When: Pequea Valley school board meeting, April 15.
What happened: The board approved moving forward with tentative plans for Union Community Care to erect a health care site at Pequea Valley Intermediate School.
Background: Earlier this year, Lancaster and Welsh Mountain health centers merged into a sole health care provider, known as Union Community Care. This nonprofit organization offers accessible and comprehensive oral, substance abuse, physical and mental health services to underserved communities across Lancaster and Lebanon counties.
Why itâs important: Although the district has access to dental and vision coverage, administrators recently met with Union Community Care representatives and discussed tentative plans to establish a school-based health care site that would provide medical and behavioral health services for students districtwide. These on-site health professionals, according to director of student services Kathy Koenig, would collaborate with school perso
Cocalico:Â 38 â 21 at Cocalico High School
(four new), eight at Reamstown Elementary School, five at Cocalico Middle School, four at Denver Elementary School and two at Adamstown Elementary School.
Columbia Borough: Nine.
(nine new), 22 at Fritz Elementary School, 18 at Huesken Middle School
(one new), 13 at Leola Elementary School, 12 at Smoketown Elementary SchoolÂ
(one new) and six at Brownstown Elementary School. Five have been reported at the district s support buildings
(one new).Â
(two new), 10 at Donegal Junior High School
(three new), nine at Donegal High School
(one new)Â and six at Donegal Primary School
(three new). One additional case was reported districtwide