Kewaskum School Staff Not Happy With Custodial Staff

Do you know what’s great about this?

Concerns about the Kewaskum School District’s decision to outsource cleaning services for the community’s schools about a year and a half ago resurfaced when the School Board met Monday night.

  About 80 teachers and staff are estimated to have attended the meeting, where the members of the Kewaskum Auxiliary Personnel asked the board to revisit the subject.

  Among those at the meeting were Steve Backhaus, lead custodian at Kewaskum Middle School.

  Backhaus said members of the auxiliary decided to make a statement at Monday night’s meeting because a letter sent to the School Board and district administration in October about quality, safety, and other concerns related to the subcontracted custodial services was ignored.

  The seven-page letter identified “concerns relating to the quality of services provided by the subcontractor and the condition of equipment used by the subcontractor.”

  “We don’t mean to belittle the people who do the work,” Backhaus said. “It’s just not getting done right or it’s not done at all.”

If the services truly are that poor, they can fire the service and get another one.  Somehow, though, I’m a bit skeptical that it’s that bad.