Durango School District 9-R
Durango School District 9-R
Families/Community Schools Faculty/Staff Curriculum Employment Administration Board of Education

District Health
Barb Colbert, Nurse
Phone: (970) 247-5411, ext. 1428
Fax: (970) 375-3813
bcolbert@durango.k12.co.us

Julie Wigton, Nurse
Phone: (970) 247-5411, ext. 1441
Fax: (970) 375-3813
jwigton@durango.k12.co.us

Kate Errett, Nurse
Phone: (970) 247-5411, ext. 1462
Fax: (970) 375-3813
cerrett@durango.k12.co.us

Teri Baker, Nurse
Phone: (970) 247-5411, ext. 1465
Fax: (970) 375-3813
tbaker@durango.k12.co.us

Linda Herz, Health Educator
Phone: (970) 247-5411, ext. 1408
Fax: (970) 375-3813
lherz@durango.k12.co.us

Jenny Pritchard, District Health Ed. Coordinator
Phone: (970) 247-5411, ext. 1457
Fax: (970) 375-3813
jpritchard@durango.k12.co.us

Jaynee Fontecchio-Spradling, District Health Coordinator
Phone: (970) 247-5411, ext. 1417
Fax: (970) 375-3813
jfontecchio-spradling@durango.k12.co.us

Peggy Edgerton, Admin. Asst.
Phone: (970) 247-5411, ext. 1408
Fax: (970) 375-3813
pedgerton@durango.k12.co.us

Webmaster
Staff E-Mail
Student E-Mail
District Directory
Calendar of Events
Transcripts
Home

Health Services...

Services provided for students to appraise, protect, and promote health. These services are designed to ensure access or referral to primary health care services or both, foster appropriate use of primary health care services, prevent and control communicable disease and other health problems, provide emergency care for illness or injury, promote and provide optimum sanitary conditions for a safe school facility and school environment, and provide educational and counseling opportunities for promoting and maintaining individual, family, and community health. Qualified professionals such as physicians, nurses, dentists, health educators, and other allied health personnel provide these services.

Health Forms...

Health Information Sheet -please click here.

Parent Authorization Form -please click here.

Schools with school-based health centers report:

l
  • Increased school attendance
  • Decreased drop-outs & suspensions
  • Higher graduation rates
l
l
(McCord, Klein, Foy, and Fothergill, 1993 Walters, 1996)

What's happenning with 9-R health services?

Community District Individual Schools
  • San Juan Basin Health (SJBH): clinics on immunization, neurology, rehab, development, genetics and endocrine for referred students.
  • Currently Developing a system for Medicaid reimbursement vouchers for dental and mental health.
  • Appying for a grant to begin planning for a school-based health clinic at Durango High School
  • Animas Valley: the Coordinated School Health (CSH) team is putting health info in weekly newsletter.
l
l