So we are getting ready to put together my 7th grade son's 504 for next year. He is entering the school in the fall and is currently homeschooled. We have a 504 for my older son, so this should not be too difficult because for the most part it will be a copy. However, one issue has come up. My soon to be 7th grader is in a small sub-unit of the band, the jazz band. It is maybe 20-30 kids? and fairly exclusive. He had to try out to get in and there is only 1 other 6th grader. They are doing a tour of the elementary schools and stopping for lunch in a plaza with 3 restaurants, 1 of which is 5 guys (open peanuts), and none of which my son can eat at because he is peanut/treenut/bean/shellfish allergic right now. He has recently been able to handle 1 bean so Chipotle may open up as an option for next year and that is one of the three restaurants but kind of besides the point.
1) he may have to bring his own food and sit in a restaurant to eat
2) not thrilled about him getting on a bus with a dozen middle schoolers who just shelled peanuts all over themselves. He had his eyes swell shut from playing under a walnut tree and his peanut numbers are 25+ times higher than walnut. (>100 RAST)
This year I will drive him but next year he will be enrolled as a student. So, I am trying to explain that we need to accommodate for this but not sure how to go about it. I don't like interfering with everyone else's fun but leaving him out is discrimination. Then again I cannot PROVE being on the bus would be risky until it goes awry. So far I just have that driving him myself and leaving him out are not reasonable solutions and we will have to work to find a solution. Any thoughts on wording?
Brownie