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Manet Community Health outlines plan for school-based clinic at Quincy High
Summary
Manet Community Health Center presented a proposal to locate a school-based health center at Quincy High School, describing staffing, services, funding for build-out and how the clinic would work with school nurses and families; City and school leaders asked questions about consent, enrollment and security.
Manet Community Health Center proposed establishing a school-based health center at Quincy High School to provide primary care, mental-health counseling and enabling services to students, staff and families.
The proposal, presented June 11 to the Quincy School Committee by Cynthia Sierra of Manet and Jane Caselius, a Manet board member and former Quincy school nurse, said the center would be staffed by Manet clinicians, operate under Manet licensing and could reduce barriers to care, improve attendance and lower emergency department use.
“School based health centers are cost effective by addressing issues early and reducing emergency room visits,” Jane Caselius said, adding that such centers “provide health access to families who are new to the area and not connected to health services.”
Why it matters: Committee members framed the proposal as a possible tool to reduce chronic absenteeism, expand same‑day access to care and support students with chronic…
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