Students to gubernatorial candidates: Fund health centers in schools Press Herald
Members of the student health center outreach teams at Deering and Portland high schools hosted a breakfast for gubernatorial candidates in the State of Maine Room at City Hall and provided a tour of the health center at Portland High.
Students said the health centers are a cost-effective, convenient way to provide health care to students. Services range from physical exams and dental cleanings to mental health counseling and birth control for sexually active students.
"We want more school health centers," said Mandi Arnott, a Deering High senior.
Democratic candidates Pat McGowan, Libby Mitchell, John Richardson and Steve Rowe attended the breakfast, along with Republican candidate Peter Mills and Dr. Melanie Cutler, wife of independent candidate Eliot Cutler.
Nearly 14,300 students -- about 7.5 percent of Maine's public and private school population in kindergarten through high school -- have access to school-based health centers, according to data provided by the Muskie School of Public Service at the University of Southern Maine.
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