SCHOOL YEAR IS HERE SCHOOL
HEALTH CORPORATION MAINTAINS IF
SCHOOLS WANT TO OPEN. IT SHOULD
BE ABLE TO DO SO SAFELY.
WE SPENT APRIL AND MAY
TRYING TO SOURCE PRODUCTS FROM
WHEREVER WE CAN FIND IT.
ROB ROGERS AND SCHOOL HEALTH
CORPORATION HAVE BEEN FILLING
THESE WAREHOUSE SHELVES SO
SCHOOLS IN ALL 50 STATES CAN
FEEL PREPARED FOR STUDENTS THIS
FALL. THAT'S IF THEY'RE GOING
BACK TO THE CLASSROOM. IT WAS
AN EASY AS THIS COMPANY 63
YEARS OLD NOW SAW ITS TOUGHEST
MOST DEMANDING TIME EVER IN THE
HEALTH SUPPLY INDUSTRY.
WE WOULD MAKE IS LARGE WIRE
TRANSFERS TO PEOPLE WE DIDN'T
KNOW A PRODUCT THAT WE HAVEN'T
SEEN AND THEN THERE'S ALL KINDS
OF POTHOLES AS TO WHETHER THAT
PRODUCT IS REALLY GOING TO GET
THERE.
THOSE PRODUCTS WERE LARGELY
COMING FROM CHINA WHERE THE
VIRUS ALLEGEDLY ORIGINATED.
ROGERS LIKE OTHERS, WORRIED
PRODUCTS COULD BE SEIZED BY THE
CHINESE SEIZED BY US CUSTOMS
REDIRECTED INTO THE SEA, THE
SUPPLY CHAIN OR SIMPLY DELAYED
DURING QUALITY CONTROL. SO
RODGERS AND HIS TEAM SPENT
APRIL AND MAY FINDING NEW
SOURCES LIKE A FRANKLIN PARK,
ILLINOIS GAS PRODUCER AND A
LOCAL BEER BREWER WHO SHIFTED
THEIR OPERATION TO MAKE HAND
SANITIZER INSTEAD.
THE GOOD NEWS FOR OUR
CUSTOMERS IS THAT WE FOUND IT.
AND YOU CAN SEE OUR WAREHOUSE
IS NOW FULL.
DURING OUR VISIT IN MARCH,
SO MUCH OF THIS SPACE WAS GOING
UNUSED NOW IT'S FULL TO THE
BRIM OF THERMOMETERS HAND
SANITIZERS FACE MASKS FACE
SHIELDS AND GOWNS, EVEN SOME
GLOVES WHEN SCHOOL HEALTH CAN
GET THEIR HANDS ON THEM
NORMALLY SCHOOLS WOULD ORDER A
FEW CASES OF GLOVES FOR THEIR
NURSES.
AND NOW THEY'RE ORDERING.
TRUCKLOADS LOVES ARE GOING TO
BE A GLOBAL A PROBLEM FOR.
PRICES ON GLOVES REMAIN HIGH
AND HARD TO FIND BUT IN GENERAL
ROGERS SAYS THE SUPPLY CHAIN
WITH TIME HAS BECOME MORE
RELIABLE AND PRICES HAVE COME
DOWN. SCHOOLHOUSE CELLS TO
SCHOOLS IN ALL 50 STATES K
THROUGH 12 SOME NEW OFFERINGS
THIS FALL BECAUSE OF THE
PANDEMIC.
SIGNAGE PLEXIGLASS
PARTITIONS SPRAYERS FOR DEEP
CLEANING AND THESE HIGH-TECH
THERMAL SCANNERS CATCHING
STUDENTS TEMPERATURES AS THEY
QUICKLY WALK BY.
LOOK HOW FAST IT READS MINE
THAT GREEN DOT DOESN'T IDENTIFY
MEAN ANYWAY IT JUST TELLS THE
HEALTH CARE PROVIDER MONITORING
THAT SCREEN THAT I'M OK TO HEAD
TO CLASS THAT SCANNER IT COST
$7500. AND ADDED CALLS FOR ALL
THIS NON BUDGETED PPE IS A REAL
CONCERN THIS FALL STILL ROGERS
BELIEVES THE MARKET IS
STABILIZING AT LAST. I THINK
IF.
SCHOOLS WANTED TO REOPEN.
WE'LL HAVE THE SUPPLIES THAT
THEY NEED. IT'S JUST A MATTER
OF WHETHER OR NOT THEY CAN ALL
AGREE THAT THAT'S THE RIGHT
THING.
NOW SCHOOL HEALTH A BUSY
SEASON IN A TYPICAL YEAR BEGINS
THE WEEK OF JULY 4TH WHEN THE
NEW FISCAL YEAR BEGINS. THIS
YEAR AS WE ALL KNOW HAS BEEN
ANYTHING BUT TYPICAL AND
DESPITE THE FACT THAT SCHOOLS
WE'RE EVEN IN SESSION SCHOOL
DISTRICTS WERE ALREADY PLACING
BIG ORDERS STARTING IN MAY OF
COURSE THE BIGGER QUESTION NOW
THAT WE'RE GETTING REALLY CLOSE
TO THE START OF SCHOOL YEAR
LOCALLY IS WILL THE SCHOOL'S
ACTUALLY REOPEN AND THAT IS
WE'VE SEEN A CHANGING DAY TO
DAY HOUR MINUTE BY MINUTE BY
