Type 1 Diabetes and NOVA private school

[Anonymous]

Privates usually can handle this just fine. Pick schools that have a full-time nurse on site.

Disclose the issue and discuss with the school before signing any contract. Ideally, get the school to document what they will/won't do in writing (to avoid misunderstandings).

[Anonymous]

Agree. I am a teacher in a NOVA parochial school and we have had several students with Type 1 diabetes. Current medical technology has made the management significantly easier than it was a decade ago. We do have a full time nurse.

[Anonymous]

My type one went to Flint Hill. They did a great job.

[Anonymous]

Independent Schools tend to have actual RN/BSN/MSN nurses on site full time. FCPS has health aids with little to no training and an RN who oversees multiple schools and is never onsite. I worked in both. My experience was that we received a lot of training each time we had a student with T1D in independent schools and nothing but a notification of the condition in public schools.

[Anonymous]

The nurse at my kids private far exceeds what we experienced in public. My child does not have diabetes, but had significant medical issues previously, and the staff was exceptional.