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Charles County expands community schools program; first school‑based health center set to open at Indian Head Elementary this fall
Summary
District staff told the board that community schools now support families with food, laundry services and mental‑health wraparound supports and that the district will grow to 14 community schools next year and open a school‑based health center at Indian Head Elementary this fall.
Charles County Public Schools staff reported to the Board of Education on May 13 that the system’s community‑schools program has grown rapidly and now includes expanded wraparound services — from food pantries and resource centers to behavioral supports and a planned school‑based health center at Indian Head Elementary School.
Bethany Goodwin, district community‑school liaison, and Director of Student Services Michael Blanchard presented the update with community school coordinators who described how locally administered concentration‑of‑poverty funds are being used to staff community school resource centers and target services at participating schools.
What the program provides - Staffing: Maryland’s Concentration of Poverty grant requires one full‑time community school coordinator and one full‑time health practitioner or nurse at each funded site. Coordinators run resource centers, connect families to services, convene…
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