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17. I have worked both in the cafeterias and kitchens of a public school.

Wed Jul 15, 2020, 11:08 AM

Jul 2020

It used to be when the student was in the negative for school lunch payment, they were served peanut butter sandwiches. Now with awareness of peanut allergies, they are served with cheese slices sandwiches (along with veggie, fruit, milk), which they are still charged for.

In the school system that I worked at, the elementary children with peanut allergies sat at the peanut-free table. We had to use separate cleaning towels, buckets of soap, and buckets of sanitizer to clean the peanut-free tables. The other students who brought peanut butter sandwiches from home had their own tables to sit at.

I can't speak for all schools, but only the one that I worked at.

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Poor thing Cha Jul 2020 #62

Always attacking the poster and not the issue treestar Jul 2020 #63

I have worked both in the cafeterias and kitchens of a public school. Niagara Jul 2020 #17

Thank you for the insight Nature Man Jul 2020 #18

You're very welcome. Niagara Jul 2020 #19

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You aren't displaying the requisite piety Nature Man Jul 2020 #15

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