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School health director reports increase in nursing workload; district reduced immunization noncompliance from 752 to 20
Summary
Director of School Health Michelle Babilias told the board on July 15 that school nurses handled thousands of student encounters, coordinated free immunization clinics, provided stock emergency medication (EpiPens, Narcan), certified staff in CPR, and oversee Medicaid billing and reimbursements.
Michelle Babilias, the district’s Director of School Health, told the board on July 15 that school nurses and health room assistants provided thousands of face‑to‑face student interventions in 2024–25, responded to 31 calls to 911, and documented large increases in active student health conditions compared with the previous year.
Babilias said: “We had 31 calls to 911 last school year for the district. Five of those calls did require administering stock emergency medication…Those EpiPens are free to the district. I also coordinate Narcan in our district, which is also free to the district.”
What the report covered: Babilias outlined the district health office’s responsibilities — policy compliance, emergency action plan templates, staffing and assignment across buildings, disease…
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