On 12/19/2013 7:37 PM, Cheri wrote:
>
> "Steve Freides" > wrote in message
> ...
>> Tara wrote:
>>> I found out yesterday afternoon that my kids need to bring a dozen
>>> breakfast items each to a chorus breakfast party tomorrow at 7:45.
>>> Our cupboards are rather low at the moment because I have been trying
>>> to use up what we have on hand to make way for Christmas cooking. I
>>> don't have any eggs or breakfast meat on hand.
>>>
>>> I do not want to go to the store. My first thought was to pick up a
>>> big box of doughnut holes on the way to school in the morning, but I
>>> don't want to bring in sweets. There will already be plenty of
>>> pastries brought in.
>>>
>>> So, I am making mini peanut butter and jelly sandwiches -- PB & J cut
>>> into triangles. We have a peanut allergy in the chorus, so I am also
>>> making cheese biscuits. I thought about pinwheel sandwiches or mini
>>> cheese quesadillas.
>>>
>>> Ta-da! Not exciting, but it will serve.
>>>
>>> Tara
>>
>> You have to find out how severe the peanut allergies are. Some
>> children are so allergic that you can't bring in anything with peanuts
>> on the off chance that they'll have even minor contact with it
>> somehow. My wife's school (grades 5 through 8) manages this by the
>> class, e.g., if someone in the class has a peanut allergy, then no one
>> in that class brings in anything with peanuts for any group activity
>> like the one you're describing. One child with an even more severe
>> allergy can mean that no one in the class can bring in peanuts in any
>> form, period, while a milder allergy might mean it's OK to bring in
>> peanuts as long as everything is clearly identified - that's the sort
>> of thing where a child might have only a mild allergy.
>>
>> Good to ask about this sort of thing - it's probably something they
>> sent home a letter/email about in September.
>>
>> A pain, I know, but those are the facts on the ground these days.
>>
>> -S-
>
> Where I am, they don't allow parents to bring anything that is homemade.
> It has to be store bought.
>
> Cheri

Not that I know anything about this... but is store-bought so much better?

Jill