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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]These Tuckahoe parents make me so embarrassed for Arlington.[/quote]

We are talking about the same PTA board that struggled to understand that kids with nut allergies can't eat nuts.[/quote]
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What?  The current board? That is ridiculous. What happened?[/quote]

PTA and Tuckahoe principal fought implementing the APS guidelines on use of food in the classrooms for celebrations and rewards. Teachers (especially subs) were giving out candy, including stuff like mini peanut butter cups, in the classrooms as rewards and classes were having parties that with food that wasn't nut-free despite there being kids with nut (and other food) allergies in the classroom and despite it being against APS policy. Principal punted the issue to the PTA, who resisted changing parties to food-free because apparently food at parties is a Tuckahoe "tradition" and you can't have a fun class party without food. They justified it by the APS policy technically just being that schools were "strongly encouraged" to make celebrations food-free. Ultimately the PTA and principal decided only to encourage classes to make parties food-free but teachers can decide whether to follow that and parents of children with food allergies can make their own decisions about whether to pull their kids from class parties.

The PTA did a survey on the issue but then decided to withhold the results, allegedly because it showed overwhelming support for getting rid of food at class parties but the PTA board didn't want that. I say "allegedly" because no one can confirm it given that the PTA wouldn't share the results, even with parents on the Allergy Awareness committee.[/quote]

That is dreadful.  Was that this year?   [/quote]

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