New School-Based Health Center opens at White Marsh Elementary

From left: Choptank Health’s Jennifer Insley, White Marsh Elementary School Principal Kimberly Seidel, and Choptank Health’s Kim Fitzgerald, CRNP at White Marsh Elementary.

TALBOT CO., Md. – Choptank Community Health System has expanded its Talbot County School-based Health Center program with the addition of a new health center at White Marsh Elementary School.

We’re told the center, which opened on March 21st, is made possible through a partnership with Choptank Health, Talbot County Public Schools, and the Talbot County Health Department.

The White Marsh Elementary School health center is open on Mondays and Wednesdays from 12 p.m. to 3:30 p.m. and is staffed with medical professionals from Choptank Health and the Talbot County Health Department. All TCPS public school students and staff can enroll in the program and utilize any health center site regardless of their ability to pay.

“Now students in and around Trappe have access to our School-Based Health Center,” says Choptank Health CEO Sara Rich. “We’re grateful for our partnerships and staff to be able to bring this access to dental and medical health services to more students and their families.”

Rich also says that these School-Based Health Centers often provide a child with their only form of medical or dental care, making this new center even more important.

Choptank Health operates 32 School-Based Health Centers in Caroline, Dorchester, Kent, and Talbot County Public Schools, offering medical and/or dental services for enrolled K-12 students. We’re told a new primary care mobile health unit is also being used as part of Choptank Health’s medical and dental School-Based Health Center services. Student enrollment in Choptank Health’s School-Based Wellness and Dental Programs can be made by contacting your student’s Caroline, Dorchester, Kent, Queen Anne’s, or Talbot County public school.