{"id":23564,"date":"2025-02-13T17:28:57","date_gmt":"2025-02-14T00:28:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/lor-foundation-donation-allows-mcsd-to-buy-new-vision-screening-device\/"},"modified":"2026-03-30T22:38:41","modified_gmt":"2026-03-31T04:38:41","slug":"lor-foundation-donation-allows-mcsd-to-buy-new-vision-screening-device","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/lor-foundation-donation-allows-mcsd-to-buy-new-vision-screening-device\/","title":{"rendered":"LOR Foundation donation allows MCSD to buy new vision screening device"},"content":{"rendered":"

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A recent LOR Foundation donation allowed the Montezuma-Cortez school district to purchase new vision screening equipment. The device, pictured, helps determine eye conditions that require an eye doctor\u2019s intervention. (School Nurse Supply website)<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/p>\n

The Montezuma-Cortez school district recently announced a LOR Foundation donation of $9,048 that has allowed the district to purchase vision screening equipment.<\/p>\n

The device<\/a>, called the Welch Allyn Spot Vision Screener, can identify \u201cup to six amblyopic risk factors\u201d that can cause blindness or impaired vision in children.<\/p>\n

The device can test for myopia, hyperopia, astigmatism, anisometropia, aniscocoria and strabismus.<\/p>\n

The image of the child\u2019s eye is captured from a \u201cnoninvasive, three-foot distance using the fixation target and sounds that keep a child\u2019s focus.\u201d A touch screen will provide instant results after the test.<\/p>\n

This device retails for about $8,760.<\/p>\n

According to Jaclyn Hall, district health services director, the district screens students\u2019 eyes to help identify who may be at risk for vision problems or who may be in need of glasses.<\/p>\n

Though they don\u2019t diagnose, they can refer students to an ophthalmologist for further screening and diagnosis, if needed.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s a relatively inexpensive way to identify students that might be at risk, and then we refer out to an eye care professional to diagnose them and treat them with glasses or whatever they need,\u201d Hall said.<\/p>\n

The instrument utilized by the district scans the eye and lets the screening adult know whether students pass. If a student \u201cfails,\u201d they are referred to a doctor.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt works really well for really young students, like our preschool and kindergarten and nonverbal students that we have,\u201d Hall said. \u201cIt doesn\u2019t actually measure visual acuity. It just informs us about the presence of risk factors that could lead to visual problems.\u201d<\/p>\n

Hall spoke of one kindergartner who didn\u2019t pass the scan and was sent to the eye doctor. It turned out the student needed glasses, and they might not have known for a while, if not for the routine scan.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s to help them so they can see instructions and stuff like that,\u201d Hall said. \u201cIt\u2019s a pretty easy tool to use, and our community is so fortunate to have the LOR Foundation and Nikki Crowley. They are a huge asset to our community.\u201d<\/p>\n

The district tests students according to state standards and guidelines set in place by the Colorado Department of Education. Not all grades are screened. If a teacher is concerned about a student\u2019s vision, however, the student can get screened.<\/p>\n

\u201cIf we have a teacher that\u2019s like, \u2018Hey, this student is squinting a lot in class, can you check their vision really fast?\u2019 we can do it for them,\u201d Hall said.<\/p>\n

As of this writing, the CDE\u2019s page detailing vision screening guidelines was not available on its website.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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