Yes they have. Early 90s when my soon was in 1st grade he had to eat

lunch by himself because of his severe peanut allergy. He was the first student in Henrico County to deal with this and they had no idea what to do (in fairness his allergy is off the charts severe). They wired an alarm buzzer between his classroom and the clinic. The clinicians were trained on how to use the EpiPen we provided. The teacher had a box of sanitary wipes in the classroom and every kid wiped their hands on the way back from lunch. We kept a box of peanut free snacks there for him so he could have something when parents would bring in treats every so often. My wife and our allergist wrote the guidelines for the county to implement going forward. A lot has changed in the schools since then!

In response to this post by BTHokie

Posted: 02/13/2019 at 3:07PM

Should the public be held hostage by your allergies? -- darnellm 02/13/2019 11:02AM

Mostly adaptation on the individuals part ** -- 133743Hokie 02/13/2019 2:54PM

Should losers on the internet get holier than thou when a business makes a -- BG Hokie 02/13/2019 1:20PM

Hi. Are you new here? ** -- Beerman 02/13/2019 4:05PM

It's a damned crime that a baseball stadium has decided not to sell peanuts -- reestuart 02/13/2019 3:22PM

How are they held hostage? ** -- reestuart 02/13/2019 11:44AM

To the extent possible, we ought to be considerate of people with allergies -- hucareshokiesrul 02/13/2019 11:23AM

Business owner making a business decision ** -- typed by ben 02/13/2019 11:21AM

EXACTLY. Government ban and fat mac can be outraged but a private business -- BG Hokie 02/13/2019 1:16PM

Sounds like a simple and reasonable solution to me -- Tafkam Hokie 02/13/2019 11:26AM

Things have changed, my son's school & daycare are both "peanut free zones" -- BTHokie 02/13/2019 1:36PM

Yes they have. Early 90s when my soon was in 1st grade he had to eat -- 133743Hokie 02/13/2019 3:07PM

Pre-schools make sense, it's worth it for their liability. My kid's -- BG Hokie 02/13/2019 1:43PM

What are calling "held hostage"? -- 48zip 02/13/2019 11:14AM

From 2- 4 years old, about the only thing my son would eat is PB&J... -- hokiehunter07 02/13/2019 11:19AM

Yor nuts** -- bigbadbird 02/13/2019 11:06AM

Sympathetic to some degree, but how do you adjust if you have a severe, -- RoswellGAHokie 02/13/2019 11:06AM

I understand planes, confined space, federally regulated, etc. -- RTFC 02/13/2019 11:26AM

Really? Peanuts are not mandated at baseball games. In fact -- 48zip 02/13/2019 11:36AM

No they are not -- RTFC 02/13/2019 2:25PM

I don't think hardly any money at all is being spent to accommodate -- reestuart 02/13/2019 3:29PM

I should have defined that better -- RTFC 02/13/2019 5:51PM

I just don't see it as a huge inconvenience not to be able to get peanuts -- reestuart 02/13/2019 6:17PM

Never said that was a huge inconvience -- RTFC 02/13/2019 7:30PM

Sure they are. Have you never sung "Take Me Out to the Ballgame?" -- Hokie360 02/13/2019 1:18PM

Buy a jet. ** -- 48zip 02/13/2019 11:20AM

Yes, that's exactly how you would adjust. ** -- HokieNoVA 02/13/2019 11:11AM

Not riding planes would greatly limit the person’s job options. ** -- RoswellGAHokie 02/13/2019 11:31AM

Carry an epipen ** -- bigbadbird 02/13/2019 11:08AM

Yes they have. Early 90s when my soon was in 1st grade he had to eat

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