Ludlow Public Schools

Screenings are conducted by the Health Office staff according to the Massachusetts Department of Public Health. If a student fails a screening, a parent/guardian notification letter is sent home requesting a follow-up visit to the student’s Primary care Provider or a referral to a Specialist. Completed referral letters from physicians should be returned to the School Nurse when the referral is completed.  It is very important that students who fail their screenings always have a follow-up visit to their physician to ensure further treatment is not necessary.  Keeping the Nursing Staff aware of any referral results is an important part of the student’s health assessment.

Regular state-mandated screenings are conducted annually in the following grades.

Vision Screening: PreK – 5, and grades 6 and 9.

Hearing Screening: PreK- through grade 3 and grades 6 and 9.

Heights and Weights with BMI Calculation:  1st, 4th, 7th & 10th grades.

Postural: Grades 5-9.

The Ludlow Public Schools does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, gender, gender identity, religion, national origin, sexual orientation, age, or disability in admission to, access to, employment in, or treatment in its programs and activities.