The Nation - News from Sept. 8, 1985

A special panel ruled that one of four New York City students afflicted with AIDS should be permitted to attend school when the new term starts Monday. The panel said two of the other children will receive instruction in hospitals where they are undergoing treatment. Parents of the fourth have been advised to seek an alternative to public school because “the confidentiality about the child’s illness has been broken.” The child who the panel ruled could attend school was diagnosed as having AIDS three years ago and since has attended nursery school, kindergarten and first grade, Health Commissioner Dr. David Sencer said. Sencer said the child’s AIDS has been in remission recently.