Local School Roundup

In this roundup: Information about getting required school physicals, a potential Unit 4 water runoff agreement with the Champaign Park District, and Urbana school district's clinic arrangement.

First, getting those physicals! From Thursday's News-Gazette:

The Health Reporter Is In, June 28, 2018
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All Illinois school children are required to show proof of school physicals and vaccinations when they're entering kindergarten, sixth and ninth grades. Entering high school seniors have a vaccine reporting requirement only.

Ideally, your child should be seeing his or her own doctor for school physicals, so parents, don't delay in making appointments, Akinyede urged.

"We advise parents to start calling in now," she said.

Most parents are likely aware that school and sports physicals aren't the same. Sports physicals focus on whether your child is in good enough health and physical condition to take part in sports.

Here are some dates for sports and school physicals through Christie Clinic and Carle. Take note, a parent or guardian must accompany the child for the exams:

CHRISTIE CLINIC

— School physicals from various doctors by appointment on Saturday mornings from June 30 through July 28.

— Sports physicals done by appointment with Dr. Scott Paluska through August.

— Sports physicals are also available through convenient care on a walk-in basis through August.

CARLE

— Walk-in sports physical clinics July 7 and Aug. 4, both at 1701 Curtis Road, C.

— Sports and school physicals by appointment or on a walk-in basis on two Saturday mornings, Aug. 11 and Aug. 18, at Carle's Family Medicine Residency Clinic on the main Urbana campus.

— Evening school physicals by appointment Aug. 7-9 and Aug. 14-16 at 1818 E. Windsor Road, U.

Check hours, locations and numbers to call for appointments at christieclinic.com or carle.org/services/pediatrics.

More at the full article here.

On Unit 4's potential water runoff deal with the Champaign Park District:

Unit 4 seeking stormwater runoff deal with park district for Centennial
The Unit 4 school district wants to use some Champaign Park District land north of Centennial High School to deal with stormwater runoff from the expanded Centennial as well as Tommy Stewart Field, newly covered with artificial turf.

Officials and contractors with Unit 4 appeared before the Champaign Park Board on Wednesday night to propose a stormwater-detention easement agreement between the districts.

Jim Miller, a civil engineer from Clark Dietz in Champaign, told park commissioners that additional stormwater detention — enough to hold 21 cubic feet of water — is needed for the high school expansion project. That amount is enough to handle a 100-year storm event, he said...

If the park board goes along with Unit 4's proposal, Miller said, construction of the detention basin would take place this summer and fall.

Champaign Park District Executive Director Joe DeLuce said the park board will likely consider the proposal at its July 11 meeting.

Full article here, including the Park board's unanimous vote to give its Executive Director a 2.75% pay increase.

And finally the Urbana school district clinic and the health care organization morphology (if you can follow it any better than I could):

Promise Healthcare takes over Urbana school district clinic
The Urbana School-Based Health Center has a new operator, Promise Healthcare.

The parent organization of Frances Nelson Health Center and SmileHealthy, Promise Healthcare took over operation of the school clinic from Crossing Healthcare of Decatur.

To help cover equipment and some transitional-programming costs for the school center, the United Way of Champaign County and the Community Foundation of East Central Illinois awarded a combined $24,185.

Crossing Healthcare is the new name of what was once Community Health Improvement Center, the former parent organization of Frances Nelson. The Decatur organization continued to operate the school clinic in Urbana after Promise Healthcare was formed locally to oversee Frances Nelson and SmileHealthy.

Promise Healthcare Executive Director Nancy Greenwalt said services at the school health center will remain about the same, but a mental-health provider is being added this summer.

Promise Healthcare has applied for a state grant to help fund the school clinic's operation costs for the school year, Greenwalt said.