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Big change coming in the chapter house dining room
On the off-chance one of the school's 1,000 students might see a nut, this common-sense challenged principal ruins lunch for 999 kids.
I can see Dartmount, Alfred, and a few more liberal campuses banning nuts (except on the faculty) in the coming year.
Here's the clipping from Georgia:
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution: 8/7/02 ]
It's no joke! Cobb school bans peanuts
By MARY MACDONALD
Atlanta Journal-Constitution Staff Writer
The classic childhood lunch, a PB&J on white bread, will be confiscated on sight this year at one of Cobb County's elementary schools.
So will peanut butter crackers and cookies, peanut butter cups and anything else containing Georgia's top-selling homegrown snack.
The ban on all things goober is no joke. Several children entering Smyrna's Nickajack Elementary School this year have allergies so severe they are life-threatening, said new Principal Constance Carter. Some people are so allergic that even breathing peanut dust can trigger a reaction.
Carter banned peanut products from the campus, including bake sales and bag lunches carried in by children.
The action is unusual but not unheard of. King Springs Elementary School, also in Smyrna, banned peanut products for similar reasons last year. Teachers and a few schools nationwide have done the same thing for children with severe allergies.
Petra White, a Nickajack mom of two girls, thinks most parents will sympathize.
"It's not like they have to have a peanut butter sandwich three times a week," she said. "I don't have a problem keeping peanuts out of their lunches."
The habit may be hard for other parents to break. Peanut butter is a staple for fussy children and a standby in the lunchroom.
Cafeteria workers rely on it for field trip bags because it's portable protein.
"Peanut butter really is a standard," Carter said.
YOUR TURN
What do you think of the Cobb County school ban on peanut butter?
Given some kids allergic reactions, it’s the right thing to do. 16% 360
This goes too far. Is nothing sacred anymore? 83% 1877
I prefer pimiento cheese, anyway. 1% 33
Total Votes 2270
This survey is not a scientific sampling and does not reflect the opinion of the general public, but only of those who choose to participate.
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