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About 320 Sarasota County School District custodians converged on Riverview High School on July 3 for their district-hosted annual professional development day, the dis- trict has announced. Each of them selected five sessions to attend from among the 21 offered, a news release says. They studied subjects ranging from cash management to CPR and defibrillator use to fire safety and security to Internet navigation, the release notes. Other classes focused on subjects that would benefit them and their families, such as nutrition, home repair, health insurance and preparing for retirement, the release adds. Although the day had a serious goal in its endeavor to raise the productivity level of the custodial staff, the release continues, "the team-building activities were clearly the most fun." Organized around the theme of Custodial Olympics, teams of custodians from individual schools went head-to-head in a series of activities that culminated in three trophies being awarded. Those events were the Golf Cart Rodeo, Duct Tape Wars, Olympic Games and building a spaghetti structure. "The Golf Cart Rodeo required drivers to nav- igate a slalom course of tennis balls on stands SARASOTA SCHOOLS CUSTODIAL DAY BUILDS TEAMWORK, SKILLS Tuttle Elementary School custodians Blondel Alexandre (left) and Gilda Williams participate in a team-building exercise called Duct Tape Wars during Custodial Day activities at Riverview High School. Contributed photo Sarasota News Leader July 11, 2014 Page 83