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Superintendent outlines facilities backlog and staffing challenges after recent school closures
Summary
Superintendent Robert Taylor presented a facilities update to the board focused on maintenance staffing, equipment age, service backlogs and instructional days lost to facilities problems.
Superintendent Robert Taylor presented a facilities update to the board focused on maintenance staffing, equipment age, service backlogs and instructional days lost to facilities problems.
Why it matters: Taylor said the district’s building footprint has grown from about 22 million to roughly 27.5 million square feet since 2015, and that only a modest increase in maintenance staff months has accompanied that growth. He said one in three schools experienced a partial instructional-day loss last year due to facilities issues.
Taylor highlighted several staffing and life-cycle issues. He gave grade-based salary examples to illustrate market pressure for skilled technicians and…
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