ROANOKE TIMES 

                         Roanoke Times
                 Copyright (c) 1995, Landmark Communications, Inc.

DATE: MONDAY, May 17, 1993                   TAG: 9305170270
SECTION: EDITORIAL                    PAGE: A4   EDITION: METRO 
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SCHOOLS HAVE MORE NURSES ON THE WAY

YOUR APRIL 18 editorial entitled "Still coming up short on nurses" provided a succinct summary of the status of school-health nurses within the city school system, yet it did not contain the School Board's complete plan for addressing the need for school nurses. That plan not only included four full-time equivalence worth of school nurses for the '93-'94 school year, but includes adding four more in '94-'95 and four more in '95-'96. So, three years from now we should have a full equivalent of one nurse per 1,000 students in the school system.

This is an insightful plan that provides additional nurses incrementally over a period of time, phasing in a school-wide health-nurse program.

DONALD R. STERN\ Public Health Director\ ROANOKE 


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