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Portland schools report 3,900 active work orders and limited maintenance staff; district lays out prioritization matrix
Summary
District operations staff told the committee that 77 technicians handle maintenance across 9.5 million square feet, with 3,900 active work orders; staff described emergency/high/medium/low priorities, recent shift changes and steps to optimize response.
Frank Levitt, senior director of operations for Portland SD 1J, told the Facilities Improvement Oversight Committee that the maintenance division currently has 77 technicians responsible for roughly 9.5 million square feet of school facilities and about 3,900 active work orders in the district system.
“Those 77 technicians are the 77 that we will have moving forward,” Levitt said, noting one vacant plumber position the district was recruiting to…
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