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Taft Health Room

Contact Information

  • Jill DeMar
    Health Assistant
    Phone: (505) 344-4389, ext. 54809
  • Lina Chee Duran
    School Nurse
Health Children Learn Better. School Nurses Make It Happen!

If your child is ill or injured, it is essential for us to be able to get in touch with a parent, guardian, or other emergency contact. If you change your email or phone numbers, please update your contact information in ParentVUE.

Emergency Crisis Lines

National Suicide Prevention lifeline

  • Phone: 988

988 is the new three-digit number to call (multiple languages), text or chat (English only) that connects people to the existing National Suicide Prevention Lifeline.

New Mexico Crisis and Access Line

  • Phone: 1-855-NMcrisis (662-7474)

If you or a loved one is experiencing any kind of emotional crisis, mental health or substance use concern, you can find help 24 hours a day, seven days a week, by calling the New Mexico Crisis and Access Line or Peer- to-Peer phone line.

New Mexico Crisis Line

Medication Policy

Please call the health room to discuss any prescribed medications that may need to be taken at school and complete the provider authorization form. Students are not allowed to carry medication on campus without the proper authorization form on file. Please call us with any questions.

Medicaid

Medicaid Enrollment is an APS program to help students, staff and families with Medicaid enrollment and education. This program also allows eligible families to get same-day medical care while they wait for their application to be processed.

APS Medicaid Enrollment Support