Menifee Union School District has three Registered Nurses, who are credentialed by the State of California as School Nurses.

If you have any questions regarding your child's health or safety a health technician or district nurse is available to answer questions and provide assistance.  The District’s school nurses oversee each school sites Health Office and are available during school hours.  Each school has a Health Technician in the office during school hours to help care for your child.

District Nurses provide support to each school site in a variety of ways:

• Writing Individualized School Healthcare Plans (ISHP) & Emergency Plans for students with health needs
• Training and supervising Health Technicians to work at each of the school sites
• Performing State mandated vision, hearing & scoliosis screenings
• Managing school based emergencies
• Reviewing Home/Hospital instruction requests
• Consulting with teachers, parents, physicians, and other community resources on health and safety issues
• Providing a process for identification and resolution of students' health care needs that affect educational achievement
• Participating in Student Study Team (SST) and Individual Education Plan (IEP) meetings
• Supervising medication administration at school Assessing immunization and health records
• Providing assistance in finding primary health care Providing a system for dealing with crisis medical situations
• Monitoring mandated screening and immunization records

Contact information:

Pupil Personnel Services
Phone:(951) 672-6463

District School Nurse: Carol Patrick RN, BSN
cpatrick@menifeeusd.k12.ca.us
pager: (951)672-5136

District School Nurse: Amy Gonzalez RN, BSN
agonzalez@menifeeusd.k12.ca.us
pager: (951)301-1896

District School Nurse: Dianne Cheney RN, BA
dcheney@menifeeusd.k12.ca.us
pager: (951)270-4252

Health Services Secretary: Susan Kettner
skettner@menifeeusd.k12.ca.us
Phone: (951)672-6463