Bancroft-Rosalie School contracts with the Elkhorn Logan Valley Health Department for school nurse services. The cost this year is $4250. I have started the discussion with the school board to look at hiring a Licensed Practical Nurse to serve our school next year. That cost would run between $22,000-$25,000. The benefit would be that we would have someone available every day to oversee student medications taken at school, teach CPR and First aid to high school physical education and health science students, provide health instruction to elementary students, and teach a Certified Nurses Aide class in the spring as part of the Health Science curriculum. The LPN could work on health screenings and health record keeping (like immunizations) year-round.
This position would be paid for using poverty funds. Next year it is expected that the school will receive over $70,000 in poverty funds. This money must be expended for programs that are specific to poverty students. A school nurse would qualify as a poverty expense.
This year the poverty money was used to pay the salary of the Reading Coach and for teacher training in reading and math. Next year the training expenses will be reduced.
