The Grand Coulee Dam School District is contracting with Coulee Medical Center to provide supervisory nursing services for the new school complex in Coulee Dam.

The school board approved a measure that will provide two days of on-site registered nurse care at the schools, and also provide consultation when needed.

The school also has two practical nurses who provide care, one at each school, five days a week.

The agreement calls for CMC to bill the school district for up to 640 hours of supervisory nursing coverage at $30 an hour during the course of the school year.

The new arrangement replaces registered nurse Cheryl Fercha, who resigned her longstanding position at the school district.