KOUTS | Students with "do not resuscitate" orders signed by parents will still be resuscitated while in the care of the East Porter County School Corp., the School Board decided this week.

The board approved a new policy directing that students in life-threatening medical situations be resuscitated while in the district's care or on its property, including buses. The policy would supersede the wishes of parents who have signed "do not resuscitate" orders.

Superintendent Rod Gardin said a number of district students who are bused to the Special Education Learning Facility in Valparaiso have such orders.

Students in dire situations would be given medical aid until released to a parent's care, Gardin said.

The district has not encountered any situations that would fall under the policy in his four years there, Gardin said. - By Times Staff