"Yes, but we must punish "normality" and coddle the fringe groups."
Sorry, but this kid isn't part of a fringe group. He or she (I'd don't remember which now) is part of a group that could drop dead from slight expsure to peanuts. Now, imagine this is YOUR child.
Imagine it is YOUR child! Would you send them to instant death by sending them to a public school where peanuts might be served or would you homeschool them where you can control their exposure?
My child would be learning at home - not being exposed to stupidity in public school.
I IMAGINE that if this were my child, I would IMAGINE that a public school cafeteria would be a place of possible exposure, and I IMAGINE I would not put my child in said public school cafeteria. I don't IMAGINE that I would expect the whole dang world to be inconvenienced on behalf of my child.
Taking parental responsibility for my own child's well-being rather than hand it off to the Government; IMAGINE that!
Side Note: I attended this very elementary school as a fifth-grader the first year it was open (back in the early seventies) and remember the cafeteria well. Oops! Giving away my age, lol!
I have a nephew who is severely allergic to peanuts. I still wouldn't force the idiocy of this public school system on the entire population of the school because of a handful of kids. Even at young ages these kids avoid any foods not provided by their mom or certified as no-nuts. My kid would be taught and learn this. That's the problem with public schools, they can't teach.
If this were my child, I would remove him from the potentially deadly environment. I would not trust that 500 students would be aware of the ingredients in a Little Debbie snack cake.