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Parent tells Winona school board ER-prescribed medication rules left family in “catch-22”
Summary
A Winona parent urged the Winona Area Public Schools board to review district procedures after an emergency-room prescription could not be administered at school because of paperwork and nurse-availability requirements, forcing the parent to deliver doses daily.
A parent told the Winona Area Public Schools board that the district’s process for approving and administering emergency-room prescriptions at school created a “catch-22” that prevented their child from receiving prescribed medication during the school day.
The parent, identified in the meeting transcript as a resident and parent, said their child was prescribed medication after an ER visit over the weekend and that the family brought the paperwork to the school health office on Monday. According to the parent, health-office staff told them the doctor must sign the form, but the ER’s rotating weekend coverage made it difficult to obtain an…
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