After two years of emails, speeches and bake sales, a group of Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools parents will finally get their wish: one nurse in every school. In a vote Tuesday evening, the Mecklenburg Board of County Commissioners approved a $1.5 billion budget, which included $1.8 million in funding for 33 new CMS public-health school nurses, bringing […]
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Wake County budget would add 10 public health nurses in schools
While educators and politicians debate the best ways to measure student achievement, Susan Kroupa is focused on the fundamentals: Public school students need to be in school to learn. They can’t be in school if they’re sick. And they can’t stay well if they have no access to health care. “It’s vital that the child […]
No, The School Nurse Is Not In
More than half of American public schools don’t have a full-time nurse, and the situation is getting worse as school systems further cut budgets. This year, 51 were laid off in Philadelphia’s public schools, 20 in a Houston suburb, 15 in San Diego and dozens more in other school systems nationwide. Other schools have reduced […]
The Disappearing School Nurse
The author Carol Mithers goes on to describe in detail the consequences of a growing shortage of school nurses in American public schools. She quotes data from the National Association of School Nurses that show that “only 45 percent of the nation’s public schools have a full-time on-site nurse. Thirty percent have one who works […]