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Board hears custodial contract transition, maintenance backlogs and staffing shortfalls

Beaufort County School District Board · September 19, 2024
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Summary

District staff reported a custodial contract transition to three vendors starting Oct. 1, maintenance is completing roughly 55% of work orders with HVAC and plumbing generating the most requests, and the maintenance director role was confirmed as Bobby Lucky.

District operations staff told the board the custodial contract will transition to three new vendors on Oct. 1, with a major load‑in weekend scheduled for Sept. 27. "The new contract... begins October 1st," a staff member said, and managers are working to ensure vendors have staff and background checks completed before the switch.

Maintenance staff reported roughly 6,000 work orders submitted in June–July and a little over 3,000 completed in that period — about a 55% completion rate at that peak time, which staff…

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