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We knave our students have unmet health needs..... From OCS Spring 2006 Communities That Care Survey • 17.78% of 6t" graders (450 students surveyed), 18.63 % of $t" graders (408 students surveyed), and 19.47% of 10t" graders {457 students surveyed) reported having their first beer before the age of 11. • 2.44% of 6t" graders, 5.39°~ of $t" graders, and 5.69°rb of 10t" graders always threaten to hurt people. From Spring 2005 Youth Risk Behavior Survey • 27°~ of OCS 8t" graders seriously considered suicide in the previous year. • 35% of OCS 8t" graders reported that they had felt so sad ar hopeless for 2+ weeks in a row that they stopped doing their usual activities in the last 12 months. School-Based Health Centers? (SBHC) We propose cone-year exploratory process to determine whether it is desirable and feasible to develop aSchool-Based Health Center (SBHC) at CW Stanford Middle School ... as a first step in a system-wide strategy to address unmet health needs of students in the OCSD. Propose a Steering Committee Leader: OCSD Superintendent Co-Leader: OCSD Health Dept. Director Members: Director, OCSD Student Services Director, OCSD Healthful Living Director, OCSD Adolescents in Need Director, School Exceptional Children Program Leader, OCSD School Health Advisory Council Steering Committee Members (Continued) County Commissioner Chair, or designee Health Dept Board Member OCSD Board Member DSS Board Member Local Physician Director, Piedmont Health Services UNC Adolescent Medicine Physician OCSD Nursing Supervisor OPC Mental Health Consultant Juvenile Justice representation CW Stanford Middle School Principal Many Questions far Steering Committee to Address... • Is SBHC desirable? • Is SBHC feasible? • Which students and which services?