FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
NEWS RELEASE
September 17, 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 STRANGE PRESENTS REDLAND ELEMENTARY WITH
2013 ATTORNEY GENERAL’S SAFE SCHOOL AWARD
(MONTGOMERY) – Attorney General Strange presented Redland Elementary
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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
NEWS RELEASE
September 17, 2013
For More Information, contact:
Luther Strange
Joy Patterson (334) 242-7491
Alabama Attorney General
Claire Haynes (334) 242-7351
Page 1 of 1
AG STRANGE PRESENTS LEEDS HIGH SCHOOL WITH
2013 ATTORNEY GENERAL’S SAFE SCHOOL AWARD
(MONTGOMERY) – Attorney General Strange presented Leeds High School in
Leeds 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 Leeds High School with a 2013 Award of Excellence for
School Board District 7,” 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.”
“Our staff and administration believe a safe and secure school supports
instructional efforts,” said Assistant Principal Stephen Hall. “This is not just an
individual responsibility, but an institutional one. We work in partnership with
community leaders, law enforcement, emergency response, professional organizations,
the Leeds City Schools Board of Education, Leeds City Schools Superintendant John
Moore, and school system leaders, and receive tremendous support for training and
preparation from Leeds Police Chief Byron Jackson, Leeds School Resource Officer
Dwain Hagan, and Leeds Fire Chief Allen Pierce. The basis for any instructional
initiative is a student body that feels confident of a safe and secure environment for
learning. At Leeds High School, safety is an essential step in providing the best
instructional program possible.”
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 he is 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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