How did your discussion go with the school adminstrators over the dairy ban?

Another thing to consider asking about in terms of the nuts is if the child is allergic to peanuts (not a nut) or nuts. If it's a peanut allergy, maybe your DD would go for almond butter instead. I have never heard of a life threatening dairy allergy. Definitely the peanut thing is quite dangerous for some people though. My best friend's son goes to a small private school and also has been asked not to provide peanut butter in anything including his lunches (big bummer for our picky eater who loves it) but I don't know if they asked for all nuts or just peanuts.

Good for you for sticking up for your's and dd's needs. I agree that some documentation sounds appropriate.

Peg

Good for you Sandy for making your voice heard. Hopefully the school will be reasonable about this issue.

I can understand about the nuts as I know that the oils can be easily left on surfaces and can potentially be fatal to someone with a severe allergy but I've never heard of that for dairy products.

I'm also surprised that the school was willing to make all those changes without any medical documentation.

Thanks for asking. I voiced my stong opinion and felt that I was heard. Apparently the school decided on the no dairy/no nut policy without any documentation about the nature of the allergy. The principal said that she will look further into the sitation, ask for medical documention to see if the dairy/nut allergies are really life threatening. (The parents of the allergic child are militant and very pushy- they managed to get these restriction without providing any medical documentation.)
I felt that I was listened to and am certainly willing to look further at my POV if these are life threatening allergies. However, I believe that the dairy allergy is not life threatening- and I feel that sending milk and yogurt is fine- in fact I sent yogurt yesterday.
For now I am waiting for more info. I told the principal that I will continue to send dairy as it is central to many of the meals dd eats. (She eats almost no meat and ends up with yogurt and cheese pretty frequently.) For now I am holding off on loose nuts, but sending pb sandwiches with instructions to be careful.