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How frustrating!!!
As a former classroom teacher may I suggest that you call first thing in the morning, or send a note, better yet stop in before class. You will want the correction sent ASAP and she will likely need to use her planning period to prepare it. If you miss her planning period it will delay the correction an entire day. Although many parents will realize it is a mistake you'd be surprised how many won't. You may want to provide a couple of safe green alterative. This kind of problem along with widespread child obesity is what has prompted the Texas legislature to greatly restrict "food activates" at school. I believe there are also federal restrictions now interesting they must be tying the activity to a lesson.

I was lucky the year I had a child with dietary restrictions I also had a very active room mom who volunteered to call the other parents prior to any food event and remind them of the class policy. That way the mother of the allergic child wasn't looked on as pushy or a nag and it saved me a lot of time and worry. I had another mother that came to all the food events and inspected the foods BEFORE they came in the room. Like I say I was lucky most teachers don't have that kind of help. You are right, one person probably made notes for the entire grade or school.

Tabitha

Quote:Originally posted by momll70:
[b]I will mention this to the teacher tomorrow and ask her to send another notice about the allergy to remind people not to bring peanuts/nuts.
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Remind her to include peanutbutter in the *don't send" group. Silly as it sounds, some people don't make the connection to peanutbutter coming from peanuts.

A substitute could be celery with cream cheese or any spread cheese.

I bet you're right that it's a standard, previously used letter that they didn't even read. I complained to our community ed. departement about multiple mistakes in their latest brochure, and they apologized, saying that they read those class descriptions so often that they hardly even see them anymore. You know what I mean? They kind of take them for granted because they know the class. They told me that they think they need to bring in someone outside the department to check things over so that someone will notice those changes that should be obvious. I'd be upset, too, but it was probably an honest mistake.