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Board presses district for data before cutting ACAP safety contract or reducing ProMedica clinic support
Summary
Trustees questioned the security and student-health trade-offs of eliminating the ACAP safety consultancy and reducing the ProMedica clinic partnership; Superintendent Shaw said both contracts have out clauses and asked the board to wait for possible 31a state funding and utilization data before acting.
Board members raised concerns about proposed eliminations of the ACAP security-consulting contract and possible changes to the ProMedica clinic partnership at Monroe High School. One trustee asked directly whether ending ACAP would compromise safety; Superintendent Shaw responded that ACAP's stated goal was to help the district implement systems that allow the district to function independently and that there are contract out clauses.
"If we eliminate ACAP... do we feel like we're compromising safety and security by doing that?" a board member asked. Shaw replied, "ACAP knew when we brought them in... their job was to get us to a position where, we could feel confident to step away." He said the district has standing safety meetings and building-level practices that will continue and that the board should wait for potential state 31a funding later this spring before deciding.
On the ProMedica clinic, board members requested utilization data before deciding whether to sustain the district's share of clinic costs. Shaw said the district currently pays a portion of ProMedica services (the district's cost share quoted at the meeting was about $55,000 for a nurse and $75,000 for a therapist) and that ProMedica also contributes staff and telehealth devices; trustees asked staff to provide annual utilization and outcome measures so the board can evaluate whether the clinic offsets other district costs or improves in-school support for students.
