scout mom
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That's kind of the problem though. The majority of surrounding districts either don't have a nurse at all or have part time nurses, but no FT and one district has a LOT more tax money than we do so it's like apples and oranges.
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Just curious as to whether the majority of school nurses are salaried or hourly. & what the average hourly pay rate or salary is for rural schools. I'm honestly just curious to see if what I make is average because I'm hourly and I took a HUGE paycut to work at the school.
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There are 2 schools in my district covering PK-12th grades. My admins are still requiring that I do mass (school wide) screenings for head lice for K-8th. I am doing them 1/2 as often as the previous nurse and this year, I have tried to eliminate screenings for 6-8th grades. My principal insisted that I do them. I have provided admin with current recommendations & have talked until I'm blue in the face. Doesn't matter. Point is, for head checks, no, my poor kids have absolutely NO privacy since their whole class is waiting to be screened and I have all my other visits to deal with. Ridiculous
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I've told kids that I have many awesome skills, but unfortunately, mind reading isn't one of them & if they need something, they need to tell me.
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I don't know how many times a day I hear "My teacher told me to come get an ice pack. My teacher told me that I need my temperature checked. My teacher told me ________________." & this year, there's a new K aid that walks the student over and stands in the doorway the entire time. She doesn't even let the kids talk. Even better is when a student has a temp of 99.4 and she tells the teacher they have a fever. Seriously? She even has 3 kids of her own.
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At this point, I'm not even attempting to change our "No Nit" policy. I KNOW that is a losing battle right now. I'm just trying to get rid of our unnecessary checks. The kids come in during their PE time, so admin doesn't really see missing PE as the same as missing classroom time. It' a small town & lice has such a stigma, I think the parents are all scared of their kids getting it. Yet if I send a kid home with it, the whole town will find out because it is a small town. Crazy.
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When I started working for our district, we were doing lice checks every other week for K-8 and a firm no nit policy. I provided information and did manage to decrease checks once a month for K-8 and a still firm no nit policy. I'm beginning my 6th year here. We have a new principal this year and I've tried talking to her about lice checks, but she said she's read it and we're still doing checks. She states she has discussed with our superintendent. This is ridiculous especially for 6-8 students. Anyone have an ideas on any other ways I go can with this?
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Apparently, the squirrel took off running because kids were throwing mulch at it and scratched the student's leg, barely. Just a dot. All parties involved were ok. I just a picture of the squirrels and they were tiny baby squirrels and VERY friendly.
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I had a fourth grader come in to see me. I asked her what she needed and she began with "Well, there was a squirrel on the playground at recess..." Me: "That's all I need to hear" as I died laughing. It's been a long week.
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That's the crazy part, I've never seen her parents or older brothers behave that politely!