Health Services

The health services team coordinates and provides health and social services to promote a healthy school community. Their priority is keeping children healthy, safe, in school, and ready to learn.

Health Services Department:

• Student health assessments and planning, including:
  • Emergency Care Plans and delegation of response
  • Individual Health Plans and delegation of procedures, accommodations, etc.
  • Procedure training
  • Medication oversight and training/delegation
  • Liaison between family/medical provider/school
  • Emergency response

• Participate on SpEd, 504, Behavior teams
• Coordinate with area medical providers for special events e.g. flu shot clinic, health fairs, etc.
• State mandated health maintenance e.g. vision and hearing screens, vaccination compliance, etc.
• Covid-related:
  • Participate on the Health and Safety Team
  • Training for procedural guidelines
  • Trouble-shooting complex situations e.g. quarantine/isolation/symptom uncertainties
  • Support in an ever-changing pandemic situation, providing updates, researching new developments, etc.
  • Attend national, state and local meetings