Peanut-Sniffing Dog': Parents Peeved at School's Draconian Peanut-Allergy Precautions

Parents in Edgewater, Florida are up in arms about draconian measures their children will have to endure in order to protect those few students who suffer from deathly peanut allergies in the school.

After one student suffered an allergy attack, the school decided to ban all outside food from holiday parties, to ban all peanut products on school premises, and to require all students to rinse their mouths and wash their hands before entering their classrooms, according to My Fox Orlando. And if that doesn't do it, the school has also recruited the help of a peanut-sniffing dog. Meanwhile, teachers are stocked with Clorox bleach wipes that they continually use on desks and other public spaces (but not on students, they're quick to note).

The parents of the non-allergic children have had enough. They rallied outside of the school with sign saying "Our Kids Are Special Too," and "Where is the Happy Median?" protesting the school's regulations.

Shannon Layshock, the mother of a boy who is allergic to peanuts, said at the rally, "This little kid is 8 years old. If he gets one touch of peanut oil, peanut butter, peanut anything, he's dead in an instant, and you're gonna worry about a Clorox wipe that's not even allowed to be used on a child's face. It's embarrassing. You all should be ashamed of yourselves."

At one point, another parent chimed in, telling Layshock, "You can't take peanut butter and jelly away or any right away from my child. You can't do that." That exchange is pictured above.

"You're saying it's OK for you to give that right to my child to die," Layshock asked:

"No, but keep your child at home," the parent responded.

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