News for School Nurses
Shower of thanks
UFT members and other frontline workers were showered with confetti on July 7 at a “Hometown Heroes” parade celebrating them for their work during the COVID-19 pandemic in one of the largest ticker-tape parades in New York City history
Essential school nurses
One of the most important lessons learned from the pandemic is that having a nurse in every school is vital to the well-being of our students.
2021 School Nurses Chapter elections this spring
The following email was sent to all school nurses from UFT Elections Coordinator Yasmin Colon on Thursday, March 18.
A tale from Ponzella Johnson, school nurse
“My greatest challenge,” says Johnson, “has been making sure my school community was able to keep safe. I knew it was essential for classroom teachers and support staff to have easy access to first aid items because they had to remain contained within their group.” So Johnson created and distributed emergency kits.
Zully Brons-Bailey, school nurse
For nearly two decades, Zully Brons-Bailey worked simultaneously as a school nurse and a hospital nurse in the Bronx. Now serving 640 students in grades pre-K through 8 at the Cornerstone Academy for Social Action in the Bronx, she tackles everything from routine care to medical crises.
School Nurses: Information regarding this summer and the transfer plan
The following email about the the remote-era student assessment process was sent on June 5, 2020, to all school nurses by UFT President Michael Mulgrew and UFT School Nurses Chapter Leader Cynthia Bennett.