Parents Say Student's Peanut Allergy Hazardous to Their Kids

Parent Dish reports a group of parents from a Volusia County, Fla. elementary school are now claiming that one first-grade girl's peanut allergy actually poses a hazard to their own children's health.Parents organized a demonstration outside the school on Thursday, protesting because their children have had to miss out on holiday parties at school, because they're not allowed to bring peanut butter sandwiches for lunch and because they're required to wash-up at various times during the day.Per federal regulations, school districts are required to ensure all students wash and rinse their hands three times a day for about 10 minutes. Parents claim this process interferes with their children's education -- because it's 30 minutes per day they're not in class learning.David Bailey is the father of the little girl who sparked the protest.  Even though there are other students at the school who are allergic to peanuts, Bailey's daughter has a more severe allergy -- and Bailey feels they're singling his daughter out.Read the Parent Dish article