Special Diets & Food Allergies

 

Special Diets are for students who have a severe food intolerance or allergy to a particular food item, eg., soy, peanuts/tree nuts, wheat, milk, eggs, fish & shellfish. A special diet may also be required for students needing meals with modified calories or nutrients and/or for students requiring altered textures to food such as pureed & chopped.  The Child Nutrition Department will provide special diets or meal modifications only if a doctor's note with the required meal modifications is on file. 

Supplemental nutrition items such as Pediasure may be provided to students, however this must be requested by the student's medical doctor.  The Child Nutrition Department will provide liquid supplement up to twice per day but this must be specified by your child's doctor.  Please turn in the Special Dietary Needs form to the school nurse.

 

 

If a student has a food allergy or intolerance and needs a customized menu in order to avoid specific food items and/or ingredients, please have your child's medical doctor fill out the special dietary needs form found above.  Please have the doctor specify whether the child needs to avoid the food altogether or whether they can have the food if its listed as an ingredient.

 

Once completed by a medical doctor or nurse practitioner please send the form to your child's school nurse and the nurse will forward it to the District Dietitian.  

Please allow up to 1-2 weeks for processing. If you do not hear from the Dietitian within 48 hours from when you turned in your form, please email the Dietitian.