Miller City-New Cleveland Local School out of Miller City, Ohio recently installed five truckloads of Jelly Bean Rubber Mulch to replace rubber tire mulch.

Kerry Johnson, Superintendent and High School Principal for Miller City-New Cleveland Local School tells us about the job.

How did you find out about Jelly Bean Rubber Mulch?

From our Parent-Teacher Organization.

How was the ordering and delivery process for you?

The ordering and delivery could not have gone more smoothly for the school. The communication was terrific and allowed our maintenance staff to properly assist with the offloading upon delivery.

Where is the playground located?

The playground is located on our campus and is quite sizable at 11,500 square feet.

Was it fairly easy to install?

With approximately 20 community volunteers and some donated equipment that allowed us to move the super sacks into place the installation was completed in just about 5 hours.

How do the kids like Jelly Bean Rubber Mulch?

The kids love the new surface.

What’s your thoughts about Jelly Bean Rubber Mulch now that it’s on the playground?

We really like the Jelly Bean Rubber Mulch product. We feel good about the safety it provides our kids and also about the long-term with regards to maintenance and upkeep. This really was the best way to go for our resurfacing needs.

Anything else you want to share with people thinking about Jelly Bean Rubber Mulch?

John Pell is great to work with and certainly understands the importance of customer service and fostering positive relationships with people.

About The School

The mission of Miller City-New Cleveland School is to establish and to improve the basic skills of all children. Existing to provide an environment that creates positive experiences that contribute to each child’s self-worth. Operating since August 2003, the school is a K-12 facility.

Miller City-New Cleveland currently enrolls approximately 485 total students. The Miller City and New Cleveland communities are located in the heart of Putnam County within 40 minutes of Defiance, Findlay, and Lima.

About Jelly Bean Rubber Mulch

Playground surface Jelly Bean is a 100 percent wire-free pre-consumer virgin rubber mulch product. The material is sterile, latex free, and contains no such carcinogens or harmful VOC’s as tire mulch could. Jelly Bean is so safe it’s in compliance with California’s indoor air quality standards. The product is odorless,100 percent free of contaminants and does not hold heat. Jelly Bean offers an industry-best safety rating exceeding CPSC guidelines for fall safety, and surpassing traditional playground coverings by hundreds of percentage points. All these reasons show why parks and schools nationwide choose Jelly Bean Rubber Mulch for their play surfaces.