District redesigning school-nurse staffing after shortage complaints

What happened

At the December 3, 2025 board meeting, a district counselor testified that Houston Middle and Houston High School were sharing a single nurse, leaving office staff and counselors to cover nurse duties and describing an 18-minute ambulance response during a medical emergency. Eight months later, at the August 5, 2026 meeting, the superintendent reported the district is redesigning its school-nurse staffing model to sustain services, use resources wisely, and build a model that outlasts one-time funding.

Why it matters to families

Nurse coverage affects how quickly students get medical help at school. The gap between the December 2025 complaint and the August 2026 redesign shows the district responding to a specific, documented staffing shortage, though the new model's details are not yet public.

The evidence

The December 3, 2025 approved minutes record the public testimony about shared nurse coverage at the Houston schools; the August 5, 2026 approved minutes record the superintendent's report on redesigning the nurse staffing model.

The source