Board approves MOU with Sandusky County Public Health and policy for overdose-reversal medication

The board approved an MOU with Sandusky County Public Health to place overdose-reversal (naloxone) boxes in district buildings and adopted a separate policy to govern procurement and administration of the medication.

Superintendent presented the MOU, saying the county public-health department will "oversee the administration of the boxes held within the buildings," help monitor expiration dates and restock medication, and assist the district in logging and reporting any uses. "We would notify if we needed to use that," the superintendent said, describing a logging and notification process to parents and administration.

When asked how the district would determine a "persistent pattern" of overdoses that might trigger additional interventions, administrators said the MOU does not specify a numeric threshold; the district intends to monitor logged incidents and set any specific parameter after reviewing trends.

The motion to approve the MOU (Item 3) and the subsequent motion to approve the procurement/administration policy for the overdose-reversal drug (Item 4) each passed on roll call with unanimous "yes" votes.