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Brief disappearance of boy with Down syndrome prompts change at Lehigh Valley high school
Updated Apr 01, 2021;
Posted Apr 01, 2021
Ian Foerst, who has Down syndrome, was greeted Nov. 11, 2015, by the Lehigh Valley chapter of the Nam Knights motorcycle club as he got off the school bus at home in Emmaus.Courtesy Megan Foerst
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Her son, Ian, never got on the school bus and nobody knew where he was.
The 16-year-old has Down syndrome and attends a life skills class at Emmaus High School.
The boy was found an hour after he went missing Thursday. He was found by a member of a family search party quickly dispatched by Megan Foerst. She said the high school didn’t realize he went missing until police showed up.
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EMMAUS, Pa. â After a lengthy discussion, the East Penn Board of School Directors on Monday night voted to move the district to fully remote instruction from Wednesday, Dec. 16 through Jan. 11.
The board voted 6-3, with board President Ken Bacher and board members Jeffrey Jankowski and Allan Byrd dissenting.
East Penn took a similar measure to move from hybrid to remote instruction for a limited time after its Thanksgiving break.
With surging numbers of COVID-19 cases, the majority of the board members who supported the motion felt the temporary return to remote instruction until Jan. 11 â the next time the board meets â would be the most prudent course of action.