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[quote=Anonymous]My DD is currently in 4th grade and has severe peanut and tree nut allergies (particularly pistachios and hazelnuts).  She had a severe anaphylactic attack right before 3rd grade from eating candy made in a cross contaminated facility and almost died.

We are in FCPS and I am reasonably satisfied with how they have handled her allergies.  She self carries two Auvi Qs and also has two with the nurse.  The nurse has many, many other kids who need EpiPens or Auvi Qs and is trained to use them.  The school has an allergy protocol that includes emergency response by the nurse.

As you might expect, there are other kids with peanut and tree nut allergies.  If allergies are severe, the teacher asks students not to bring food containing peanuts or tree nuts.  I am not sure how vigorous enforcement of this is.  There is a nut free table in the cafeteria -- however, there does not seem to be any adult enforcement of this rule, and kids at the surrounding tables frequently have PB and Nutella.  The nut free table reportedly disappears entirely in middle school, which concerns me.

There appears to be minimal enforcement on field trips, which also concerns me.  We have a field trip to Jamestown coming up, and the school will serve PB sandwiches at lunch.  Kids can eat snacks on the bus, and we have no guarantee that these will be peanut or nut free.  It also concerns me that kids may be with chaperones who are not trained to use EpiPens -- so, of course, DH or I have to take off work to go.[/quote]

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