<p>@forestfall Where are you going to school?</p>
<p>I wonder what the situation is for those on Paleo.</p>
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Unless the household was set-up for a certain dietary regimen, I cannot imagine that there are that many 13 year-olds who are so specific in their dietary requirements. If that is in fact the case, as mentioned up-thread, call the school.</p>
<p>There are a growing number of such households. A book published a mere weeks ago for teenage girls is entitled Paleo Girl: Take a Leap. Empower Yourself.
The book is currently #5 on Amazon in the category for Exercise, Diet, & Fitness for children.</p>
<p>In any case, it is great when schools are flexible enough to accommodate more than the most common diet.</p>
<p>Where I work, students can sign up to be on the list for Vegan, Vegetarian, or Gluten free meals. At seated meals, those students and faculty on the lists are brought their food on a plate. There is also a list for kids with food allergies. During cafeteria-style meals, the vegetarian, vegan, and gluten free options are labeled, and we are lucky to have a huge salad bar with many options. Every dorm commons has a fridge, and this year when our dorm fridge broke, some students asked me (dorm parent) to store things in my fridge until we got our commons fridge back. During the day, there is an area of the dining hall with cereals, bread including some gluten free, pb&j, fruits, coffee and tea, and a mini fridge with various cow and soy and almond milk options.There’s also a student snack bar which costs money that I’ve never been to. I don’t think of our school as being wildly progressive, but our dining hall manager is awesome, and she really does care about the health and well being of our community. I would think that a call to your school’s dining hall manager might yield more accurate understanding of what is offered. My guess is that lying about religion is not necessary. You are not the first vegan/vegetarian/whatever the school has admitted, and there are probably already accommodations in place. </p>
<p>@stargirl3 I’ll be in California, so vegan options won’t be much trouble to find. I’d say what school I’m going to but I feel like that might give away my identity considering I’ll probably be the only vegan…? I’m silly, I know. 
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<p>It’s unlikely that you will be the only vegan at a private school in California. i support kids protecting their identities on the web, but would like to point out to all the kids worrying that they are going to be “the only one” that it’s probably not true. Lots of kids are vegan/vegetarian/gluten-free/lactose intolerant,etc. etc., etc. Lots of them go to boarding school. You will find other kids who share your experience.</p>
<p>During my (Skype) interview with Cate, when being vegan came up, my interviewer said I’d have no trouble finding food to eat. :)</p>
<p>My son had snack foods in his dorm, as did most of the boys. I sent him with a plastic container - one of the boxes with a snap on lid. He had nuts, granola bars, fruit bars, cereal, oatmeal, some chocolate, etc. It is really easy to have nuts/nut butters and crackers in a dorm room. There was a full size fridge and microwave in the common room. He didn’t use them much, but other kids did. The dining hall was pretty good about accommodating special diet request. It was set up buffet with lots of choices. There was a salad bar. Also, usually a made-to-order pasta station. One day it was crepes. Crepes would have eggs - not sure about the pasta. I have seen vegan pizza there too. There is a sandwich station, soup, entree of the day, etc.</p>