Moving to RI -I understand RI schools have strict Peanut allergy rules (Warwick: preschool)
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Hi,
I have a child with a severe contact peanut allergy I understand RI has strict laws on peanuts in schools I am wondering if they really abide by them?
A Peanut free classroom
Peanut free lunch table?
I can tell you that my son's public preschool in Warwick has an absolute, well-publicized ban on any peanut products whatsoever. They are not allowed in the building in any form or context. I moved here from New York, where that wasn't the case.
I don't think I had ever heard of a peanut allergy until recently. In school, PB&J was the staple lunch. Is this allergy something knew? I hear about it quite a bit, now.. like gluten allergies and the like.
I don't think I had ever heard of a peanut allergy until recently. In school, PB&J was the staple lunch. Is this allergy something knew? I hear about it quite a bit, now.. like gluten allergies and the like.
It's not new, but has come to the forefront a lot more in the last 20 years or so. Severe cases can be fatal.
My children's school in East Greenwich is nut-free. They are constantly reminding us of this. They are very serious about it, and I'm sure if they saw a kid with nut products, they'd be all over it.
That said, I don't know how well they can reasonably police all of the lunches brought from home, you know? There's only so much time.
My younger child loves PB&J, but when I send it to school I always use Soy Nut Butter, never the real stuff.
Restaurants have to alert customers if a peanut product is used for cooking in a particular dish. Some 25 years ago a local restaurant called "Montana's" was put out of business, by a lawsuit, because it did not list chile as including peanut butter. It led to the death of a patron.
I felt I had a responsibility to update this: Turns out I was wrong about my son's school. He started a new school year this week and now it is permitted to bring nut products into the classroom. As it turns out, last year he had a kid in his class who had a nut allergy, so the classroom was nut free. That kid isn't in class anymore. It was the classroom that had a strict no-nut policy last year, not the school.
Bouldevardofder how nice of you to let me know I think the law is it's only the classroom of the allergic child can you tell me how did they make sure children didn't bring in peanuts ? Ex was there snack time or class parties? Also I thought they did something at lunch to keep peanuts away has your child said anything about this ?
Bouldevardofder how nice of you to let me know I think the law is it's only the classroom of the allergic child can you tell me how did they make sure children didn't bring in peanuts ? Ex was there snack time or class parties? Also I thought they did something at lunch to keep peanuts away has your child said anything about this ?
Well, my son is 4 -- he didn't even know nuts were banned; he just knew what we gave him for lunch. All parents were informed, verbally and in writing, that nuts were prohibited; if I recall correctly, we were given a list of alternatives. That goes for class parties, too -- in fact, this year they've banned all unhealthy foods for parties. One of the suggestions they gave us was to donate a book to the school library instead of sending cupcakes. Sounds like a good time!
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