LOUISVILLE, Ky. (WDRB) — JCPS’ top health official resigned earlier this month, saying proposed budget cuts to her department could put student health at risk and that decisions were made without her input.
Eva Stone, who has led Jefferson County Public Schools Health Services since 2018, said she learned through media reports that nearly $7 million in cuts had been proposed for her division.
Under Stone’s leadership, JCPS expanded health services, including growing from 24 school nurses to a nurse in every school. The district expanded access to vaccines for children, offered free physicals to employees, stocked more emergency medicines on site and helped secure free glasses for students without insurance. Stone said the work can be life-or-death, citing emergencies such as severe allergic reactions and asthma attacks…