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Safety efforts earn Mohonasen Safety Excellence Award
March 26, 2009
Mohonasen was recently one of 100 school districts and BOCES in the state to receive the "2009 School Safety Excellence Award" from the Utica National Insurance Group.
Utica National officials presented the award at its 29th annual school safety seminar, one of seven held in New York. Mohonasen received a plaque from the company to commemorate its safety efforts.
"Safety and health concerns are a priority in our school districts. Whether we are parents seeing our child off on the school bus, teachers charged with the responsibility of educating, or staff who maintain the facility, there is a common thread of attention to safety issues," Utica National's program initiator and Risk Management Regional Manager James Kristoff said. "It is with great pleasure that we recognize those schools that not only take safety to heart, but go above and beyond to provide a safe, healthy and focused culture for learning."
Utica National's safety program helps school districts enhance overall safety through measurable assessments. The program evaluates schools with their own transportation on 17 categories, schools with contract transportation on 16 categories and BOCES on 11 categories. Categories range from school playground safety to indoor air quality.
