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How Hall, Gainesville schools cater to students’ food allergies

Students with food allergies have their own table they can use with a friend in the school cafeteria Friday, Aug. 9, 2019, at Riverbend Elementary. Hall County Schools are helping out by not using any food made with peanuts in their food preparations. - photo by Scott Rogers

08112019 ALLERGIES 6.jpg — Students with food allergies have their own table they can use with a friend in the school cafeteria Friday, Aug. 9, 2019, at Riverbend Elementary. Hall County Schools are helping out by not using any food made with peanuts in their food preparations. - photo by Scott Rogers

But for students with food allergies, a cafeteria can seem like a minefield. Hall County and Gainesville school leaders believe this doesn’t have to be the case.