Flagler Schools reports strong early use of new wellness center; staff to adjust hours, survey access

Flagler County School Board members heard a detailed update Oct. 28 on the district—s new on-site wellness center and its first-month metrics, with staff describing robust early use and a plan to survey employees in December to measure access problems.

The district reported that 1,437 lives were eligible to use the wellness center as of September, of which 88.8% were employees, 4% spouses and 7.2% dependents. Marathon Health completed 334 appointments in September and the district reported a 30.5% overall engagement rate. "Marathon has shared with us that across all of their book of business for new wellness centers that have opened, we are at the highest engagement that they've seen upon opening," District staff member Daniel Ouellette told the board.

Why it matters: the center is intended to shift care from higher-cost settings to on-site preventive and chronic-care management. Presenters said…