Peanut allergies how does your school handle them?

[100kids]

OK so you get notice that a new student is starting tomorrow and they have a severe nut allergy (ingestion or contact). How does your school handle keeping this child safe in the classroom, lunchroom, playground, etc. I want to see what other schools do and consider new options.

[Spidey's mom, ADN, BSN, RN]

Jolie - saw this and thought of you. Maybe you should write a comment. :)

(I tried to find the original article on the link posted in HuffPo but it went nowhere).

No Sandwich Is More Important Than a Child's Life | Heather Spohr

And there's the rub. Kids should know that the adults in their schools will keep them safe. I shouldn't have to worry that you'll speed through a crosswalk while we're in it (because your child has the right to be on time to school just like mine, right?), and another mom shouldn't have to worry that your child might accidentally kill hers at lunch. What has happened to empathy? What has happened to our village?

[NurseSpeedy, ADN, LPN, RN]

I remember my son in 2nd grade was asked not to bring his granola bar in so he could sit with a peanut allergy girl (they rotated who sat there, and she wanted to sit with him)

He told me he didn't like the girl and would rather have the granola bar.

My daughter just started Kindergarten at the same school that she went to VPK. After the first week, she kept asking me to come to her school and have lunch with her (The school allows the parents to come to the school during the child's lunch and sit outside on the picnic benches with them instead of in the cafeteria with their class). I did it a few times but I didn't want her to expect it every day nor do I think that it would be appropriate (She initially said she wanted me there because she gets bored at lunch). When I told her that I could not make it one morning when she asked she then said, "If you can't come can you at least not give me peanut butter?". I asked her why and she said, "Because if I have peanut butter I can't sit with my class. (Insert child's name here) can't have peanut butter. I have to sit at the other table and sometimes there's no room". While I feel sorry for the child with the allergy, I don't think that my child should be removed from her classes table. I also wasn't thrilled with the fact that the school did not inform me of their policy or that there was a child with a peanut allergy. I have no problem with splitting the class in half but this practice made my daughter feel like she was being punished because she brought peanut butter to school and no one told me what would happen if she did.