Burgettstown denies request for school to house medical office

6/13/20123:31 AM

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Burgettstown School Board won't move forward with a request from Cornerstone Care seeking to temporarily relocate its Smith Township medical offices to the high school nurse's suite for the summer.

Robert MtJoy, chief executive officer of Cornerstone Care, approached the board Monday during its nonvoting meeting and offered to cover all expenses involved with using the nursing suite while school is out of session, including utilities, legal fees, extra custodial work and the cost of building temporary partitions.

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MtJoy said the arrangement would have allowed the medical center to maintain its mission of increasing access to health care by continuing to serve the Bugettstown area while the odor problem was being addressed.

After a lengthy discussion, the board reached a consensus that the district was not equipped to handle a medical facility at this time, Superintendent Deborah Jackson said. The matter will not appear on the agenda for next week's regular meeting.

Board President Thomas Repole said the nurse's suite is not designed to take on the volume of medical treatment handled by Cornerstone Care.

He also said questions arose regarding a number of issues including legal fees, parking and custodial costs. Repole and Jackson both said the notion that the school shuts down completely in the summer is a misconception as student athletes continue to access the gymnasium and weight room, the band and football team hold camps and maintenance work takes place.

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