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Alpine School District describes vision-screening program that provides exams and glasses to students
Summary
Alpine School District staff and a parent described the district’s Site Buddies vision-screening program, a partnership with Charity Vision that has offered biannual events since February 2017 and can serve roughly 60–80 students per event.
Alpine School District officials described a vision-screening program that has provided eye exams and glasses to students since February 2017 through a partnership with Charity Vision.
Kim Lowe, supervisor of nurses for Alpine School District, said the program—referred to in the transcript both as “Site Buddies” and as linked to Charity Vision’s “Sight Buddies” foundation—runs two events a year and focuses on students who fail the district’s routine vision rescreens. “We check with the parent to see if they have resources to take the student in for an eye exam and glasses,” Lowe said. “If they don't, these are the students that we refer for our site buddies program.…
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