In-Class Assignment: 10/29/07

64 percent of those polled in a recent survey said children with AIDS should be allowed to attend school with children who do not carry the disease.

Communication students from the University of North Carolina randomly polled 598 adults from their state by phone. The poll had a 4 percent margin of error.

54 percent of the high school dropouts polled said they would allow children with AIDS to attend school with children without it. 68 percent of those with a college education said they would allow it.

“More and more people are recognizing that AIDS is not transmitted casually,” said Kathy Kerr, a health educator with the AIDS Control Program of the North Carolina Division of Health Services. “You certainly don’t get AIDS by sitting next to someone in class.”