Sorry, Allegra won't work. Although I think the schools go too far, peanut allergies are a very serious issue. It is literally life and death for some. Trust me.
Then, I must agree with other posts here that the allergic kids need to be sequestered somewhere. It's obviously too dangerous for them to be in public.
I am puzzled by where these severe food allergies came from. Growing up, I never heard about or knew anyone who had these types of allergies. Were illness and death from these allergies misdiagnosed? Is this a new phenomenon? I have to admit that it really seems weird to me that all of a sudden, you have a lot of kids with deathly allergies to peanuts. And while I do sympathize with the children who have these allergies, I am not sure where it stops... and people with the more, shall we say, "creative" ailments (multiple chemical sensitivity, etc.) make it harder for kids with bona fide health issues. I just can't figure out the origin for what I perceive as a sudden surge in peanut allergies.
The Peanut allergy kid is going to have to learn to live in a world filled with peanuts.
Coddling him at school by creating an environment that ignores reality only serves to harm him in the long run, IMO.
My son has a peanut allergy and yes it is life threating....his throat will swell closing off the air supply......BUT....you don't have to ban peanut butter....we had it in the house the entire time he was growing up. And guess what...that darn ole jar of peanut butter didn't attack him and try to make him eat it.
It is serious, and I hope my peanut butter breath doesn’t kill anyone. Will peanut butter be banned in public as smoking is in many places?
Then they need to stay away from peanuts, and the normal people who enjoy peanuts, don't they? The rest of the world doesn't have a problem - it's not up to the rest of the world to tie itself in knots in fear of the AntiPeanut People.
Stay home. Buy a bubble. I don't care.