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| + | The board, during its regular meeting on April 5,cheap jordans for sale, voted to terminate at the end of the school year its contract with Heartland Health Centers, the company that runs the centers. That vote comes despite pleas by representatives from the company who said closing the centers is a mistake that could have long lasting repercussions on student health.<br><br>"I'm just extremely disappointed in their decision," Gwenn Rausch, chief executive officer at Heartland Health Centers said after the vote. "I felt like the board members were not telling the whole story. They sort of picked and chose the kind of things they wanted to talk about."<br> | ||
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| + | <br>The centers were opened eight months ago with the help of a $1.3 million grant from the North Suburban Health Care Foundation and the district's promise to spend $500,000 on the centers for the first two years of their operation, officials said. They said that the district eliminated social work,cheap retro jordans, psychologist and nursing position at both high schools to cover that cost of the $500,000 subsidy.<br><br>"It was believed at the time that services provided by the student health center staff would offset this loss of district services to district students," said board president Mark Sproat. "This has not been fully realized in the eight months since the opening of the student health centers."<br><br>He also cited low usage of the centers and said Heartland has only obtained consent forms from about 21 percent of students allowing them to be treated in the health centers.<br><br>"That leaves seventy nine percent of the students to be served by a significantly reduced district staff of social workers and psychologists," Sprout said.<br> | ||
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| + | <br>"Some might say that this is a money issue, that District 219 does not want to pay the five hundred thousand dollar subsidy for next year,cheap real jordans," he said. "We prefer to frame this decision as one of providing the best quality services for our students."<br><br>But representatives from Heartland Health Centers said the district has not given the program enough time to realize the results the district is seeking. They said that closing the centers could impact low income families the hardest and impact student health, among other things.<br><br>"They act like twenty percent of the students, a thousand students, is trivial,cheap jordans," said Rausch. "A thousand students receiving health care is significant especially in an eight month period of time. Frankly we have no choice but to look at what options we have to take action."<br><br>A representative from the North Suburban Health Care Foundation told the board that the $1,cheap jordan shoes.3 million grant received by the district to open the centers may need to be repaid due to the boards decision to close the health centers,cheap jordans online.<br><br>District staff in a memo to the board did note that one area where Heartland has been successful is with psychiatric appointments, "where there is great student need." It said there have been 27 psychiatric visits at Niles West to date and 25 at Niles North.<br><br>Brian L. Cox is a freelance reporter for Pioneer Press.<ul> | ||
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