THE BATTALION
THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 6, 1979
Page 9
School balks at task
aths and
;n prevent.
United Press International
IRVING — School district offi-
ials Wednesday said it was not
pushed oi, ilhin their realm of educational re-
msibility or authority to provide a
1-year-old special education stu-
indowandj ait with regular catheterizations,
overhead,'; Attorney Craig Enoch, represent-
the pump,, jthe family of the girl identified
‘so I talked ‘h as Amber T., said an appeal
ould be filed with the state Board
of the Co; Education Saturday in Austin,
fransportatj ^ ni ' )er ’ w ^° vva f^ s witli the aid of
med Johan ^ was ^ orn w ^h spinal bifida,
bout docka W'dition in which the nervous
e of them s tem ’ s not completely enclosed.
ts causer ledefect resulted in a neurogenic
ladder that requires catheteriza-
every three hours to facilitate
lation.
The girl’s parents started her in
hool under an Irving Independent
District program that allows
rly enrollment for handicapped
jdentsbut have requested the dis-
le
trict provide personnel to perform
the catheterizations.
Amber was allowed to begin
school this year and a teacher,
teacher’s aide or therapist has been
administering the catheterizations.
“I think the real issue is a ques
tion of whether a school district
should be required to maintain the
health of a child...and risk it,” said
Dr. John Townley, superintendent
of schools.
“The parents would like the
school district to provide personnel
to make her urinate. Our position is
that the school district shouldn’t
have to treat her unless it is for edu
cational purposes. An example of
treatment for educational purposes
would be speech therapy.
“We re also concerned about the
child’s health. Catheterization can
result in serious injury. And we re
shy of being held legally responsible
for malpractice from medical treat
ment.”
Townley said the school district
would not object to the girl’s family
hiring a nurse to administer the
cathetexs.
Enoch said his appeal is based on
laws that dictate a child is in need of
special education, there may come a
time when schools will have to
provide a related service.
“The issue is what’s the extent of
the related service to be provided
the child,” Enoch said.
He said a Kansas City, Mo.,
school was ordered to provide
catheteiization for a disabled stu
dent and schools in nearby Dallas
provided them without legal con
frontations.
In earlier proceedings, the Irving
school district said it would not
pxovide catheterizations but a hear
ing officer ovexruled the decision.
The state commissioner of education
upheld that ruling.
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Coastal oil slick improves
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CORPUS CHRISTI — Although
mile finger of light oil sheen
oved near the Texas Coast Wed-
day, the Coast Guard said
nounts of oil on and near shore had
icreased dramatically and large
imbers of birds were returning to
‘aches.
Coast Guard officials also pre-
cted none of the oil from a
own-out Mexican well would
ach beyond beaches at Galveston
fore October currents shift
athward.
Oceanographers attributed the
w formation of sheen, stretching
the Mexican border northward
d20-30 miles from shore, to sur-
winds that have been light and
liable the last few days.
But Environmental Protection
|ncy spokesman Roger Meacham
id, “Beach surveys generally indi-
| the amount of oil in the coastal
rf zone has decreased consid-
ably since last week.
Acombination of improved beach
nditions and migration patterns,
said, has led to an estimated
reefold increase in the coastal bird
plation in six days.
“A bird count frofri Cedar' Bayhu
the Rio Grande on Aug. 26 found
birds. A Sept. 1 count found
The improved conditions have ai
med the federal response team
lat has spent months tracking the
odds largest oil spill time to pur-
iie studies on the spill’s effects and
closed meeting was scheduled
Wednesday to discuss the recent
ange of events.
Businessmen on South Padre Is-
md also were to meet to compile
igures on Labor Day losses,
burism was estimated down 66
icrcent during the weekend.
Coast Guard Capt. Roger Madsen
id no substantial amounts of oil
(ashed ashore during the Labor
lay weekend and only the light
sheen patches could be found dur
ing reconnaisance flights the past
two days over an area 100 miles
south of the U.S.-Mexico holder
and 150 miles east of the shore.
The largest concentration of oil
was located in Mexican waters 75
miles south of Brownsville and Mex
ican officials said they were trying to
clear away that oil with chemical
dispersants.
“I think the weather systems of
the past week have helped and we
are frankly very much surprised,
Madson said.
Wind and current conditions from
Tropical Storm Elena, which hit the
Gulf Coast Saturday, helped keep
new oil from coming ashore from
the Ixtoc I well in Mexico’s Bay of
Campeche.
Meacham said the currents still
were keeping oil away but it was
impossible to determine how long
they woxdd hold their position.
“Right now we have only scat
tered sheen well offshore and lots of
clear areas but it could change to-
morrow,” he said. “But the currents
and wind still have been favorable to
us so far.”
Madson said crews would con
tinue to clean oil from the Texas
coast, especially on the beaches of
Mustang and South Padre islands
for weekend tourists.
More than 7,800 cubic yards of oil
and sand have been removed from
Texas’ beaches since the oil began
washing ashore in early August and
more than 46,000 gallons of oilwater
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