doctor's note and must be held by the school nurse.
After a particularly painful episode, when Karaffa was refused ChapStick yet again and had to wet her cracking lips in the bathroom sink, she decided it was time to take action.
She started a petition which received over 300 signatures, and presented it in front of the August County school board last week.
Grace asked the board to consider changing the policy, calling it 'inappropriate'. Her father, David Karaffa, serves as Beverly Manor district supervisor.
'I don't believe there is anything inside a generic ChapStick that would be classified as a drug,' he told Fox News. 'We would like the exception to be made so that kids in school can carry ChapStick.'
After her speech, the board cross-examined Karaffa with one member pointing out that the lip balm could be considered a distraction in class.
Students can still use ChapStick, but they must first obtain a doctor's note, and then it must be kept in the nurse's office and applied there.
Wild Thing's comment.........
This PC bull-crap is out of control.
Posted by Wild Thing at September 12, 2014 12:47 AM
Comments
Teachers unions are socialistic in nature and pro-Obama and anti- GOD / MILITARY - big time!
Posted by: darthcrUSAderworldtour07 at September 12, 2014 07:24 AM
