Peanute restrictions in Baldwin schools

As diagnoses of food allergies rise, school leaders are grappling with how to accommodate the needs of vulnerable students, aware that those with severe allergies might develop life-threatening conditions if they eat the wrong things.

Many school parents in Mobile and Baldwin counties received letters in recent weeks asking them to keep peanut butter and nuts out of snacks and lunches.

As peanut allergy diagnoses rise, so do restrictions in Mobile and Baldwin county schools