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Kies named AAA School Safety Patrol Advisor of the Year

ANSONIA – Rick Kies asked the American Legion if they would put up a flag pole on the west side of the Ansonia school building. They did. Since then he’s gone out with his kids every day to raise and lower the flag.

This is just one of a long list of the accolades retiring Ansonia PE teacher Rick Kies has received over the years. The latest was being named the AAA School Safety Patrol Advisor of the Year. Noting he had done Safety Patrol since he started at Ansonia in 1979, quiet mannered Kies said it was “quite an honor to have that for the whole Miami Valley.” He then switched the conversation to his kids. His safety patrol.

“I have 35 active safety patrol students with 15 more on the waiting list,” he said. “Not many schools do that anymore; we’ve been doing it a long time.”

Kies said students have to take a written test to qualify for the patrol and only the top scoring students are put in charge. The patrol consists of two shifts serving every other week. With the waiting list, new students are installed as others remove themselves or are disqualified. The grade levels involved are four through six...

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