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Everett superintendent reports nurse staffing gains, new field-trip policy and $200,000 Sheehy Trust gift
Summary
Superintendent Bill Hart told the School Committee the district has hired 21 full-time nurses, put a new curriculum-linked field-trip practice in place, launched targeted attendance home visits and will award scholarships from a $200,000 Mary T. Sheehy Trust gift; the committee accepted the donation and several grants/other gifts.
Superintendent Bill Hart told the Everett School Committee on Dec. 15 that the district has increased full-time nursing staff to 21, enabling med-delegation and the immediate resumption of academically focused field trips with appropriate medical support.
Hart said the district's new practice'which he described as effective immediately'requires principals to justify trips as connected to curriculum, plan in advance and ensure nursing coverage so buildings are not left short when students travel. "Effective immediately, there is a new practice in place and our students will be able to go on field trips that are connected to curriculum and instruction and with appropriate medical support as needed," he told the committee.
The superintendent credited the health department and Human…
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