Debbie,

I don't run for my local school board. Since I have no children, that would be a political impossibility. However, I have been on the Health and Safety Advisory Committee to that Board for the last 5 years.. The committee includes representatives of the school nurses, the principals, teachers, district administration, food service director, Assistant Superintendent for facilities, a designated member of the School Board and the insurance company (now a Safety professional but previously an Industrial Hygienist), among others. One of the parent members, who just rotated off, was also a Safety Professional and used to just "drop by" construction and major maintenance sites for several years, reporting back to the committee. Most of those concerns have been well internalized by the District now, one reason he felt comfortable leaving. We have also have the Chemical Safety Officer (a chemistry teacher in the high school) join us from time to time, and he coordinates with the science staff in the middle school.

Now that I am nominally retired, I hope to get more involved with the arts and theater side of activities in the coming school year, since I am pretty comfortable with how the science side (at least chemistry) is being handled.. So far, whenever I've asked a question about arts activity, the answers coming back have been pretty descent.

Peter Zavon, CIH
Penfield, NY

PZAVON**At_Symbol_Here**Rochester.rr.com

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