So, my kid is getting glutened at school

A little birdie let me know that they had some problems with my son's teacher last year with regards to their GFCF child. I considered myself warned and approached it head on. My son has a whole section in his IEP regarding diet and instructions that he is not to eat any food that has not been provided from home. I am "that mom" that gets up and makes a hot lunch in the morning for my son every day. On a very rare occasion my son gets a rice cake sandwhich but that may be only about 2 days in the month or on days they are taking a class trip and won't have access to heat up his food.

I met with his teacher the first week of school and I sent in extra snacks for her to keep on hand for him. At Back to school night she mentioned that the kids would be doing some cooking projects. Alex loves to cook and help in the kitchen, so I told her I was fine with him helping (he isn't a snacker along the way) as long as his hands were washed good afterwards and he didn't eat the food that they made. I requested that she let me know the day or so before hand that they had a food project coming up and I would send in a finished product so that he could make with the rest of the kids but then enjoy his own 'safe' gluten and casein free version. She agreed to do this and I was feeling confident that things were heading in the right direction.

Over the month of October I noticed that my son was coming home from school and acting out. His behavior was not 'normal' for him and he was reminding me of the pre GFCF version of my child that was difficult to manage. On a few occasions he spent abnormal amounts of time in the bathroom and kept telling me that 'he felt sick'. I mentioned a few times to a couple of my friends that I was feeling like he was getting glutened. The thing is that I'd ask Alex what he ate at school and he wouldn't be able to answer me or give me any info to back up my theory.

Then, a note came home from school from the teacher asking parents to fund or supply a cooking project. The note boasted about how well the kids were doing in the cooking program and how much they loved the cooking projects that they completed together from start to finish. She shared how proud she was that all the kids tried the final product because she knows how picky some of our children are with food. She shared that so far the kids had made: English muffin pizzas, grilled cheese, and pancakes to name a few things.

As I read this letter my eyeballs about popped out of my head and I was ready to be sick. All of these foods are Gluten, Dairy, Gluten, Dairy, and some more gluten and dairy! She had not contacted me ahead of time to say she was making a project with the kids - because if she had these could VERY EASILY have been sent in by me for him to safely consume.

So I decided to ask my son about this, knowing that full well he might not tell me anything. I asked him if they made pizza at school. He says yes. I ask if he ate the pizza at school. Again, Yes.

Of course, I can't really back this up with proof but yeah.... I am quite certain that my kid has been getting glutened at school. And, I'm mad.