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Bay Shore board reviews updated school health-screening form; district to post English and Spanish versions
Summary
The district presented an updated parent-completed form for school physicals and health screenings to meet New York State requirements; administrators said the form will be posted online in English and Spanish and used when students receive physicals at school.
Bay Shore Union Free School District staff presented a revised health-screening form for parents to complete before school-conducted physicals, saying the update aligns the district paperwork with recent New York State expectations for school physicals.
Why it matters: district officials said school physicians will be audited and the updated form is intended to supply clinicians with more complete background information so in-school physicals meet the state standard for a full assessment rather than a basic screening.
Director of health services Nathan Gast explained the form updates and said the district produced both English and Spanish versions. He said the form is intended primarily for students who receive their physicals at school; families who have a physician-completed state form need only submit that state form to the nurse. "If you're having the physical at school, you need this," Gast said.
Board members asked about implementation and digitization. Gast said the form would be posted on the district website and could be made fillable for download and electronic submission. He said the team will communicate with parents so completed forms are returned before in-school exams. Dr. Donatelli, the district's school physician, reviewed the need for fuller documentation and the expectation that school physicians may be audited.
No detailed vote on implementation procedures was recorded during the presentation; administrators said the form would be used after board approval and that they expected to make it available immediately once approved.
