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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Growing up there was no nurse at my school. Two of my kids are at parochial school and there is no nurse there. An office staff member administers a dose of medication if it is needed and logs it onto a chart.  Teachers are trained to administer epi-pens. My third child is at a public school with a nurse. I would not be worried if there weren't a nurse there. They can call 911 if there is an emergency. I would rather they hire a reading intervention teacher instead.[/quote]

Have you ever tried calling 911 in DC? You do realize the ambulance service will bill for any services they give you child?!?[/quote]

If I take my child to the park and he falls, gets injured, and I have to call an ambulance why would I expect it to be free? I would expect to get a bill just like if my child is injured at school. Most children who live in poverty [b]have government health insurance[/b].
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So isn't this just shifting things from one budget to another?  I bet it would be a lot cheaper to have a school nurse to vet those cases where an ambulance is really not necessary.
Aside from cost, it's not a good thing to unnecessarily send a kid to the hospital.  For the kid (lost school time), the parents (lost work time), or the taxpayer who's funding it.[/quote]

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