March 21, 2007
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Tuesday, March 20, 2007
BY JODIE MOZDZER
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Copyright © 2007 Republican-American
SEYMOUR - The Board of Education decided Monday that peanut butter sandwiches will remain on the menu at district schools, much to the dismay of parent Lisa Searles, whose son has a severe peanut allergy.
Last month Searles had asked the board to ban peanuts from the schools, because her 6-year-old first-grader, who attends Anna LoPresti School, will go into anaphylactic shock if he comes into contact with peanuts of any form. And while the board listened to comments from Searles, her uncle Jack Hunt, who works for the peanut-free Ansonia school district, and her mother Joanne Davis, a pediatric nurse, board members decided the balance between protecting students and allowing students freedom of choice would lean toward the latter.
“How can we guarantee the safety of a child with respect to their intake of food items?” asked board member James Garofolo. “I’m not sure whether in fact we would be able to enforce such a policy with any degree of effectiveness.”
The board questioned whether schools should sell peanut butter sandwiches and if students should be banned from bringing peanut butter to school. Two members, Frederick Stanek and Garofolo, voted to ban the sale of sandwiches, a motion that failed 4 to 2. The second vote, on whether to ban students from bringing peanut butter to school, was rejected unanimously.
In response to initial outrage from Searles and her family, board Chairman Bruce Baker said the decision was one of the toughest he has had to make.
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March 21, 2007
· Filed under PB News
Tuesday, March 20, 2007
BY JODIE MOZDZER
Link to article.
Copyright © 2007 Republican-American
SEYMOUR - The Board of Education decided Monday that peanut butter sandwiches will remain on the menu at district schools, much to the dismay of parent Lisa Searles, whose son has a severe peanut allergy.
Last month Searles had asked the board to ban peanuts from the schools, because her 6-year-old first-grader, who attends Anna LoPresti School, will go into anaphylactic shock if he comes into contact with peanuts of any form. And while the board listened to comments from Searles, her uncle Jack Hunt, who works for the peanut-free Ansonia school district, and her mother Joanne Davis, a pediatric nurse, board members decided the balance between protecting students and allowing students freedom of choice would lean toward the latter.
“How can we guarantee the safety of a child with respect to their intake of food items?” asked board member James Garofolo. “I’m not sure whether in fact we would be able to enforce such a policy with any degree of effectiveness.”
The board questioned whether schools should sell peanut butter sandwiches and if students should be banned from bringing peanut butter to school. Two members, Frederick Stanek and Garofolo, voted to ban the sale of sandwiches, a motion that failed 4 to 2. The second vote, on whether to ban students from bringing peanut butter to school, was rejected unanimously.
In response to initial outrage from Searles and her family, board Chairman Bruce Baker said the decision was one of the toughest he has had to make.
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