WTF is happening to schools?

on the heels of the story of a kid getting kicked out of class for having too many snacks, come two crazy stories:

tag, touch football, and related “chase” games banned in Boston school:  http://www.cnn.com/2006/US/10/18/no.tag.ap/index.html

Maryland school makes students wear color coded wristbands, identifying magnet students and those with limited english proficiency: http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/10/17/AR2006101701478.html – whats next?  yellow wrist bands for jewish students?