Health Screening Information

In the Fall Bancroft-Rosalie School sends home the results of the students health screening with their report card. The health screening report includes all of the health information that the school is required to collect on the student. We received a phone call regarding the inclusion of the Body Mass Index results as part of the report. The Department of Health and Human Services requires this to be measured, but it is not required that we send it to parents. That is a decision we made because we want this information to be available to the parents. It is up to the parents to decide if this information is useful to them or not. The Body Mass Index is determined by inputting height and weight data into the Center For Disease Control website and generating a report. We are not making judgments about any individuals, just sharing what we have. We are operating on the belief that parents want to know as much about their child as they can in order to help the child/student. If a parent requests it, we will not send home the health screening information for their students.