Parents want child with peanut allergy removed from school

[Cuda1447]

"nut dust"



hahhahaha, you think they could have worded that better.... hahahahahah

 

[Geekbabe]

So the kid gets barred from public school ... what are her options then and who pays?

Btw, "germs are our friends" used to be true till MRSA became more common in the community, trying to get adults into the habit of regular hand washing is a hard sell, I stand by the thought that teaching kids to frequently wash their hands & to regularly clean surfaces used by others is a good thing.

 

[SunnyD]

As a father of one with a peanut allergy (unknown how severe, but definitely not THIS severe), I can relate. It sucks not being able to treat my kid to most candies and deserts and whatnot, "just in case". But honestly this is ridiculous.

Another one of my kids' classmates (or someone in the school) has a severe peanut allergy. What did the school do? Ban all peanut products from being in the school, and your children can't bring anything peanut in for lunch if they brown-bag it. I'm sure a little slips through here and there, but it's no big deal, and it's school wide. Not a big deal.

This particular girl from Florida though, if she is that sensitive she either needs to be on strong preventative meds to begin with or needs to be educated in an alternative environment.

Coming from a person who does not like peanuts, IDGAF.

30 minutes a day for the wipe down, etc.? Hey, at least you know the classroom is hella clean. I honestly don't have an opinion on whether or not she should be homeschooled, but the protesters are fucking retarded. Grow up.

Sadly, even given my comments above, I agree with this. The typical classroom is a cesspool of disease and malady. This is a good idea just in general.

 

[ahenkel]

That's fine we should accommodate the child not her fault the parents have fubar'd genes. Just sterilize them. Hell they can adopt if they want more.

 

[amicold]

The rules this school has put in place involve cleanliness .. getting kids in the habit of frequent hand washing, having desks/surfaces where kids work cleaned daily, these measures will benefit everybody in terms of reductions in school acquired illness,not just the allergic child.

Constant hand washing and desk cleaning will turn these kids into immunodeficient pussies. Ever have that friend growing up that got hounded by their mother to not stick their fingers in their mouths and had to wash their hands a thousand times a day? Those people are allegic to everything like dander, pollen, peanuts, shellfish, and soy, and get sick a million times a year.

 

[Geekbabe]

As a father of one with a peanut allergy (unknown how severe, but definitely not THIS severe), I can relate. It sucks not being able to treat my kid to most candies and deserts and whatnot, "just in case". But honestly this is ridiculous.

Another one of my kids' classmates (or someone in the school) has a severe peanut allergy. What did the school do? Ban all peanut products from being in the school, and your children can't bring anything peanut in for lunch if they brown-bag it. I'm sure a little slips through here and there, but it's no big deal, and it's school wide. Not a big deal.

This particular girl from Florida though, if she is that sensitive she either needs to be on strong preventative meds to begin with or needs to be educated in an alternative environment.

Sadly, even given my comments above, I agree with this. The typical classroom is a cesspool of disease and malady. This is a good idea just in general.

A lot of places ban peanut products outright and have been doing so for quite awhile, nut allergies sadly are not rare.

 

[Geekbabe]

Constant hand washing and desk cleaning will turn these kids into immunodeficient pussies. Ever have that friend growing up that got hounded by their mother to not stick their fingers in their mouths and had to wash their hands a thousand times a day? Those people are allegic to everything like dander, pollen, peanuts, shellfish, and soy, and get sick a million times a year.

Hand washing and cleaning surfaces routinely used by others will greatly reduce a person's chances of contracting MSRA, getting into those habits early is a good thing IMHO.

 

[vi edit]

Hand washing and cleaning surfaces routinely used by others will greatly reduce a person's chances of contracting MSRA, getting into those habits early is a good thing IMHO.

Guess what. Almost all of us already have MRSA on us. And we are all perfectly healthy.

There are certainly situations where there are community outbreaks of particularly nasty strains but all of this hysteria about cleaning, scrubbing, washing ect just further makes the bugs stronger and us weaker.

 

[preslove]

What a bunch of entitled assholes. "OH NOES! My kids can't have peanuts! They have to wash their hands! Fuck that little girl and her parents! I can't let my children be inconvenienced!"

 

[Ancalagon44]

You mean MRSA?

Surely the risk of MRSA is not high enough to counteract the benefit of a properly functioning immune system? You might not get MRSA but you'll get everything else because you wont be resistant to it.

 

[olds]

I agree with the group of parents on this.

This. If my kid was that "sick", I would home school her.

 

[blackdogdeek]

as the parent of a peanut allergy child, if the allergy were that severe i would remove my child from the school, but not because i would worry about accidental exposure but rather because i wouldn't want my child to be responsible for causing all that inconvenience to everyone else. as it is now at her school, the peanut allergy children sit at a separate table during lunch, which only inconveniences the children with the allergies and NOT everyone else.

i also feel it's not right for the other parents to protest in front of the school right where the 6 year old has to walk everyday. it's not right for a 6 year old to experience that.

 

[RPD]

Coming from a person who does not like peanuts, IDGAF.

30 minutes a day for the wipe down, etc.? Hey, at least you know the classroom is hella clean. I honestly don't have an opinion on whether or not she should be homeschooled, but the protesters are fucking retarded. Grow up.

I think your signature sums you up pretty well. My kid wouldn't be in this school after learning of the first instance of this.

 

[ussfletcher]

Its called an Epi-pen, and it solves this issue.

I can see banning peanut products from the school, but the other measures are going too far. Though, the janitorial staff should be sanitizing the desks and door knobs anyway.

 

[AyashiKaibutsu]

You mean MRSA?

Surely the risk of MRSA is not high enough to counteract the benefit of a properly functioning immune system? You might not get MRSA but you'll get everything else because you wont be resistant to it.

You don't have to be a slob to have a properly functioning immune system.

 

[Geekbabe]

This. If my kid was that "sick", I would home school her.

but home schooling properly done is going to cost the school district money, special education isn't free and that cost might mean the "normal kids" get deprived of things like sports.

 

[DCal430]

Its called an Epi-pen, and it solves this issue.

I can see banning peanut products from the school, but the other measures are going too far. Though, the janitorial staff should be sanitizing the desks and door knobs anyway.

I disagree about banning peanuts. There are people who deathly allergic to things like shellfish and eggs. Should we ban those too.

 

[child of wonder]

Can the little girl wear a mask to school to prevent her from inhaling "peanut dust?" If not, the school should make the offer to the parents to give them whatever money it would have spent on the little girl to attend there for them to enroll her in a special needs or private school. It should also organize a fundraiser to raise money for the costs.

However, I'm torn on this issue. The poor girl doesn't have a learning disability; she has an unfortunately severe allergy to a common food product.

I'm curious -- do the girl's family go to church? I wonder if the church goes to such lengths to allow her to attend or do they turn them away?

 

[olds]

but home schooling properly done is going to cost the school district money, special education isn't free and that cost might mean the "normal kids" get deprived of things like sports.

IMO, if breathing peanut dust can kill you, you need to stay inside. Or don't complain if you are trying to mainstream your child and it dies.
Sad but true.

 

[ch33zw1z]

but home schooling properly done is going to cost the school district money, special education isn't free and that cost might mean the "normal kids" get deprived of things like sports.

Exactly why they need to do a cost comparison. How much money does it cost the district to lose 30 minutes a day of class time. That's 150 minutes per week, 600 minutes per month, etc...Should the kids go to school year round to make up the time? How much does it cost in terms of preparing lunches for the kids now? How much does it cost to have a peanut sniffing dog patrol the school! See how it adds up fast?

 

[Beev]

I think your signature sums you up pretty well. My kid wouldn't be in this school after learning of the first instance of this.

Good, now explain why.

Because your child can't have peanuts?
Because a mere 30 minutes of class time are used to clean the place up?

Again I don't have an opinion on the kid being homeschooled or not, but protesting the issue is flat out fucking retarded. All this is is the usual false sense of entitlement that parents these days have. "You can't tell my child they can't have peanuts!"

Protesting something so trivial is just extremely pathetic. It doesn't matter if they've gone through the chain of command to get it changed. Protesting is not an answer for this situation. Sounds like some fat-ass stay at home (read: lazy) moms didn't have anything better to do.

 

[TridenT]

From what I'm reading it sounds like quite a bit to do for one kid. Sounds like it would be more efficient to just build the kid his own freaking building or something.

 

[DCal430]

I remember reading a few years ago about a girl who was basically allergic to sun light. Even short term exposure to sun light could kill her, and would cause terrible blistering on her skin. Not one school in the area would allow her to attend, because they said they could not accommodate her. Instead it took a school nearly an hour away to agree to take her in for elementary school. The school that took her in did all kinds of things to make sure she was never exposed to sun light at school, such as painting the hallways so she knew which areas were safe.

But I remember thinking how outrageous it was that no other school closer was willing to accommodate her.

 

[vi edit]

But I remember thinking how outrageous it was that no other school closer was willing to accommodate her.

In today's litigious society do you blame them?

 

[Zargon]

I absolutely agree with your first part. But your second part...eh not so much. Turning people into germophobes is defeating a healthy persons immune response. We get stronger through exposure, not avoiding it. Basic hygiene is certainly required (washing hands after bathroom use and covering mouths while sneezing, ect). But washing hands and rinsing your mouth before entering a room every time? Come on.

this

there are loads of studies coming out saying those working with infants, the elderly,m and in hospitals should be using wipes ETC that much. and that the society getting all antibacterial is hurting us as a whole