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We have one; it covers all the schools (four) in our corporation. It's chaired by one of the principals. I am on it, as well as a teacher from each of the schools, a school board member, head dietitian, and a high school student. We cover activities and nutrition ideas for both students and staff i.e. opened our buildings for staff to come in and walk, sponsor a walk/ride to school day, things like that.

2 schools, 350-400 each, just me

I was reading this thread this morning and while reading it, got a phone call from a dad who dropped f-bombs all over me because we don't do classroom checks any more. Great timing!

Six years in, making $23/hr. RN with 25 years of acute care/mgmt experience. It was quite a pay cut lol. No contract, no retirement, two paid holidays/year. I do have good health insurance, though.

You are missed! Nice to hear from you!

I still have kids whose parents haven't turned in any allergy paperwork or epipens. I have stock epi to cover them at school but on the field trip it will have to be a 911 call.

Those of you who still have to do classroom checks, HOW in the world do you find time to do that??? If you spend an average of 5 minutes a kid, and have 750 kids, that's like two solid weeks without doing ANYTHING ELSE. How is that even possible????

I have a student starting school with a g-tube who is in a military family; I am in Indiana, the student's GI doctor is in the military and his office is in Texas. Can I take orders from him for the G-tube? Mom tells me he is also licensed to practice in Indiana, although I can't find him on the search site.

THIS. So many times when I ask what the parent did about the injury that happened last night (or three days ago) I get, "Mom said to have you check it out."

No way! That's one of the main reasons I took this (low-paying) job!

My kinder T1 has a lunchbox-type bag that goes with him everywhere he goes. It has his meter and supplies and his fast-acting carbs (typically two juices, a glucose gel, and glucose tabs) as well as his Glucagon, and a pocket on the outside for his Dexcom receiver. Works well for us.

Does anyone do the growing-up talk in fourth grade? My P&G program materials just came so we are doing the talk next week, but for a lot of girls, it's closing the barn door after the horses are out. I will for sure do the program without the samples etc next year and then hand them out when they arrive, but wondering if anyone out there does it in 4th grade.

Unzipped his eyelid from his fleece shirt...

I ordered in November 26 and haven't got it yet. We usually have "the talk" the day before spring break, and that's next week!

If lice die off the host in 24 hours, why does everything say to bag things up for two weeks?? Even the CDC website.