My ds has a 504 plan, but remember when I tried to set it up, was given a lot of flack, the school was hostile etc.
Well, today's failure perfect example of why a thoughtful 504 plan makes the world go round
DS sent text and told me that today there are signs all over the cafeteria warning about allergens. I have been given a list of all foods/ingredients etc previously and we've chosen "safe" lunches for him. Pretty much everything is fine except the topping for yogurt and something else.
So, I tell him to ask the food staff for help/ask them what changed etc.
He texts back that they are not helping him, they are rude and tell him to bring his own food to be safe.
I tell him to go find the principal or assist. principal. Neither is available. I send him to the nurse. She tells him to put on his big boy pants and go find some packaged food and figure it out.
Of course, this makes my ds feel pretty small and unimportant for sure.
I end up stopping work, going out to get him a lunch.
Assist principal (who is the one that has helped me with lunch ingredient info in the past) calls tells me that the foodservice company was audited and they were out of compliance for not having allergen warnings, but nothing has changed.
I explain that things HAVE changed as now there are vague warnings in the lunch room that were not there yesterday and I should have been notified! He says my ds could have spoken to foodservice I explain that they were unsympathetic and not helpful.
I also completely throw the nurse under the bus for her attitude which is very typical of how she does things.
The biggest problem is that he did ask for help and was blown off by the foodstaff and the nurse!
I also took the opportunity to tell him how I was treated in the original 504 meeting that my ds does advocate but no one wants to do anything to help and being proactive and following the 504 would have prevented my ds being upset (and missing math to eat the lunch I brought), would have not interrupted my work day etc.