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Coordinator reports expanded screenings, sealants and food pantry outreach under school health program
Summary
The district’s coordinated school health coordinator summarized screenings, training, grants and community partnerships, reporting hundreds of screenings, a dental sealant visit and a new community grant for the food pantry.
At the board meeting the district’s coordinated school health coordinator reviewed the year’s activities, including screenings, health education, staff wellness and new grants supporting student needs.
The coordinator told trustees she screened dozens of students across the district this year: vision and hearing screenings totaled 996; blood pressure and BMI checks were 721; scoliosis screenings were 152. When screenings found abnormalities, the coordinator said staff made same-day referrals and followed up with families.
She reported a dental sealant program visit that served 369 students and delivered approximately $69,000 worth of free dental services, including sealants, checkups and hygiene kits. The coordinator said she partners with multiple outside agencies for services and training, naming UT Extension, the health department, the dental sealant program and Tennessee suicide-prevention educators among partners.
The coordinator summarized school-based food pantry activity and related grants. She said the district served 457 families and distributed roughly 1,072 boxes per month (maintenance staff assisted with delivery). She reported total donated food valued at more than $30,000 and said the Community Foundation of West Tennessee notified the district it would award a grant of up to $20,000; the foundation’s final grant paperwork and timing were described as forthcoming. She also described a planned storybook-trail installation on a school walking track funded by a Governor’s Early Literacy Foundation award; construction help is being provided by a local vocational center.
The coordinator described staff-wellness activities (walk programs, weight-loss challenges) that engaged roughly 317 participants across events and yielded reported aggregate weight loss and activity minutes; she noted staff newsletters go to about 390 employees monthly.
Board members thanked the coordinator and noted the scale of nursing and clinic visits. The coordinator said district nurses recorded more than 25,700 nursing visits this year and the school clinic saw over 3,400 visits, including well-child immunizations that increased substantially over last year.
No formal board action was taken on the coordinated school health report; it was presented for information and planning.
