School lunch restrictions

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angelashly

We would have such a hard time. Ham , bologna, pepperoni are staples for us.

If your kids will eat sun butter I would say do that just to be safe.

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ConnieRob

I was surprised last year that my sons school didn't restrict for nut allergies at lunch. They do in the classroom for snacks (kindy class). I used to go down and have lunch with him a few times a month. Once, I overheard a girl at another table say to another kid "no, you can't sit here...she has peanut butter!!!!" The girl with the allergy just took her lunch and sat at the other end of the table. At that age, they sit with their classes during lunch. I was surprised that it wasn't better policed, especially since nut allergies can be deadly. The lunch moniters never even intervened. And I was several tables away so it was quite loud even over the commotion of the lunchroom. DS2 has an allergy to peanuts so seeing that made me anxious for when he starts school.

tattooedtragedy

My dd1s class room in K was nut free and the sent a note. In 1st grade the had an allergy table that was set up on the cafeteria. Our school has always been proactive about it. Our in home dc doesn't mind peanut butter but she also doesn't have any kids with allergies. My kid loves sun butter and if your DD likes it I might just go with that.

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I would ask and not assume the school is thinking proactively.  

Our daycare/preschool is pork free.  There are a handful of religions in the area that do not eat pork.  It is just easier to avoid it.  So they do turkey sausage and turkey bacon, all beef hot dogs, etc. We are also nut-free.  

It just seems easier, imo, for a school to just adopt a nut free policy.  Yes, you will have unaware and uneducated (re: allergies) parents complain.  Better little Timmy skip the pbj than the unthinkable happen.   

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bitsybubbles7

Lo isn't school age yet, but this is from when I used to sub about 4 years ago at the local school.  They have a peanut free table for the elementary kids with allergies and I think they have one cook who serves the allergy food.  If I remember correctly, they also serve ham sandwiches some days... but we are in a very rural area (pre-k through 12 in one building), so this isn't really an issue for us.