This fall, there have been questions and confusion around Barnard Academy’s policy and procedures regarding allergenic foods. At September’s School Board meeting, the Board re-visited these policies and procedures in the context of children with life-threatening allergies. This was convened as an emergency meeting in light of staff concerns around maintaining a safe environment for our children. Minutes from this meeting are posted at wcsu.net.
The Board will be drafting policy and procedure for its first reading at our next Board meeting on October 22nd at 6pm. As always, all are welcome to attend. In the meantime, to eliminate the chance of a life-threatening allergic reaction that requires emergency medical treatment, and to foster a safe, supportive, and inclusive educational experience, we are asking that you NOT send foods with peanut, peanut containing products, egg (ie. hard boiled eggs, egg salad, quiche, etc.) or raw egg products (ie. mayonnaise or mayo containing products). Essentially, we are maintaining the peanut free and egg free educational environment we have had for the past four years. Once appropriate policy and procedures are finalized we will disseminate them to the BA community.
Sincerely,
Hannah Thein
The Fifth and Sixth grade went down to Silver Lake. They were looking for macroinvertebrates, and all the components of the ecosystem. The class will make a food web from the organisms that they found. The sixth grade will observe four other ecosystems when they go to the Marsh Billings Rockefeller National Historical Park during the week of October 8th.
