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Absurd.

[Kimmers]

I work in a public school as a nurse and we have a number of kids with nut allergies. It is a matter of educating staff as well as students.

The kids with allergies are usually well aware and do a great job in monitoring themselves, as for the young ones the staff keeps an extra eye out for them.

If someone wants to buy me a ticket I will fly over there and happily educate the school in how to take care of this child.

[RedCell]

My son developed tree nut and dairy allergies very early on. Thankfully, he’s grown out of most of them and we’re awaiting final tests on his allergy to walnuts. That was pretty easy to deal with unlike our next-door neighbor’s son who is allergic to peanuts.

If he even gets a whiff of it in the air he has a reaction. His mom has been very active in working with the school system here in our town to ensure his safety as well as other kids that have similar allergies.

At least our school system worked with us. Now, even with sports, the question is always asked early on if anyone has any food allergies.

We always took a “shock” kit with us wherever we went and he had one at his school, too. It ain’t easy folks. Always worrying about it can add some gray hairs.

[Popman]

I'm sure this has a lot more to do with the LEGAL ramification than MEDICAL isses.

Frankly, I can't hardly blame them with the legal system as screwed up as it is.

This kid winds up a drooling 12 year if he goes into shock. The lawyers will appear like magic.

[Responsibility2nd]

"He is entitled to a mainstream education like everyone else," she added.

He sounds to me like a nice kid. Just is allergic to nuts. So why should he be subjected to such a mean idea like this?

[antiRepublicrat]

There’s nothing more here than the school is afraid of liability. My kid’s school has procedures in place for this.

[sure_fine]

wish I could have thought of that when I went to school

... but then we never heard of nut allergies when I went to school

[surely_you_jest]

Interesting. The other day I was reading about a similar case here in the US. In that case the child had a severe allergy to peanuts.

The school that the US child attends has forbidden all of the child’s classmates from bringing lunches containing peanut butter, among other things, to school. So here in the US all the other children, and their parents who must pay for (probably costlier) lunch foods other than peanut butter, must bear the brunt of the allergic child’s malady. In the UK the parents of the allergic child must bear the brunt.

Hmmmm. I am a fairly wealthy middle-aged man; but a childless one as my wife and I did not have children. So I have never been in the position of any of the parents in either situation. But it seems to me that the solution of the British school, while also “unfair” is the more equitable of the two. In either event, regardless of what the school does, someone is going to be very unhappy.

[pray4liberty]

The school should provide a Home Teacher.

[JoeSixPack1]

It’s about time!!!!!!

Reading stories about all the USA schools banning peanut butter because of a single kids allergy is insane.

Glad to see someone has some sense, too bad we have to jump the pond to find it.

[pillut48]

Well, *my* kid is being discriminated against because the school has totally eliminated peanut products from all the classrooms! I think this stuff is going too far BOTH ways!

[vetsvette]

Now, if we can get them all banned from airlines so we can have out peanuts back.

[vetsvette]

Now, if we can get them all banned from airlines so we can have our peanuts back.

[joebuck]

This is as silly as the school which banned all peanut or peanut butter products because of one kid’s allergy. Just let concerned mother pack little Billy’s lunch for him every day and he takes it to school. If the family can’t afford to pack a lunch, arrangements can be made to help out. Kid’s have been doing this since the very first school. Problem solved wth no fuss to anyone. Why do people make these things so hard?

[Pagey]

Concerned that none of the staff was trained to cope if the 11-year-old had an allergic reaction, the headmaster banned him – on health and safety grounds.

As embarrassing as it is to say, here in L.A. at my childs school, they don't allow Peanut Butter sandwiches because of a kid from the past who had this allergy. So, my child isn't going to have a peanut butter sandwich at school until she gets to 7th grade, at which point she probably won't even want one. This is the world we live in today, and what a damned shame.

[steveo]

All the muzzies need to do is spray the countryside with peanut butter.

[Lancey Howard]

Nanny state BUMP!

[Cobra64]

[MIchaelTArchangel]

As crazy as this sounds, we here in Massghanistan might be better served were we to institute this policy. We have any number of yuppie parents who allege all sorts of allergies to their children which cause other children not to be allowed to bring peanuts, peanut butter sandwiches, cookies, crackers, cupcakes, fruits of all sorts, meats cured with nitrates, etc., to school for lunch or for snacks.

What surprises me is that it is always the children of upper middle class parents who have all of these allergies and never the children of those of lesser means. By banning certain foods, the yuppies are forcing the parents of lesser means to purchase more expensive and less nutritious foods--or for their kids to go without lunch. That often results in poorer performance by the undernourished kids.

Oh, and I forgot to mention eggs. The kids around here are not allowed to bring eggs to school to eat.

Maybe I am going nusto on this, but if the yuppies kids are so allegic to life, maybe they should keep them home living inside a sterile, tofu-rich environment.

[Natural Law]

I thought “nut allergy” was the British term for jock itch?