OMG! Look at the excuse used by this private school to reject a 13 year old child with HIV...

[LynneSin]

First, just so you know Milton Hershey school is not your typical private school, it was originally opened by Milton Hershey as a school for Orphaned boys. This is still a very highly rated school that provides a top notch education to a student body that contains many students from lower income families. Ok but on to the story:

http://www.pennlive.com/midstate/index.ssf/2012/01/hivaids_activitists_outraged_o.html
HIV/AIDS activitists outraged over Milton Hershey School decision


About 20 demonstrators descended on Derry Township Tuesday morning to highlight the ongoing legal battle involving an HIV-positive teenage boy and the private Milton Hershey School in Derry Township.

The group spent the morning protesting along Hersheypark Drive near the Pennsylvania State Police Academy.

Organized by the Los Angeles-based AIDS Healthcare Foundation, the protesters — who hail from Washington, D.C., New York and New Jersey — said they were upset over the residential school’s decision to reject the application of a student because he was HIV-positive.

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Specifically, school officials say that while it is not condoned, there is no way to stop their students from having sex with each other.

And because students do have sex, admitting a child with HIV would constitute a direct threat to other students. Under the Americans with Disabilities Act, school officials say they could be allowed to reject the student’s admission on that basis.

Really? When did we timewarp back to the 1980s?

[unblock]

1. might as well shut the entire school down now!

can't stop kids from drinking, can't stop kids from driving, can't stop kids from having accidents and getting themselves and/or others killed.

ANY kid is a potential threat.

[joeybee12]

2. Fuckers...knr

[Initech]

3. We're time warping back to the 1850's at this rate.

[Evasporque]

4. This is why Republicans want privatization of schools...

To further discrimination and return to a time when the poor and people of color were forbidden an education..