The Nation - News from Oct. 25, 1985

A 9-year-old boy whose sister has an AIDS-related condition attended school in Washington Borough, N.J., but more than half of his 200 fellow students were taken home by their parents, school officials said. The boy, whose name is being withheld, had been barred from classes when officials learned that his 5-year-old sister suffers from AIDS-related complex, a medical condition that doctors say can be a precursor to the deadly acquired immune deficiency syndrome. The state ordered the school to admit the boy, but the school board at first refused, taking the case to a New Jersey appeals court. The appeal is still pending.