School-Based Clinic to Aid Students, Family
The first of four school-based health clinics is scheduled to open next week to Compton students and their families.
Funded through a state desegregation grant, the Bunche Middle School Health Center is expected to provide free medical and dental screenings, treatment for minor injuries and immunizations to families whose children are students at Centennial High School or any of its 12 feeder elementary and middle schools.
The facility, at 12338 Mona Blvd., is set to open Monday to family members of students attending Bunche, Vanguard Learning Center, Willowbrook Middle School or the following Compton elementary schools: Anderson, Carver, Jefferson, King, Lincoln, McKinley, McNair, Rosecrans and Washington.
“It’s tough for our students to learn if they’re being sent home with preventable illnesses, of if their parents don’t have transportation or health insurance to meet basic medical needs,” said Randolph E. Ward, state administrator of Compton schools.
Pending negotiations with an area health foundation, the Bunche center may be expanded to include visits by a medical van staffed by physicians, psychologists and other health care professionals.
Three more clinics are scheduled to open next month at Laurel Elementary, Dominguez High School and Cesar Chavez-Harriet Tubman Continuation School.
All four will be paid for with a portion of the Compton Unified School District’s $5-million voluntary desegregation grant, district officials said.
The clinic is scheduled to be open Monday through Friday 7:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. For more information call: (310) 898-6010, extension 5799.
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