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Visitor urges board to address nurse staffing and vaccination procedure concerns
Summary
A community member, Penny Tobias, handed the Board a letter criticizing the district’s use of student nurses, summer coverage, student-to-nurse ratios and vaccination protocol; the Board did not take questions and the matter was noted for follow-up.
Penny Tobias distributed a letter to Superintendent Dr. Antonio Abitabile and the Board at the start of public comment to raise concerns about health services. According to the meeting record, Tobias said she was "disappointed with the use of student nurses; the number of nurses for summer programs; the student to nurse ratio at all school buildings; and vaccination protocol."
Board members did not take questions after Tobias’s remarks and she left the meeting. The minutes show no immediate action or motion in response; the item was recorded under Visitors Address the Board and not placed on the consent or action agenda at this meeting.
Dr. Abitabile and central office staff present at the meeting included district nursing assignments listed later in the personnel section (nurses approved for school-sponsored events and a substitute RN appointment). The record shows several names for nurses appointed to fill school-sponsored events and a substitute RN (Elizabeth Jensen) approved for the 2024–25 school year, but it does not include a districtwide student‑to‑nurse ratio or a formal change to vaccination protocol at this session.
The Board did not vote on any change to health services policy at the Sept. 23 meeting; any follow-up or administrative review would occur outside of the published minutes unless a future agenda item is scheduled.
