October 4, 2007
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
CONTACT:Megan Overman, Public Information Officer
Grapevine-Colleyville Independent School District
817-251-5503

District partners with JPS for school-based health center
New clinic in Grapevine to open in January ‘08

Grapevine-Colleyville ISD has partnered with the Tarrant County Hospital District/JPS Health Network to open a JPS school-based health center next to Timberline Elementary School in Grapevine. This is JPS’ eighth school-based clinic, and the first in northern Tarrant County.

The clinic will be housed in the district’s former Instructional Support Center, 3050 Timberline Drive, and will be open five days a week except for school holidays and the week of July 4. The center is scheduled to open in January 2008, and will serve children enrolled in GCISD and their siblings under age 18.

Board Vice President Lisa Hall, a vocal supporter of the partnership, said that the center will not only encourage families to have their GCISD children receive routine exams and get care when they are ill, but also to promote good family health habits overall.

“The key to a successful education is that if you’re healthy and feel good, you’ll learn,” she said. “Having our district partner with JPS to provide a school-based solution is another avenue for reaching out to our community and providing them with an essential preventative and sick healthcare service.”

The clinic will provide physicals, treatment of minor illnesses and injuries, and routine lab work. The District will provide the facility, some furnishings, security, custodial services, utilities and telephones, and JPS will provide the medical personnel, exam room furnishings, fax machines, computers and medical equipment.