- Olathe Public Schools
- Screenings
Health Screenings
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Hearing screenings are used to identify hearing loss and to make appropriate audiological, medical, and/or educational referral to maximize hearing and learning potential. Students to be screened annually are:
- All preschoolers
- Kindergarten through second grade, fifth, eighth, and 11th grades
- Students new to the district
- Elementary students with an Individual Education Plan except for students in the gifted (QUEST) program
- Students with a hearing loss
- Parent or teacher request
Vision screenings are utilized for early identification of students with potential vision problems. Students to be screened are:
- All preschoolers
- Kindergarten, second, fourth, sixth, eighth, ninth and 11th grades
- Students new to the district
Height and weight screening are used to identify students in kindergarten through eighth grade with potential growth problems.