I had a girl in my Girl Scout troop with a gluten allergy, and another with diabetes. We made sure they had a snack they could eat during the meeting. We did not have to eliminate all wheat products or sugar from everyone else’s food or bring in the K-9 Officer to search for a cookie with *gasp* wheat flour or icing.
Not that the girls wouldn’t have loved seeing a police dog ...
The problem with peanut allergies is that they can be so life threatening that even contact with peanut residue can cause an anaphylactic reaction.
With gluten sensitivities, you have to eat the food to have the problem. Skin contact doesn’t cause a reaction, as peanuts can.
Peanuts are one of the WORST allergens out there.
There are a lot of overblown conditions, but considering how fast a severe reaction can occur, this girl’s life could literally be in danger. Her airway could swell shut in seconds.
And think of this.....
She and her family would be depending on the public school to initially treat her should she have a reaction, until professional help can be had.