Child health services to be passed to schools

Word on the street has it that schools will become the focal point for child health care too. And when I say ‘word on the street’ I refer to an article on yesterday’s Native Affairs programme on Maori television that there doesn’t seem to have a direct line of reference too.
It appears to me that more and more services are being run through schools and its not right. Imagine if you will the constant interuptions teachers and students face as other professionals come in and pass notes requesting ‘Rawiri go see the dental nurse’ or ‘Alice visit the doctor’ or ‘ Uma is needed by  who knows what else’.  The primary job of school is education. This is being eroded from the inside with ever more broadening mandates put upon schools and their staff.
I appreciate schools are a focal point for community and it is the only place kids HAVE to be and therefore their presence is guaranteed. But to suggest that all child services be run through school is simply making the job of parenting TOO easy.  Again I say, parenting is a gift and a responsibility one that is the parents alone.
Parents have, or rather should have, the responsiblitiy of raising their children how they see fit.
Placing all child services into school is not empowering parents. Surely a better way is out there.
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