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 STRANGE PRESENTS ORANGE BEACH ELEMENTARY
WITH 2013 ATTORNEY GENERAL’S SAFE SCHOOLS AWARD
(MONTGOMERY) – Attorney General Strange presented Orange Beach
Elementary in Orange Beach 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 Orange Beach Elementary with a 2013 Award of
Excellence for School Board District 1,” 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.”
“We are extremely honored to have received the Safe Schools Initiative
Award of Excellence,” said Orange Beach Elementary Principal Lori Brocato. “We
are most thankful to our students, staff, parents, the Baldwin County Board of
Education, and the City of Orange Beach for providing us with the resources we
need to be a safe school award winner.”
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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