What You're Tweeting: School Policy and Allergies

Throughout the country, parents and officials alike have taken note of a school's policy in Edgewater, Fla., where some say a first-grader with severe peanut allergies should be home schooled. School officials even had a “peanut-sniffing dog” at the school during spring break and have since imposed hand-washing, according to Reuters. 

they're reconsidering their own policies--including whether to offer the classic pb&j sandwich. 

The Twitter-sphere is, of course, a natural forum for a topic of this nature. Here are some area tweets:

--@sdesmon: (Cruel) parents picket 6-year-old w/peanut allergy b/c their kids have to wash hands before coming into class.http://snurl.com/27op0z

--@RCPen: I have kids in my family with food allergies so I can sympathize. But altering school policy for ONE kid? Too much!

--@CharmCityMa: Is it wrong that as soon as my nut-allergy kid is away I dive into a bag of peanut M&Ms? #badmommy

--@johnflaks: Maybe those kids should go to special #school instead of allowing one kid to make #changes for an entire school system.

--@JennaKellam: Well hello allergy season.

So — what do you think? How should schools deal with allergies?