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Parents urge district policy to allow state-funded home agency nurses after repeated school-year gaps in care
Summary
Parents of a medically fragile student urged the Chatham School District board to adopt a policy allowing state-waivered home-agency 1-on-1 nurses to attend with students after the family said district hiring practices left their daughter without consistent school nursing and forced homebound instruction.
Jocelyn Piper and her husband, Troy Piper, urged the Chatham School District board during public comment to adopt a formal policy allowing state-waivered home-agency 1-on-1 nurses to provide nursing services in school for medically fragile students.
Jocelyn Piper said her daughter, Oakland, requires continuous oxygen, 24/7 monitoring, suctioning and tube feeds and is covered by a state waiver program that pays for a set number of nursing hours at home. Jocelyn described the districtdecision to hire its own school nurse rather than accept the family's home nurse as the cause of lost family income and interruptions to Oakland's care. “We are so grateful for Chatham Elementary and all the love that they have shown for…
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