In NYS, at least, teachers, coaches, doctors, nurses, anyone dealing with children, are all REQUIRED to report cases of suspected abuse. No concern about getting sued on that one. They face more serious charges if they don't.
And besides, who needs a scale to determine if the kid is obese? Any child that heavy is pretty obvious and I'd guess it's not a secret to the parents either.
This is not comparable to starving a child either, which is real abuse. A fat child is irresponsible in most of the cases I've seen but not abuse the way beating or starving a child is. What next? What does the government mean to do with all the parents of these obese kids? What's the point of monitering them?
I don't want the government running my life for me and making my decisions, thank you.
I agree that the schools can be too intrusive. I sure don't like the way they have decided that they are the ones to teach values to the kids.
And I think they can contribute to bullying of kids if they publicly label some as obese and others as skinny.
But I don't have a real problem with weigh-ins. Some kids can hide their problems from their parents - anorexia and pregnancies are two things that come to mind. Those things happen at shockingly young ages now. Any clue a parent can get should be welcomed.