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<\/a>Children all over Stapleton suffer from a variety of food allergies including peanut butter, milk, shellfish, tree nuts, egg, fin fish, strawberry, and soy. These allergies affect roughly 4% of all children. Because of this high percentage, schools need to take precautions to make sure this group of kids is not exposed to the items they are allergic to. The schools alone can only do so much.\n\n\u201cWe make sure to have a list of kids that have allergies, and what those are,\u201d said Swigert Elementary Principal Vogel. \u201cThe lists are given to the teachers as well as any after care providers. Also, we are careful to make sure that we have the appropriate options in the school lunches.\u201d\nParents that have children in classes with kids with allergies are also given the names of the kids and their allergies. \u201cThis helps parents be aware so that if they send birthday snacks, they can send something different for those kids if necessary,\u201d says Vogel. Many parents feel that all of these precautions should be enough. \u201cI feel like it is a little overboard, but obviously, the safety of the children comes first,\u201d says Stapleton parent Sue Fisher. \u201cI think all the steps they have taken should be enough.\u201d\nNot all Stapleton parents agreed, and thought that more could be done. \u201cI don\u2019t even have a child with an allergy,\u201d says resident Kaylee Law. \u201cBut, I just care about these kids so damn much, I want to make sure that they are okay.\u201d Law began a grass roots effort to ban all outside snacks, except for a short list of snacks that would be okay for all students to have without any dangers. \u201cWe worked with the schools, and did our research,\u201d says Law. \u201cEventually, we came up with a list that we think everyone is going to be happy with.\u201d\nBecause of the concern for child safety, the new approved snack list met with very little resistance. \u201cIn the end, this is really not the fight you want to make,\u201d says Fisher. \u201cI don\u2019t think it was necessary, and the schools will certainly have a lot of unhappy kids, but I guess better safe than sorry.\u201d Some of the approved items are listed below, and the full list can be found at any of the Stapleton schools web sites.\nApproved Stapleton School Snacks\n\n\n