allergy free classroom

[Guest guest]

HI Everyone,

Well as we end my daughter's kindergarten year in School, new things are coming

down the pike. My daughter has 4 children in her classroom that have multiple

allergens and 1 little girls has severe contact allergies.

This year was easy in that no food was permitted at all in the classroom and all

parents were guided to bring in non food items on birthday celebrations.

Now we move to 1st grade, and a few of the parents are voicing anger that they

do not want their child to go without a snack, since the 1st graders only get

lunch at 12:30. so in order to alleviate the contact allergy issue a list of

approved snacks was made and for next year any child in that class can only

bring something from that list.

The room will be super clean and they will practice lots of handwashing. My

first concern was when the principal said a note will go out to all parents in

teh 1st grade, that they are able to OPT OUT of the classroom, and I

immediately said " well then my child will only get to socialize with a very

small group " ----but then as the feedback starting coming back. Because of the

allergy free and germ free thought, more parents are asking to be in the

classroom. LUnch is a totally different subject, but I guess what my

question is. What have all of you done if you have severe contact allergy

issues, how is the school handling it, in both classroom and lunchroom.

Any thoughts would be greatly appreciated, the more we can help the school

understand, the easier and better it will be in the future for those children

just starting school.

Jen

[Guest guest]

At my son's elementary school, snack is eaten outside at recess.  if they were

able to do that it would take care of all days but indoor recess.  I have heard

on those day lots of times they don't even eat their snack.  That concerned me

because his lunch was at 10:45 am....and he does not get home till nearly 3.  I

always had a GFCF snack bar in his bag that was also nut free so he could eat it

in the classroom.

What types of snacks are on the list?  While I understand your concernes, I

personally would not like to be given a list of snacks I could send my children

becuase many of the snacks on it likely would be full of artifical stuff and

corn syrup we do not allow.  My son cannot tolerate those items - he is

intolerance to any dyes and corn syrup.  Due to my son's own allergies, I prefer

to make my own snacks, and I doubt that list would allow me to do that. So that

would limit my son, with various oral issues as well, to just about nothing he

could take for snack because he also cannot have gluten or dairy

without enzymes.  Just wanted to give the other side of the coin.  I have had a

constant battle to keep candy and other junk treats away from my son; it turns

him into a very difficult child and that is putting it mildly.  yet at the end

of our second year just a couple weeks ago the spanish teacher gave him candy

while playing bingo.  We are

considering homeschooling for this and other reasons.

 

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From: thesweetattack <thesweetattack@...>

Sent: Sat, May 22, 2010 11:42:28 AM

Subject: allergy free classroom

HI Everyone,

Well as we end my daughter's kindergarten year in School, new things are coming

down the pike.  My daughter has 4 children in her classroom that have multiple

allergens and 1 little girls has severe contact allergies.

This year was easy in that no food was permitted at all in the classroom and all

parents were guided to bring in non food items on birthday celebrations. 

Now we move to 1st grade,  and a few of the parents are voicing anger that they

do not want their child to go without a snack,  since the 1st graders only get

lunch at 12:30.  so in order to  alleviate the contact allergy issue a list of

approved snacks was made and for next year any child in that class can only

bring something from that list. 

The room will be super clean and they will practice lots of handwashing.  My

first concern was when the principal said a note will go out to all parents in

teh 1st grade,  that they are able to OPT OUT  of the classroom,  and I

immediately said " well then my child will only get to socialize with a very

small group " ----but then as the feedback starting coming back.  Because of the

allergy free and germ free thought,  more parents are asking to be in the

classroom.      LUnch is a totally different subject,  but I guess what my

question is.    What have all of you done if you have severe contact allergy

issues,  how is the school handling it,  in both classroom and lunchroom. 

Any thoughts would be greatly appreciated,  the more we can help the school

understand,  the easier and better it will be in the future for those children

just starting school.

Jen

[Guest guest]

actually leaving them run free outside with snack is even worse, that would

guarantee that all our allergy would not be able to play with the balls, on

equipment anything. All the kids in the classroom have either Nut,, Dairy

,Eggs, tree nut, Gluten, etc. And most things on the list are fresh fruits,

veggies, or things by enjoy life, since they cover all of the above.

And if you wouldn't want to deal with the list, that is why they are

allowing parents to opt out. But our kids only get lunch at 12:30, and

they are required to allow snack in the classroom in that grade........And

the contact allergies ARE so severe, they cannot chance allowing the food

leave the rooms. NO snack is allowed on the playground because of

it.... These are not just digestion allergies, but contact. ANd that is

entirely different ball game..... ANd those of us that Follow GF/CF/EF and

dye free also do not do any artificial flavors etc.

Jen

allergy free classroom

HI Everyone,

Well as we end my daughter's kindergarten year in School, new things are

coming down the pike. My daughter has 4 children in her classroom that have

multiple allergens and 1 little girls has severe contact allergies.

This year was easy in that no food was permitted at all in the classroom and

all parents were guided to bring in non food items on birthday celebrations.

Now we move to 1st grade, and a few of the parents are voicing anger that

they do not want their child to go without a snack, since the 1st graders

only get lunch at 12:30. so in order to alleviate the contact allergy issue

a list of approved snacks was made and for next year any child in that class

can only bring something from that list.

The room will be super clean and they will practice lots of handwashing. My

first concern was when the principal said a note will go out to all parents

in teh 1st grade, that they are able to OPT OUT of the classroom, and I

immediately said " well then my child will only get to socialize with a very

small group " ----but then as the feedback starting coming back. Because of

the allergy free and germ free thought, more parents are asking to be in the

classroom. LUnch is a totally different subject, but I guess what my

question is. What have all of you done if you have severe contact allergy

issues, how is the school handling it, in both classroom and lunchroom.

Any thoughts would be greatly appreciated, the more we can help the school

understand, the easier and better it will be in the future for those

children just starting school.

Jen