It might seem a bit odd, but I’m already beginning to think
about September, when William will enter Kindergarten. There are a million questions and concerns
racing through my mind, and I’m feeling a bit discombobulated, trying to figure
out which of these should take priority.
Unlike other provinces (Ontario
and British
Columbia), Saskatchewan doesn’t have
policy or set of regulations covering anaphylactic children in school
settings. Prairie Spirit School District
does have guidelines
for administering an EpiPen (or other necessary medication) to students,
and has guidelines
for dealing with anaphylactic children in the school (see section JFL). That being said, we’re not dealing with an
allergy that most people are familiar with.
The school is peanut- and scent-free (which I’m not going to get into, here),
but it’s inconceivable, because of the ubiquity of sulphites, for this to be an
option for William.
I’ve already had a preliminary discussion with his classroom
teacher, and will schedule a meeting with her and the principal for later this
spring. In the meantime, the dearth of
readily-available (and understandable, which is a whole different issue)
information on sulphites and sulphite-sensitivity is presenting a bit of a
problem. Sounds like a fact sheet might
be in order.
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