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Columbia Schools Win 2011 Missouri Green Clean Award

Green School Award

Columbia Public Schools Does it Again in 2011

Earning Grand Award for Green Cleaning
With Automatic Scrubbers from Tornado®

Grand Award: K-12/School Districts in the 2012 Green Cleaning Awards

Columbia public school districtColumbia Public School District, Columbia, Missouri

Program Information
Number of students: 17,709
Square footage maintained: 2,700,838
Number of full-time custodians: 147
Annual cleaning budget: $478,875 

Filmop Microfiber System Helps School District Win Green Cleaning Award

There is only one winner for the American School & University's Green Cleaning Award for Best New Program 2010 -- and that winner is Columbia Public Schools in Columbia, Mo. headed up by Michael Jones, assistant director of custodial services. The district won this award by embracing a comprehensive "go green" program that included changing to green cleaning products, paper, microfiber, and new green maintenance initiatives.