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Eighth-grade student asks Lakeside board to adopt epilepsy-awareness resolution
Summary
An eighth-grade student, identifying herself as Darcyan from Lakeside Middle School, told the board she has epilepsy and asked trustees to declare November Epilepsy Awareness Month and to expand seizure-response education across district schools.
Darcyan, an eighth-grade student at Lakeside Middle School, told the board, "I have epilepsy, which means I sometimes have seizures" and asked trustees to support epilepsy awareness and education in the district.
She said a lack of understanding can leave students vulnerable: "Imagine if someone in our school had a seizure and no 1 knew how to help. How scary would that feel for them?" She described epilepsy-awareness education as "about kindness and understanding" and said she has written a resolution asking the district to "make epilepsy a priority by making November Epilepsy Awareness Month." (18:15)
The student identified herself as a national epilepsy team ambassador and requested board support for district-level awareness and training so staff and students know how to respond during a seizure.
The board accepted the public comment during the allotted public-comment period; no formal board action on the proposed resolution was recorded in the transcript excerpt.
