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Parents, nurses urge Anchorage School Board to keep a full‑time nurse in every school
Summary
Dozens of nurses, parents and teachers told the Anchorage School Board that a proposed regional nursing model would create gaps in urgent care, increase emergency calls and legal exposure, and risk driving families of medically complex students out of the district.
At a packed Anchorage School Board public hearing, school nurses, parents and teachers urged the board to abandon a proposed regional nursing model and preserve a full‑time nurse in every school.
"School nursing is not just about scheduled medications and treatments," said Megan Charles, a parent and a nationally board‑certified school nurse, arguing that on‑site nurses perform high‑level clinical assessments that cannot be delegated to office staff. Multiple nurses cited on‑campus interventions—ranging from identifying anaphylaxis to performing CPR—that they said saved students' lives.
Speakers representing the Alaska School Nurse Association and dozens of…
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