Student Health Advisory Committee Meeting Minutes

Aug 12, 2025

1:00 pm

BISD Library

Members Present:  Marilu Hall, Joyce Bachert, Michael Waggoner, Troyce Williams, Angela Byars, Heather Santibanez

• Cafeteria Rules:

• No sodas at all in cafeteria - will not be sold
• No energy drinks
• No selling outside food in the cafeteria

• Over-the-counter medications - new state laws

• These can be given at school if:

• The medicine is brought from home
• A parent note is required
• It must be stored in the nurse’s office.

• We have a choking device in the nurse’s office. It is not approved by the American Heart Association, so the nurse can’t use it. It is available.
• Pre-K menu will follow state regulations.
• Narcan is in AED at HS and will be in the AED at the new gym.
• We are considering bringing someone in to talk about the dangers of vaping for 4th grade and up (24 Hr Emergency room or Betty Hardwick).
• Red Ribbon Week is in October.

April 7, 2025

8:30 am

BISD Library

Members Present:  Marilu Hall, Angela Byars, Joyce Bachert, James Stevens, MIchael Waggoner, Troyce Williams, Jacob Stennett, Leslie Palacio

• Go for Gold is going well at the HS.
• JH and HS students can have diet sodas.
• Marilu has a hygiene video for both elementary and secondary schools. Feel free to use them as needed.

September 23, 2024

11:30 am

BISD Library

Members Present:  Marilu Hall, Angela Byars, Joyce Bachert, James Stevens, MIchael Waggoner

1. Topics that need to be discussed this year.

1. Red Ribbon week - make it more of a focus
2. Basic Hygiene - need more discussion of this

1. Guest speakers
2. Videos
3. Activity period program

3. Screen time impact on health & cybersecurity

2. Review last year

1. No energy drinks at HS - need signs on the doors
2. No outside drinks allowed

3. Flu clinic for staff in October.

April 24, 2024

1:00 pm

BISD Library

Members Present:  Tim Little, Michael Waggoner, James Stevens, Kortni Collins, Troyce Williams, Marilu Hall, Joyce Bachert, Paige Mixon, Angela Byars, Leslie Palacio, Chelsea Tidwell

1. Food

1. Teachers should not be giving out food for rewards.
2. The cafeteria can sell diet sodas to high school students only.
3. No outside drinks can be brought into the cafeteria.
4. We must be following the Safe Snack rules.
5. 3rd - 5th grade students are rushing through eating or not eating to go work on homework or go outside. We need to focus on encouraging them to eat.
6. Summer Feeding Program

1. Paige Mixon is working on the application to the state and she needs dates.

2. Healthy Relationships Program

1. Kortni Collins would like to bring in a free program done by Open Doors out of Cisco to help kids learn more about how to have healthy relationships, which is a big need.
2. They have a written curriculum and it will be available for review.

1. Potential topics:  What is dating? What is a relationship? What does a healthy/unhealthy relationship look like? How to handle conflicts? How to handle finances? How to know when is it time to get serious/married?

3. They will come one time a month and do all of the prep work and teaching.

1. It can be for all grade levels from 8-12 or just one that we want to target.

4. They will do a parent meeting ahead of time if we’d like.
5. It will also open the door for them to bring their mobile medical unit to Baird twice a month to do medical check ups.
6. Dr. Little wants the principals to review the curriculum carefully, and they will give a recommendation to the board.