RCPS, Kids’-Doc-On-Wheels hosts ribbon cutting ceremony

Rockdale County Public Schools (RCPS) and Kids’-Doc-On-Wheels (KDOW) held a ribbon cutting ceremony Dec. 4 to mark the partnership to provide school-based telehealth and mobile medical services for RCPS students.

School officials say the comprehensive pediatric services, which are available to all RCPS families on a voluntary basis, will supplement existing school-based clinic services and will help to reduce missed instructional time for students and missed work time for parents.

Pictured left to right:  KDOW Board Member Yahrasiel Colbert, parent Natalie Jones and her daughter Ana Cruz, KDOW Executive Director Winston Myers, Heritage High School (HHS) / Rockdale Career Academy student Sean Nixon, Rockdale County Board of Education (BOE) Vice-Chair Pam Brown, Gen. Ray Davis Middle School student Jayla Brown, BOE Chair Mandy North, Edwards Middle School student Samaya Williams, RCPS Superintendent Dr. Terry Oatts, parent Shona Nixon, KDOW Co-Medical Director Dr. Lynette Wilson-Phillips, HHS student Isley Nixon, KDOW board member Pete Alexander, parent Geily Hernandez and her son and Sims Elementary School student Abraham Hernandez, BOE member Tony Dowdy.

For more information about the program, visit www.rockdaleschools.org.