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  • Peanut allergy stirs controversy at Florida school(Peanut Sniffing Dogs Search Classrooms!)

    03/22/2011 6:52:11 PM PDT · by Dallas59 · 125 replies · 1+ views
    Yahoo ^ | 3/22/2011 | Yahoo News
    ORLANDO, Florida (Reuters) – Some public school parents in Edgewater, Florida, want a first-grade girl with life-threatening peanut allergies removed from the classroom and home-schooled, rather than deal with special rules to protect her health, a school official said. "That was one of the suggestions that kept coming forward from parents, to have her home-schooled. But we're required by federal law to provide accommodations. That's just not even an option for us," said Nancy Wait, spokeswoman for the Volusia County School District. Wait said the 6-year-old's peanut allergy is so severe it is considered a disability under the Americans with...