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Sarasota News Leader October 4, 2013 detailed self-assessment of its activities in eight categories: health education, physical education, health services, nutrition services, counseling, psychological and social services, healthful school environment, health promotion for staff, and parent and community involvement, the release continues. The assessments are evaluated on a scale of 1 to 100. A score higher than 86 percent is required to earn the Gold Level. Page 73 was primarily a result of improvements in the district volunteer program, Reynolds added. The district's score in physical education, at 94 percent, also was the highest in the state. Among the district's other high-scoring categories were health services at 97 percent, nutrition services and education at 97 percent, employee wellness at 92 percent, healthy school environment at 86 percent, health education at 86 percent, and counseling, psySherri Reynolds, the Student Services super- chological and social services at 83 percent. visor who prepared the application, said she was particularly proud of the effort that made Bob Hagemann, chairman of the Sarasota possible the district score for parent and County School Health Advisory Committee, community involvement. It improved from congratulated Reynolds for promoting health83 percent in 2012 to 100 percent this year, ful living in the district and in the community the release notes. It also was the best in the "with passion and purpose," the release continstate in that category, she said. The increase ues. "She is on a mission," he said in the release. IMPROVED ONLINE PERMITTING FOR LOCAL CONTRACTORS BEGINS OCT. 7 Beginning Oct. 7, local contractors will be able to save time and money by applying for building permits through the Sarasota County Planning and Development Services Department's updated online system at www.building.scgov.net, the county has announced. Current registered users will have full access to the new site; however, each contractor agent will need to create a new, one-time-only free registration, a news release says. will make it easier for local contractors to get back to building homes and businesses, which is good for them and good for our economy." During the upgrade to the new and improved service, the current online permitting system and the Integrated Voice Response System (IVR) will be unavailable from Friday, Oct. 4, until Monday, Oct. 7, the release points out. The Permit Centers, located at 1001 Sarasota Center Blvd., Sarasota, and 4000 S. Tamiami Trail, Venice, will be open for business on Oct. 4 during normal business hours, 7:30 a.m. to 4 p.m., with limited capabilities, the release says. By cutting down the time it takes to apply for and receive a building permit, county staff is helping contractors expand their businesses New features will allow electronic online and create jobs, the release notes. permitting for all types of building permits 24 "Requests for building permits are up, so the hours a day, along with payment of fees, the demand is out there, and we want to make scheduling of inspections and other upgrades, sure we have the proper resources to serve the release continues. our customers," said Tom Polk, director of the Planning and Development Services For more information, contact the Permit Department, in the release. "This upgrade Centers at 861-3029 or 861-6678.