My sister is severely allergic to peanuts and tree nuts. She also has to carry an Epi-pen injection with her at all times. When she was in 1st grade, she had a horrible reaction at the end of the school day. She got off the bus at a friends house and immediately called home because she was getting hives and her lips, an odd side affect that happens every time she has a nut enconter, were turning bright red. We had to call an ambulance. It was then that my mom decided to ask the school to go nut free, and at first they agreed.. But then, other children's parents became angry and intentionally refused to sign papers agreeing not to send their child to school with nuts. The school basically took back the nut ban and my sister wasn't allowed to her PUBLIC Elementary school for a full year. We had to pay for a pricey lawyer for a nut free table. She still hates school now, she's now going into fifth grade. Since we live in a small town, people knew she was my sister and I was harassed by a TEACHER, my then homeroom teacher, if "your sister will die if we eat peanuts?Because I really like them." What most people think about when they are subjected to nut free facilities is their needs and that it's not fair, but imagine being the family of a child who is sent to school every day with the possibility of going into anaphylactic shock.