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Sarasota News Leader October 18, 2013 Those school staff members with two or more risk factors for diabetes — such as being overweight and handling a lot of stress — would be eligible for that program, she explained. She will meet again with the Florida Blue and Y representatives during the first week of November to "see about bringing that to our staff." Page 26 Therefore, she also is encouraging employees to take advantage of that opportunity. ROLE OF THE BOARD Because of her concern about being too intrusive in employee affairs, Goodwin said she would prefer seeing the district reach the DuBose also pointed out that preventive health point of being able to open its own healthcare exams are free as long as staff employees go clinic, noting the Charlotte County Schools to providers in their insurance plan network. have taken that approach. A graph in the Florida Blue summary of a Sarasota County School District employee health assessment provides details about the findings regarding body mass index for the 1,090 participants. Image courtesy Sarasota County Schools