A lawsuit was filed Wednesday on behalf of a diabetic student at Mountain Pointe High School in Ahwatukee who was told he could not carry his glucose testing equipment on campus.
Alex Lagman, 17, of Chandler, was diagnosed with Type 1 diabetes on his 12th birthday and has been self-monitoring his blood sugar using small lancets to prick his finger four to 10 times a day. The Arizona Center for Disability Law filed the suit against Tempe Union High School District in federal court on his behalf.
The school wants Alex to visit the nurse's office for testing, said his father, Bruce Lagman. But that's not practical, he said, because if his son's blood sugar is very low he might not make it without passing out. Also, he said, the nurse is not always available, and the trips would cause his son to miss class.
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Lagman said Mountain Pointe Principal Brenda Mayberry called his son into the office Sept. 7 after someone turned in Alex's emergency backup pack, which includes lancets and injectable needles.
He accidentally left the kit in his locker at the end of the school year in May and someone found it there in August when school resumed, Lagman said.
