City schools’ committee formed to evaluate health clinic proposals

By JIM BROOKS
Nelson County Gazette / WBRT Radio

Wednesday, Aug. 30, 2017 — The committee that will evaluate health clinic proposals for the Bardstown City Schools hit the ground running at its first meeting Tuesday afternoon at the district’s Central Office.

Superintendent Brent Holsclaw gave the Health Clinic Provider Committee an overview of its mission, and reviewed the 12-page request for proposals that will serve as the guiding framework under which the committee will operate.

The committee, chaired by Bardstown Elementary School principal Paul Bowling, briefly reviewed the timeline for its meetings and then brainstormed topics for possible use in checklists for use during the interviews with possible health clinic providers.

The closing date for health clinic proposals to the district’s Central Office is 4 p.m. Friday, Sept. 1. Applicants who wish to present a proposal are expected to provide a presentation no longer than 45 minutes before the committee.

The committee will conduct its interviews with applicants next week and then decide on a recommendation. The committee’s recommendation will be forwarded yo Central Office, Bowling said. The recommendation will be presented formal to the district board of education at its Tuesday, Sept. 19 regular board meeting for its consideration.

Physicians To Children is the current provider that has operated the district’s in-school clinic since last year.

The request for proposals states that the chosen provider will operate the clinic for the rest of the 2017-18 school year, with automatic one-year extensions for the next two school years.

Holsclaw told the committee that so far, two providers have expressed verbal interest in submitting proposals.

The committee’s meetings — which will begin next week at a time and date to be announced — are open to the public.

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