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Teachers press Dearborn district on building conditions; district to roll out maintenance ticketing next year
Summary
Union representative Kathy Martin urged faster repairs and transparency on aging buildings. District staff said a help-desk style ticketing system will allow staff to file maintenance requests, track response times and reopen closed tickets; full rollout is expected next school year.
Union representative Cathy Martin told the Dearborn City School District board on April 14 that she was pausing a planned slideshow of building problems to allow the district time to address outstanding maintenance issues, but she urged faster action and better tracking.
“I don’t want to be making slideshows of, you know, damage to buildings. I want everything to be great,” Cathy Martin said, noting the time staff spend documenting recurring problems. Martin asked the district to accelerate repairs and improve responsiveness so teachers and students are not exposed to avoidable condition issues.
District operations staff and board members discussed causes and…
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