FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
NEWS RELEASE
September 9, 2013
For More Information, contact:
Luther Strange
Joy Patterson (334) 242-7491
Alabama Attorney General
Claire Haynes (334) 242-7351
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AG PRESENTS EASTWOOD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
IN DECATUR WITH 2013 SAFE SCHOOLS AWARD
(MONTGOMERY) – Attorney General Strange presented Eastwood
Elementary School in Decatur with the 2013 Attorney General’s Safe School
Initiative Award of Excellence at a school assembly today. One school was selected
as the winner from each of the Alabama State School Board of Education districts.
“I am honored to award Eastwood Elementary School with a 2013 Award of
Excellence for School Board District 6,” said Attorney General Strange. “Ensuring
safe schools for our students has never been more important, and this program will
help us identify the best practices that schools should be using. I look forward to
sharing these best practices with other schools.”
“I am excited that Eastwood was selected to receive the Attorney General’s
Safe School Initiative Award of Excellence. Our faculty and staff work diligently
each day to ensure the safety of our students,” said Eastwood Elementary Principal
Margaret Greer. “Eastwood has tremendous support from all of our community
agencies. Mr. Dwight Satterfield, our safety supervisor, is a valued resource to us.
Through community resources, our faculty and staff, and the Decatur City School’s
central office personnel, the Eastwood stakeholders can be assured that our school is
a safe environment for their children.”
Attorney General Strange is personally presenting the awards for the 2013
Awards of Excellence winners at school assemblies during this fall to the eight
winning schools. Attorney General Strange expressed special thanks to the Alabama
Farmers Federation and Alfa Insurance for their continued financial support of the
Alabama Safe Schools Initiative.
*In April, Attorney General Strange announced that his office would be reinstituting the Attorney
General’s Safe Schools Initiative with a new emphasis on encouraging technological advances to deal
with the challenges experienced by today’s schools and students. Nominations were received between
April and June, and in August a panel of judges reviewed the nominations to determine a winner from
each of the eight state school board districts.
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