- December 4, 2025
Flagler County School Board Chair Will Furry cuts the ribbon on the school district's new Wellness Center. Photo by Brent Woronoff
Flagler County School Board Chair Will Furry gets ready to cut the ribbon on the school district's new Wellness Center. Photo by Brent Woronoff
Flagler Schools Wellness Center provider Sheri Hahn speaks at the ribbon cutting. Photo by Brent Woronoff
Flagler Schools Superintendent LaShakia Moore with Plant Services Project Manager Chuck Coates at the Wellness enter ribbon cutting. Photo by Brent Woronoff
Flagler County School Board Chair Will Furry speaks at the Wellness Center ribbon cutting. Photo by Brent Woronoff
Flagler Schools Superintendent LaShakia Moore with teacher union president Elisabeth Dias and Plant Services Project Manager Chuck Coates. Photo by Brent Woronoff
Joshua Walker, Human Resources supervisor, speaks at the Wellness Center ribbon cutting. Photo by Brent Woronoff
Micah Moughon of Marathon Health speaks at the Flagler Schools Wellness Center ribbon cutting. Photo by Brent Woronoff
An examination room at Flagler Schools' new Wellness Center. Photo by Brent Woronoff
A Flagler Schools employee (left) checks in at the new Wellness Center. Photo by Brent Woronoff
Flagler Schools held a ribbon cutting for its new Wellness Center on Tuesday, July 8. The gym at the former Belle Terre Swim and Racquet Club has been transformed into a health clinic with three examination rooms, a lab, a medication dispensary room, a reception area and lobby, a break room and an office.
“This is probably the nicest wellness center you’ve ever been to,” Flagler Schools Superintendent LaShakia Moore said at the ribbon cutting celebration.
The Wellness Center, which had already served 40 school district employees before the official opening, is being administered by Marathon Health.
“Marathon is the leader in employee-based wellness around the country,” said Joshua Walker, Flagler Schools Human Resources supervisor, who spearheaded the project. “This is a game-changer for us.”
The center’s services include primary care, chronic condition management, lab work and generic medications in addition to virtual mental health and nutrition counseling. All of the services are free to Flagler Schools employees who are on the district’s health insurance plan.
“More than 40% of our visits are scheduled same-day or next day,” Marathon Health’s Micah Moughon said. “This is the way health care should be run.”
Sheri Hahn, a family nurse practitioner, is the center’s provider. Two medical assistants are also working at the facility. They are employees of Marathon Health. Hahn, is a resident of Flagler County who applied for the position.
“Marathon gave us a list of finalists (for the provider position), and we chose Ms. Hahn,” Walker said.
School Board Chair Will Furry said the finished Wellness Center “far exceeded our expectations.
We transformed this space to something that’s active again, something alive, something with purpose.
— WILL FURRY, Flagler County School Board chair
“This shows we care about our employees and we care about our employees’ families,” he said. “We transformed this space to something that’s active again, something alive, something with purpose.”
Flagler County Educators Association President Elisabeth Dias, who was involved in insurance bargaining for both school district unions, said benefits are a hot topic right now. “And we want to provide the best” for district teachers and staff.
When the School Board was deciding last year whether to approve the Wellness Center, Everside Health — which has merged with Marathon Health — estimated that the first-year total cost of the center to the district would be about $825,000 with a five-year cumulative cost of $3.7 million. But by reducing employee insurance claims, the five-year savings estimate was $7.8 million.
The key factor is employee use of the center, driving down ER visits and other services that the center will provide.
Walker urged department heads to spread the word to employees about what great benefit the center will be.
Assisting Furry with the ribbon cutting were School Board members Christy Chong, Lauren Ramirez and Derek Barrs, Superintendent Moore, Assistant Superintendent Angela O’Brien, HR Chief Robert Ouellette, Hahn, Walker and Dias.
