
The school nurses are registered, public health school nurses employed by the Cabarrus Health Alliance. Through a contractual agreement, a school nurse is assigned to each traditional, public school for 7.5 hours per day following the teacher calendar.
The Cabarrus Health Alliance School Health Program began a "nurse in every school" in 1999. Since that time the School Nurse program in this county has become what school administrators want, teachers expect, students need, parents demand, and the community is accustomed to.