The new clinic met resistance from a vocal group of parents who raised concerns the district was overstepping its authority in caring for students.
The Denton Independent School District is opening a school-based health clinic for its students who are covered by Medicaid.— a weekly dispatch about the people, places and policies defining Texas, produced by Texas Tribune journalists living in communities across the state.
PediPlace operates the other clinic in the county out of a high school in the neighboring Lewisville Independent School District. Both clinics provide preventive care, vaccinations and mental health screening and counseling. The clinic will be built at Fred Moore High School, an early graduation high school with a small class size of 56 students. All 30,000 students enrolled in the district, regardless of which school they attend will be able to use the clinic as long as they are on Medicaid.certain families in Texas are becoming more concerned with the role schools play in their children's lives
Denton ISD’s board of trustees ultimately approved the creation of the clinic, 6-1. Board member Amy Bundgus was the lone no vote. For lower-income family members unable to afford to take days off for doctor visits, school is often their first stop when a child needs to be treated.
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