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PGCPS school nurse urges board not to convert nurses to 11-month positions
Summary
A PGCPS school nurse told the Operations, Budget & Fiscal Affairs Committee that most school nurses oppose changing to 11-month contracts, citing a district survey and warning the shift could hurt retention and recruitment; she proposed alternatives for addressing immunization noncompliance.
Catherine Sutton, a Prince George's County Public Schools (PGCPS) nurse and parent, told the Operations, Budget & Fiscal Affairs Committee on Dec. 17 that the district should not convert school nurses to 11-month positions.
"Based on my almost 10 years as a school nurse, I don't think we need to work more months to keep immunization noncompliance numbers down," Sutton said during public comment. She said a recent district survey of 193…
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