Are all DCPS/ Charter Schools peanut/nut free?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:YY is nut free -- Also small kids (Pk3 and 4) eat in their class and not in the cafeteria (Multi purpose room).
Not sure about DCI but I assume that it follows the same policy.

FWIW: Peanut butter is healthy (for those not allergic of course). Not the Jif kind loaded with sugar but the straight peanuts butter with nothing else in it..

PBJ over BLT anytime...

DCI is not nut free. There can be a nut free table. when asked admin said by middle school kids should be able to advocate for themselves if something they cannot eat is present and carry meds for emergency cases.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:YY is nut free -- Also small kids (Pk3 and 4) eat in their class and not in the cafeteria (Multi purpose room).
Not sure about DCI but I assume that it follows the same policy.

FWIW: Peanut butter is healthy (for those not allergic of course). Not the Jif kind loaded with sugar but the straight peanuts butter with nothing else in it..

PBJ over BLT anytime...

DCI is not nut free. There can be a nut free table. when asked admin said by middle school kids should be able to advocate for themselves if something they cannot eat is present and carry meds for emergency cases.

I think self-advocacy is reasonable for middle schoolers. 3 year olds... not so much.

[Anonymous]

Has anyone had success getting an epi-pen into the classroom? Like stored in the classroom/travels with the child? How did you do so if the school's default was epi-pen in nurses office?

[Anonymous]

Since when did nuts become a WMD? Isn't a "nut-free" table or two enough? Or are these things really some kind of airborne biological hazard?

[Anonymous]

Its a Ada issue they must all be

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Has anyone had success getting an epi-pen into the classroom? Like stored in the classroom/travels with the child? How did you do so if the school's default was epi-pen in nurses office?

There is a great FB group "nut-free moms" that you can join. Great info on 504 plans, educating schools, having epis follow the kids and everything else you could imagine. Given some of the remarks on this forum, I don't think it is a good format to have this discussion. Too many don't understand the incredible life threatening nature of this allergy and what it takes for parents with nut allergic kids to just get their kids safely through each and every day.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Peanut butter is not really healthy. Who cares if you have to substitute with sun butter which is delicious btw. Have some compassion.

- Nutfree only for friends as none of us have any allergies

You need compassion to the people in this city who would rather pay under $2 for a jar of peanut butter instead of $5 for a jar of sun butter. Money changes everything, princess.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Has anyone had success getting an epi-pen into the classroom? Like stored in the classroom/travels with the child? How did you do so if the school's default was epi-pen in nurses office?

Get your doctor to write that the epi-pen and benadryl must be in same location at all times as your child with a person trained on how to recognize anaphylaxis and give epi-pen/auvi-q at all times. Then get a 504 plan.

I did have success at a public school and private school in PA.

Also, I really strongly recommend that you get auvi-q epi-pen instead of regular epi-pen because it literally talks someone through giving the auvi-q. Therefore, it is almost dummy proof.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Peanut butter is not really healthy. Who cares if you have to substitute with sun butter which is delicious btw. Have some compassion.

- Nutfree only for friends as none of us have any allergies

You need compassion to the people in this city who would rather pay under $2 for a jar of peanut butter instead of $5 for a jar of sun butter. Money changes everything, princess.

If the $3 is too much (doubtful) use cream cheese instead, peasant.

[Anonymous]

I would also insist that the caterer for breakfast and lunches provided at schools only offer peanut and tree nut free food. This helps reduce the peanut and tree nut load at the school. The caterer at our kid's school uses sun butter in fact in place of peanut butter.

[Anonymous]

PP here- forgot to add that I would still always send a home-made lunch and snacks for your allergic child even if the school caterer uses only nut free food. It makes training your kid easier and makes it safer for your kid.

[Anonymous]

I'd rather have assurances that the schools are pot/booze/drug free before they call in the peanut butter sandwich police.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I'd rather have assurances that the schools are pot/booze/drug free before they call in the peanut butter sandwich police.

PP here- I am not advocating for nut free schools. I do advocate for peanut and nut free classrooms and for school caterers to not serve foods with peanuts and tree nuts which are simple measures to help keep kids safe. One nut free lunch table also helps.

As for having schools free from drugs and booze that should be a given

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Not to underestimate the gravity of nut allergies, but is it realistic to expect every school, in the country, to peanut, tree nut, soy, and gluten free?

If it's going to save a kid's life? Yes, in a heartbeat. I mean seriously -- what's the alternative?

(Also, IDK anyone who has an immediate life-threatening allergy to gluten. Dairy, maybe, but not gluten.)

[Anonymous]

Where can one find the rules/laws that states a DC school locks up the Epipen in the nurses office rather than have it available in the classroom. Likewise the same goes for who can administer the thing.