Carolyn Henning loves golf and bike riding. And she is very grateful that she has been able to pursue those pastimes during a very unusual year that has involved a sea change in her job as school nurse at Eden Prairie High School. Henning, a registered nurse, a licensed Public Health Nurse and a licensed school nurse, has been in her job for 29 years, far and away the most senior of nurses in the Eden Prairie school district. The district has four others licensed nurses – one at Central Middle School and four others that move between the district’s…
Author: Jim Bayer
Jim Bayer
Jim is a retired teacher currently keeping busy as a reserve teacher, tutor, and Eden Prairie High School softball coach. Jim’s career began as a journalist, photojournalist, and editor before working in healthcare public relations and later earning a master’s degree in special education. Jim and his wife, Sue, a registered nurse, have lived in Eden Prairie for more than 25 years. Their two children, Jen and Matt, graduated from EPHS and live in Eden Prairie. Jim and Sue have four grandchildren.
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Parent-teacher conferences are taking place Oct. 6 and 8 for Central Middle School (CMS) and Oct. 8, 9, and 13 for Eden Prairie elementary schools. All Eden Prairie (EP) school conferences will be virtual or by phone. All Eden Prairie schools are using online scheduling systems to make appointments. The Eden Prairie High Schools (EPHS) scheduler is closed, according to a posting on the district website. EP Online K-6 students will have conferences in October but will not use the pick-A-time tool. CMS and EPHS online students should schedule conferences through the school.
One month into a challenging school year, the coordinator of Eden Prairie School District’s COVID-19 response says students and teachers in school under the current hybrid system are doing well keeping one another safe. “It’s been great,” said Dr. Ashley Schaefer, Ed.D., the district’s special programs coordinator who also supervises the district’s school nurses. Mask wearing, social distancing, vigilant hand washing and extensive cleaning protocols have been at the core of keeping students and staff safe, she said. District guidelines require that students are temperature checked each morning and staff members are required to complete a health screening via an…