NC School District Cracks Down On Lip Balm

Parents of children attending a N.C. elementary school say they’re baffled by a letter they received from the school district requiring doctors’ notes for Chapstick, the Charlotte Observer reported Thursday.

“I just don’t see how Chapstick can even remotely be perceived as medicine,” said Stephanie Boyd, a parent at West View Elementary School. “Is it me or has common sense just gone out the window lately? They seem to ban something new every single year.”

Johnston County Schools spokeswoman Terri Sessoms defended the bizarre mandate, stating that the crackdown on contraband lip balm (and, cough drops) is being enforced by the county health department in response to concerns allegedly expressed by kids’ parents.

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