PA School Bans HIV+ Student

Unbelievable.

A central Pennsylvania boarding school is standing by its decision to deny admission to a Delaware County middle school student because he has HIV. The 13-year-old boy is suing the Milton Hershey School, claiming the free residential school for low-income students broke anti-discrimination laws. The boy's lawyer, Ronda Goldfein of the AIDS Law Project of Pennsylvania, said legal precedent makes it clear that keeping HIV-positive kids out of public and private day schools is illegal. "We were stunned when we heard the defense is that somehow this 13-year-old boy presents such a risk to this entire school that they're willing to break the law to keep him out," Goldfein said.

The school is refusing to reconsider.