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SMF School District
contracts with Akron Children’s
Hospital for School Nursing
On Aug. 20, the Stow-Munroe Falls Board of Education
approved a two-year contract with Akron
Children’s Hospital for school nursing services.
“As the leader in pediatric care in our area, we believe that we are uniquely
positioned to provide the highest quality health care available to
the students of the Stow-Munroe Falls district,” said Director of School
Health Services Karen Mascolo, MSN, RN.
Akron Children’s Hospital will provide one registered nurse at Lakeview
and medical assistants at the district’s eight other schools and
Holy Family. A Supervisory RN will serve as a “floater” within
the district.
“The RN floater is not assigned to a specific building, but is free to
move where the need is,” said Mascolo. “She can meet with parents,
assist with IEPs for students with special needs.”
Mascolo, a resident of Stow and the parent of a SMFHS graduate, said
she has a personal interest in supporting the students of this district. “Their
safety and health is our first concern.”
Children’s will also provide the family life education for fifth-graders
and vision/hearing screening district-wide, in addition to daily coverage in
the school clinics. “All of Children’s resources will be available
to the district,” said Mascolo, including guest speakers, materials and
additional support.
“The school nurses do more than hand out band-aids,” said Mascolo. “They
dispense medicine, do lice checks and administer asthma treatments. The clinic
is a safe haven for students - not just for their physical ailments, but also
for their psycho-social needs.”
PSI Affiliates previously served as school health service provider until
the contract expired in June. Last May, the district advertised for bids
for the
2007-08 and 2008-09 school years. The cost for the first year of the contract
with Akron Children’s Hospital is $189,002. The cost must not increase
more than 3 percent in the second year.
Children’s also has school nursing contracts with five local districts:
Akron, Cuyahoga Falls, Hudson, Copley and Woodridge.
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