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Clinic Room Aides care for sick and injured children, administer medication, coordinate hearing and vision screenings, maintain health statistics, act as “first responders” in emergency situations, and work with the Department of Public Health to address school-based health concerns.

If you would like to encourage the Fairfax County Board of Supervisors to continue to fund this school-based program, we encourage you to attend communicate your position. Follow this link to download a list of points of contact to support continuation of the Clinic Room Aide program: CRA_Program.pdf

Fairfax County is projecting a budget deficit of more than $400 million for FY 2010 (beginning July 2009), which must be addressed through a combination of spending restrictions and other strategies. The county is working “to develop a budget with an appropriate level of services that are both sustainable and acceptable to the community.”

To this end, the county government and FCPS hosted a series of “community dialogue sessions” in fall 2008 to gather public comments, “a key factor to help guide the development of criteria for making budget decisions.”

Although the County budget "discussion sessions" ended November 13, residents can still weigh in by offering comments online at http://www.fairfaxcounty.gov/government/budget/ or by e-mailing your ideas to tips@fcps.edu or to the School Board (see http://www.fcps.edu/schlbd/members.htm). You can view the current Fairfax County Public Schools budget (FY 2009) at http://www.fcps.edu/fs/budget/documents/index.htm and other relevant information (such as responses to FAQs, a listing of proposed reductions, and the budget calendar) at http://www.fcps.edu/news/fy2010.htm.