Schoenfeldt & Associates
has appeared in several newspaper articles which report what we do and
how we do it. These are a few of those articles. On this page we have
listed the name of the article, a short description of the article and
the paper it came from.
Bakersfield California is a front runner in Emergency Response. See what one district did to help insure the safety of
their students.
Letter of Recommendation:
Robert Bradford Assistant Director, Transportation Services with Bakersfield City School District
Emergency Drill: 'Disaster'
prepares Bancroft for worst. Daily Review, San Leandro, CA
This article relates Bancroft Middle School's experience with a simulated
explosion. The purpose of the drill is to test if the schools disaster
preparedness plan would work as planned, and to find areas where the
plan needed improvement.
Emergency drills point
home. Viaslia Times-Delta, Visalia, CA.
Pinkham Elementary School experiences an explosion in the school cafeteria
to simulate an unexpected disaster in order to test their emergency
preparedness plan.
Q&A with Mary Schoenfeldt:
Schools still safe havens for children. Sacramento Bee, Sacramento
CA.
A question and answer session with the owner of Schoenfeldt & Associates
about the current state of safety in schools and the necessity of disaster
drills.
School prepares itself
for the worst. San Gabriel Valley Tribune, Covina, CA.
Charter Oak High School particpates in a coordinated effort to test
California's state-level school disaster preparedness plan.
Disaster duplicated in
drill at school. Sacramento Bee, Sacramento, CA.
A simulated bomb threat and explosion illustrate the need for emergency
preparedness plans that involve police and fire departments and the
usefulness of drills to ensure that the plan works in a real situation.
'Explosion' at DES is
just a drill. Dunsmuir News, Dunsmuir, CA
Simulating a boiler explosion appears to be a good way to test Dunsmuir
Elementary School's, and the community's, disaster preparedness plan.
Emergency preparation
by simulation. Dunsmuir Herald-Press, Dunsmuir, CA.
A separate article about the same simulation.
School
district plans October disaster drill. Merced Sun-Star, Merced,
CA.
Simulation of natural gas explosion in cafeteria, and the planning that
goes into such a simulation.
Disaster
drill set for local schools. Merced
Sun-Star, Merced, CA.
A second article article about the planned October simulation
of a gas explosion in the school cafeteria, who is involved in the simulation,
and how the simulated emergency would be handled.
Preventing
Suicide Not Easy. Kern
Co.Superintendent of
Schools' Web Site.
An article about ways to prevent suicide among teens and adults.