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Mother says Casper denied her son access to city-run after-school ski training; asks council for accommodation
Summary
A Ward 2 resident told Casper City Council her son, who has Down syndrome, was barred from after-school ski training at the city-owned hill and that city staff demanded a feasibility study before allowing a six-child adaptive team. She asked for reasonable accommodation under the Americans with Disabilities Act; council limited public-comment time and offered to follow up.
Kathy Narkonen, a Ward 2 resident, told the Casper City Council on Feb. 3 that her son — who has Down syndrome and has skied for years — was denied participation in a taxpayer-supported after-school ski-training slot at the city-owned hill.
Narkonen said the restricted time slot, roughly 4:30 to 6:30 p.m., is reserved for training and subsidized by grants and school-district programs. She said her son “is a competent skier and has been participating successfully,” but was removed in October 2024 and later told that no accommodation could be made for him without a feasibility study.
Why it matters: The speaker framed the issue as a civil-rights and access problem under the Americans with Disabilities Act, saying city staff, mountain…
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