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Following a very successful first year, CFISD bussed even more students
- approximately 1,600 - to the Berry Center from January 8 th -11 th for free
comprehensive eye exams and eyewear provided by the Harris County Health
Department’s See to Succeed program. The See to Succeed program partners
with several organizations and community volunteers throughout the area to
organize weeklong vision clinics for students between the ages of 6 to 18 who
have not passed state-mandated vision screenings initiated by school nurses.
Transporting CFISD students to the clinics presented logistical and
scheduling issues, but See to Succeed acquired mobile vision exam
equipment. That allowed team members, volunteers and vision
professionals to travel and establish more remote locations.
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And in the case of CFISD, that meant setting up the program at the Berry
Center. Approximately 400 students per day were examined and fitted
for glasses over the four days at no cost to participating families. Due to
the increase, a separate See to Succeed program will be set up at Fiest
Elementary School to serve the high demand on that campus. The total
increased from the roughly 1,100 students that participated a year ago.
Consent forms to participate in the program were sent home via school
nurses for those students who failed the vision screenings on campus
multiple times or were deemed as needing an examination.
According to Bevin Gordon, CFISD’s director for health services,
approximately 5,500 students within the district will fail the statemandated
vision screening each year. And from those, roughly half
would not get a professional eye examination to address the issues.
Each day of the four began with eligible students shuttled by CFISD buses
to and from their campuses to the Berry Center. Upon arrival, See to
Succeed employees and volunteers greeted the students and led them to
the auditorium for registration as well as distributing stickers for each to
help identify students throughout the day. The process was broken down
into stations, including pre-screening rooms and waiting areas, before
each student would ultimately visit with an eye doctor.
Stations included distance acuity, color, stereo, near point of accommodation
and conversion, slit lamp, auto refraction and refraction, optical frame
selection, check out and data entry. If a student needed an immediate
referral or follow-up consultation, program workers were ready to call
parents and guardians. Three urgent cases were caught in the first two days.
The entire screening process lasted between 2-4 hours per student. During
their time at the Berry Center, students were accompanied by CFISD clinic
assistants, who joined them as chaperones. Breakfast and lunch were
provided to students by the CFISD nutrition services department to ensure
meals were not missed as a result of a student being at the Berry Center.
The partnership with CFISD and its personnel made the four-day operation
a smooth success, said See to Succeed Manager Patricia Watson.
More than 200 employees from Watson’s team joined many volunteers to make
the program run as smooth as it does. Participating students will have eyeglasses
delivered to their home campuses in roughly four weeks, a part of the process
almost more rewarding as helping each student through his or her exam.
The See to Succeed program has been in operation from its primary Heights
location by the City of Houston Health Department since 2007. Since its
start, the program has screened more than 22,000 children and distributed
over 19,000 glasses to those in need. See to Succeed program partners
include the Houston Department of Health and Human Services, University
of Houston, San Jacinto College, Berkeley Eye Center, public and private
schools, as well as community volunteers from across the Houston area. For
more information, visit See to Succeed at www.HoustonService.org.
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