Then take the kid from mom because she's more negligent than anyone. She knew where they were going and what they were doing. AND she knows what her kid can use. If someone would've put a certain kind of sunscreen on me when I was a kid I would've swollen up like a tick.

 

And, you would lose your argument. There are policies written by lawyers at each school district. While they may be able to get money from the school for writing the policy, they shouldn't be able to touch the teacher for following it.

 

I get it's a sticky situation anyway you spin it, but at the end of the day if the school puts the child in the risk of harm they take on some liability. The thing about it is the lawsuit is against the school on behalf of the child not on behalf of the mother. The child didn't ask her mom or the school for this, so on some level they are both liable, but she was in the schools care so I hold them to the higher standard of care. They should've paid better attention and taken her inside before it got that bad if they wouldn't give her sunscreen. 2nd degree burns are extremely serious burns, it's not a mild case of sunburn, this girl could have been 30 minutes from 3rd degree burns and needing skin grafts.

Wait till this is over to see if the teacher has her job. I would argue it's extreme negligence worthy of punitive damages to take a child out with severe pale skin and expose them to 2nd degree burns.

 

Prove the teacher knew that she had a student with a severe skin condition? Teachers dont have access to medical files, only the school nurse does.

Prove the teacher knew that she had a student with a severe skin condition? Teachers dont have access to medical files, only the school nurse does.

 

Teachers don't know if their students have certain allergies, such as a peanut allergy?

Prove the teacher knew that she had a student with a severe skin condition? Teachers dont have access to medical files, only the school nurse does.

 

You really believe a teacher can't look at an extremely pale kid and figure out when they are getting so red it's dangerous?

Teachers don't know if their students have certain allergies, such as a peanut allergy?

 

Not always, unless the parent gives that information directly to the teacher. Only exception I know of is if a kid is diabetic, then teachers are given a list from the school nurse of students who are diabetic so that they can respond correctly if needed.

 

 

In most cases (like my school) all zones are to be kept allergenic free of the basics. For example, nut allergies, no food or drink in the class rooms period for any reason. In the lunch room there is a specific zone that is the "Nut free zone" where those kids can eat their lunch, or they can have lunch in the office if they have airborne issues with nut allergies.

You really believe a teacher can't look at an extremely pale kid and figure out when they are getting so red it's dangerous?

 

Under a field day scenario where instead of being over lets say a classroom of 30 kids, the teacher is now watching over all 300-600 kids in the school outside at once, this could easily go unnoticed.

Under a field day scenario where instead of being over lets say a classroom of 30 kids, the teacher is now watching over all 300-600 kids in the school outside at once, this could easily go unnoticed.

 

Where are the other 19 teachers? You don't send 20 classrooms to field day with only 1 teacher, while the other 19 vacation in the teachers lounge. If the teachers weren't paying attention to the students it's their own fault for laziness, they should be more on top of their students they should know which ones would be suseptible to burns after they've had them in class all year, the pale kids are obvious. If you know you have an extremely pale kid with no sunscreen shouldn't just out of common sense concern you pay a bit more attention to them?

Not always, unless the parent gives that information directly to the teacher. Only exception I know of is if a kid is diabetic, then teachers are given a list from the school nurse of students who are diabetic so that they can respond correctly if needed.

 

 

In most cases (like my school) all zones are to be kept allergenic free of the basics. For example, nut allergies, no food or drink in the class rooms period for any reason. In the lunch room there is a specific zone that is the "Nut free zone" where those kids can eat their lunch, or they can have lunch in the office if they have airborne issues with nut allergies.

 

My wife says her school does. She says the parents list all of the kids allergies, medications and another medical conditions on their emergency medical cards that are required to be filled out by the parents each school year. One copy is kept in the classroom, and one is kept by the school nurse.

Where are the other 19 teachers? You don't send 20 classrooms to field day with only 1 teacher, while the other 19 vacation in the teachers lounge. If the teachers weren't paying attention to the students it's their own fault for laziness, they should be more on top of their students they should know which ones would be suseptible to burns after they've had them in class all year, the pale kids are obvious. If you know you have an extremely pale kid with no sunscreen shouldn't just out of common sense concern you pay a bit more attention to them?

 

 

Im sure they do know which kids get light burn from all the time under the florescent lights while they have had them all year INSIDE.

My wife says her school does. She says the parents list all of the kids allergies, medications and another medical conditions on their emergency medical cards that are required to be filled out by the parents each school year. One copy is kept in the classroom, and one is kept by the school nurse.

 

That may be her districts policy, we have a medical form that is about 3 pages that the parents have to fill out, but it has to be kept in the school nurses office due to the medical records regulations.

 

Does her school have a school nurse onsite all day long every day?

That may be her districts policy, we have a medical form that is about 3 pages that the parents have to fill out, but it has to be kept in the school nurses office due to the medical records regulations.

 

Does her school have a school nurse onsite all day long every day?

 

No, they have to share the nurse with the other elementary school in the district.

Im sure they do know which kids get light burn from all the time under the florescent lights while they have had them all year INSIDE.

 

Come on use common sense, you can look at a kid and tell if they are really fair skinned and likely to get sunburned. If you can't do that I question whether or not you have the ability to be an even remotely competent teacher. I get your a teacher and want to defend other teacehrs trust me, I grew up in a house full of teachers, but sometimes you have to use common sense to look out for your kids and not defend something horrible. You can easily be hospitalized for 2nd degree burns from the sun.

No, they have to share the nurse with the other elementary school in the district.

 

That could be why the teachers have a copy (due to the nurses absence at times.)

Come on use common sense, you can look at a kid and tell if they are really fair skinned and likely to get sunburned. If you can't do that I question whether or not you have the ability to be an even remotely competent teacher. I get your a teacher and want to defend other teacehrs trust me, I grew up in a house full of teachers, but sometimes you have to use common sense to look out for your kids and not defend something horrible. You can easily be hospitalized for 2nd degree burns from the sun.

 

Actually I am not a teacher, just work with/in the school every day during the year. By picking out a "fair skinned and likely to get sunburned" student and tell them hey you gotta go inside or you cant go outside, that sets up a situation of discrimination due to ones physical nature, aint no teacher doing that and keeping their job long.

I fully blame the mom on this one, and you wont convince me other wise. She knows her child, she had to of known the field day was coming, call the doctor, get a note, take it to school with the sunscreen and there would have been no issue. Her kids could have put sunscreen on them every ten minutes if they wanted.