November 20, 2008
Syracuse, NY
Parents Outraged Over Ritalin Mix-Up
Parents are still outraged that a school nurse gave a DeRuyter kindergarten class Ritalin pills instead of fluoride tablets. A week after the mix up, parents say the Board of Education should do more to keep their kids safe. Several parents who have children in the kindergarten class who took the Ritalin pills came to the Board of Education meeting. The kids spit the medicine into the garbage and things could have been a lot worse, but parents say on principle alone, the nurse needs to be disciplined. "I'm still not going to send him back to school, not until I can see a lot of different changes," says Michael Race, who has kept his son home since last week. "They can say they did this, that and the other, but I don't think it's adequate." The mistake happened when the nurse transfered the fluoride tablets from their original container into a standard prescription bottle. For now, administrators stopped the hand out of fluoride tablets to students while they work on changing policies. New rules for dispensing medicine will include reading a label three times and meds will only be given out in the nurse's office by the nurse. "Unfortunately this was a serious mistake," says DeRuyter Superintendent Bruce Sharpe. "We are in the process of investigating it. The state dept of education is investigating it. So we're waiting for their response. Once we complete all of that, we'll be deciding what appropriate action should be taken." The nurse is being closely monitored now. The Board of Ed says she has a yearly review like all employees and problems have never happened before but parents say that doesn't count for much. "Suspend her, I don't care. Until you're done with the investigation," says Amy Randall, who has a five year old daughter. "You're taking care of other children and you don't know how many other mistakes she can make." There will be a special meeting for kindergarten parents Tuesday, October 30th, at 7pm at the school.
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