[owlyn]

KYW Newsradio 1060 Philadelphia - Chesco Mom Says Private School Kicked Out Her Diabetic Son

[notme]

That is just miserable. Poor kid gets kicked with diabetes and then the school kicks him again while he is down. Sadly, they will get away with it. Ignorance is alive and well in Phiadelphia.

[bfitz]

Terrible, but that's what private school is all about, and since it's an instituion that could be held legally liable if the school nurse screws up it's understandable. I doubt mom mom would be willing to sign a waiver saying that if anything bad happened to the kid during school hours the school wouldn't be liable. I remember one time when i was a kid I was in school and seriously hypo...the nurse gave a couple of lifesavers and wouldn't give me anymore because she was afraid it would raise my sugar too much...I was like I'm dyin here and she thought I was just scheming for more candy. Of course my folks did the same thing one night when I was raiding the ice cream at 2 am.

[artwoman]

Now is the time to let the alumni of that school know aobut it. I'll bet several of them have type 1 in their lives

[Who?]

There may also be more to the story than appears. The press is not noted for being thorough.

I think the point about "Would the mother sign a waiver?" is a very valid one.

[Alice]

Personally, I wouldn't want my child educated in a school with that stupidity.

I was diagnosed in second grade...and this makes me so sad since I had nothing but loving support from my teacher and classmates. Of course, back then, I was on one injection a day (before breakfast) and the meters hadn't been invented!!!

My teacher had to watch over me the "old fashioned" way...I did just fine...she did too!

Heavens, what if one of the "normal" children had a crisis...a seizure...what would they do then? Disenroll the child and call the parent?

GRRRRR!

[mike9876]

Here in the UK the school would of been in court for breaking the disability discrimination act. All the teachers would be breifed what to if a hypo happened and the symptoms.

[owlyn]

Originally Posted by notme

That is just miserable. Poor kid gets kicked with diabetes and then the school kicks him again while he is down. Sadly, they will get away with it. Ignorance is alive and well in Phiadelphia.

This is not in Philadelphia - it is a suburb. And please don't insult my city. Only Philadelphians can do that.

Private schools (and clubs) can get away with anything.

[Ailsa]

Unfortunately many private schools prefer not have kids that are different My son got kicked out of school because he "refused" to read or write. He's severely dyslexic!

[Mich]

All of you who pointed out that private schools can do anything they want are absolutely correct. Now next time you hear someone dissing public schools, remind them that public school teachers have many more things on their plate than just 'readin, writin' and 'rithmatic. For better or worse, public schools must take everyone or make accomodations. Speak out in support of all they accomplish.

As a retired teacher, I'm not sure I agree with this. Over the years I've seen many a kid create a ruckus in the classroom because nobody had taught him or her manners, but the school still needs to eventually spend big bucks to send them to a special school. I think more responsibility should be placed on the parents to attend training for how to deal with their children more effectively.

As for kids with diabetes and other physical or learning disabilities, they belong in the classroom. They eventually will be living in the same communities and children need to learn compassion and tolerance for difference.

Private schools do not much prepare kids to deal with difference, but the parents of private school students can see that their children learn understanding and tolerance.

And shame on that private school. I'd have been crushed to have been separated from my friends in seventh grade! They freely accepted me, asked questions and thus helped me adjust to being a diabetic.

Just an ol' teacher's point of view. Mich