District Defends Sports Policy Assailed by ACLU
District officials in the Poudre school system in Fort Collins, Colo., say they weren't trying to exclude anyone when they adopted a policy that could keep students with AIDS or the virus that causes it from playing sports .
But some critics, including advocates for people with AIDS and the American Civil Liberties Union, are calling the move discriminatory.
"It was intended to be a cooperative policy," said Monte Peterson, an assistant superintendent...
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