$53,250 Awarded to Atlantic, Cape May and Ocean County School Districts

COURT HOUSE – For the 20th year in a row, the Atlantic and Cape May Counties Association of School Business Officials Joint Insurance Fund (ACCASBO JIF) celebrated member school district successes at their Annual State of the Joint Insurance Fund Dinner. The dinner meeting is organized to reward and recognize the extraordinary efforts of member districts for their commitment to provide a safe and healthy environment for students, staff and community by actively participating in risk management programs.
Rewards were earned by members who reduced the number of accidents by focusing on local safety efforts. Utilizing ACCASBO JIF safety services, districts build and maintain responsive internal accident reporting systems. It is hard work and member districts were acknowledged with recognition plaques and monetary awards.
• In all, 17 member school districts were recognized and received awards totaling $53,250.
• Brigantine Public School District was recognized as School District of the Year for reaching above and beyond the call of duty, earning an additional $2,500 reward.
• Janet Neill, of North Wildwood School District, received the Safety Star of the Year for her ongoing contribution to safety efforts.
• Cynthia McLaughlin, Kathleen McCabe, and Gerald Ravaioli from Jackson Township Board of Education won the Safety Hero award for performing life-saving emergency medical care on a fellow co-worker suffering from cardiac arrest.
The ACCASBO JIF is a public entity that is owned and controlled by its Member Districts. It is not an insurance company, and is monitored by the NJ State Department of Banking & Insurance.
The State of New Jersey allows public entities to collectively pool their resources to insure for property, liability and workers’ compensation coverages. The ACCASBO JIF was formed in 1991 to reduce the cost of risk so that more money would be available for education.
Member districts have saved tens of millions of dollars and returned $5,364,908 in the form of dividends to their schools for textbooks, supplies, tax relief, technology and new programs.