Custodial Information

Why we aren’t cutting Custodial/Maintenance Staff?

1.     We currently have the following employees in our custodial/maintenance staff

a.     Don Schlosser-Supervisor-Full Time (Really works 55+ hours/week and does not claim overtime)

b.     Tim Pawlowicz-First Shift Custodial-Full Time

c.      Bret Weldon-First Shift Custodial-Full Time

d.     Jason Brandt-Second Shift Custodial-Full Time (Has carpentry and masonry skills that has already saved the district thousands of dollars)

e.     Cory Wilcox-Second Shift Custodial-Full Time

f.      Cody Walsh-Third Shift Custodial-Full Time

g.     Tracee Koch-Second Shift (Bathrooms-3 hours) and Fieldhouse (1 hour) Half-Time

h.     Doug Wolff-Groundskeeper-Full-Time

2.     We eliminated the student custodian at the November Board Meeting, which was a 3-hour minimum wage paid position.

3.     We have 116 toilets and 18 showers here that are currently used by 1300 people 5 days/week. By cleaning these daily, we have avoided major health concerns with our students and staff (MRSA and other diseases). The main bathrooms get cleaned with a Kaivac, which is the most thorough industrial bathroom cleaning system on the market.

4.     We have 171,068 first floor square footage at the new school that needs to be cleaned daily.

5.     Superior gets used daily for various athletic events and Doug Wolff is responsible for cleaning of this facility as part of his daily duties.

6.     District mows 41 acres of ground that needs mowed at 3 different sites which are 2 miles away from one another. In the peak season, he mows at least 7 hours/day, 5 days/week. Many times he mows on weekends due to the weather and he never complains about having to adjust his work schedule. Doug also maintains district equipment to ensure that unnecessary repairs aren’t needed. When I took this job in 2008, I received many phone calls about how poorly our yard and landscaping was being maintained. I no longer get those phone calls and I believe that our grounds are as properly maintained as any school district around.

7.     For the past three summers, we have added Su Clifton to the summer cleaning crew, which is much less than it was before I got here. 

Dr. Jamie Grime, Superintendent MEVS

Knowledge Works (Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation) released a report on March 1, 2011, that rank orders the non-instructional efficiency of school districts by typology. We are considered a typology 1, which is rural, high poverty. There are 97 districts in the state that fall into this category. The comprehensive report tells all the indicators that need to be met to be considered a highly efficient district. Montpelier Exempted Village Schools scored 3 out of 97 in our maintenance department.   The report mentions Montpelier Exempted Village Schools specifically as models of efficiency for maintenance.

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Mr. Hendricks created this graph that shows custodial staff spending. You will see that in 2008, our salaries decreased by $30,000 (11%) and have only risen due to steps and salary increases. This is due to the fact that past practice was to pay overtime to plow and for other duties that Maintenance Supervisor over 40 hours.   Current Maintenance Supervisor, Don Schlosser, does not claim any overtime and there has been a severe reduction in summer cleaning crew.