Parents Push for More Nurses in N.C. Schools is an article in North Carolina Health News. Here’s how it begins:

“I know there’s a lot of important issues, but to us, this is one that’s top,” said Teri Saurer, founder of N. C. Parents Advocating for School Health.

The issue she’s referring to is more nurses in schools. Saurer, whose 6-year-old daughter was diagnosed with epilepsy at 9 months old and allergies to several types of nuts at 3 years old, believes nurses are needed to both provide routine care and tend to children in crisis situations.

And after moms such as Saurer spoke up, Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools responded. When the 2013-14 county budget passed, funding was provided for 11 additional nurses and two more nurse supervisors in the system.

Of course, North Carolina schools have many more problems besides just needing more nurses….