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Parent urges Gilbert Unified to honor her son’s DNR, asks for disability-awareness training

Gilbert Unified District Governing Board (Gilbert Public Schools) · November 19, 2025
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Summary

At the Nov. 18 Gilbert Unified School District governing board meeting, parent Susie Jackson said the district refused nursing and DNR directives for her son while honoring similar directives for other students and asked the board to require disability-awareness training and create a position to coordinate services for students with disabilities.

Susie Jackson used her allotted public-comment time to tell the Gilbert Unified District governing board that district staff had refused nursing and Do Not Resuscitate (DNR) directives for her son while honoring similar instructions for another student. "This is a proven lie," Jackson said after describing records she obtained via a FOIA request that, she said, show prior staff communications honoring a different student's DNR.

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