Education Law

Smart safety

BoardBuzz was excited to see NSBA teaming up with National PTA and Consumers Union.  The groups have banded together to share safety alerts on product recalls with schools across the country.  The new School Safety Alert website offers information on all product recalls that schools and school districts can access and share directly from their websites. 

?Working with our communities ? with parents and businesses ? and by using the communications tools that are available to us is the best way for school boards to make sure that this kind of message reaches the public,? said C.H. ?Sonny? Savoie, President of NSBA. ?NSBA is proud to be working with the Consumer?s Union and PTA on this unique partnership.?

?Time and time again, we?ve seen incidents of recalled products including bassinets, window blind chords, and toys killing or injuring children.? said Jim Guest, President and CEO of Consumers Union, the publisher of Consumer Reports. ?The goal of the School Safety Alert Program is to get key recall and safety information to parents and prevent those tragedies. The National PTA and NSBA are ideal partners given their incomparable reach and impeccable reputations as trustworthy resources for educators and families.?

?National PTA prides itself on being a resource for parents and child advocates. For decades families have relied on PTA for information important to them. That?s why we?re proud to serve as a key partner with Consumer Reports and the NSBA to help keep children and families safe by providing them timely and relevant information,? said Chuck Saylors, National PTA President.

For more information on the program and to add the link to your school district’s site, click here.

Full post as published by BoardBuzz: NSBA's Daily Weblog on October 01, 2009 (boomark / email).