Health/Safety

Waco: Person diagnosed with TB at 2nd WISD elementary
Local health officials will begin testing of 25 to 30 staff and students at Doris Miller Elementary School for tuberculosis today, after a person from the school was diagnosed with an active case of the disease. [ View Article ] May 15, 2008, 08:12

Lufkin ISD hopes to establish health center on middle school campus
The Lufkin school district has been confirmed as a finalist for a $125,000 grant that would allow the district to have a student health center on its middle school campus, according to district Superintendent Roy Knight. [ View Article ] May 15, 2008, 08:00

Pasadena: PISD officials move to quiet parents’ fears
A local school official said a drug incident and alleged student overdose last Thursday was blown out of proportion. Pasadena Independent School District Associate Superintendent Candace Ahlfinger said the incident happened at De Zavala Fifth Grade Center. “Thursday, we had two students who brought their prescription medicine to school and shared them,” she said. [ View Article ] May 15, 2008, 07:45

Many children still aren't enrolled in CHIP
Many local children who are eligible for CHIP or children's Medicaid still aren't enrolled, so more outreach efforts are needed, Luisa Saenz, executive director of the Children's Defense Fund of the Rio Grande Valley, said at a media briefing. "If you have a healthy child, you have a child who can learn ... preventive care is the way to go," Gonzales said. The Children's Defense Fund is working with 11 school districts in Hidalgo County to identify and enroll eligible children in CHIP and Medicaid, [ View Article ] May 15, 2008, 07:02

Cy-Fair freshman athletes to get free heart checks, thanks to donor
Freshman athletes in the Cypress-Fairbanks school district next year will be given free heart screenings to determine whether they are at risk for sudden cardiac death, which took the lives of several Houston-area students during the last year. [ View Article ] May 14, 2008, 07:59

Houston: Key avoids closure, despite health complaints
Key Middle School will remain open, Superintendent Abelardo Saavedra announced today. The Houston Independent School District is no longer considering an unpopular proposal that would have moved Key students to nearby Kashmere High School. Instead, the district will complete the $5 million worth of work that's slated for Key Middle School under the bond that voters approved last November. [ View Article ] May 14, 2008, 07:45

Houston: Key avoids closure, despite health complaints
Key Middle School will remain open, Superintendent Abelardo Saavedra announced today. The Houston Independent School District is no longer considering an unpopular proposal that would have moved Key students to nearby Kashmere High School. Instead, the district will complete the $5 million worth of work that's slated for Key Middle School under the bond that voters approved last November. [ View Article ] May 14, 2008, 07:45

Two Kingwood students sickened after eating brownie
Two Kingwood High 11th-graders who became disoriented and had trouble breathing were rushed to an area hospital Tuesday after eating a brownie that might have been laced with drugs, officials said. [ View Article ] May 14, 2008, 07:45

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