Each Monday morning, we students and staff arrive at our school. The hallways, classrooms, restrooms, lockerrooms and other areas have been cleaned and prepped for us to use.
It's not an easy job, so the next time you brush past your building's custodians, greet them with a friendly smile and tell them "Good morning!" or "Good afternoon!".
Believe it or not I consider it a great learning experience to serve as a summer custodian at Geneseo High School about twelve years ago. We were at the building by 6:30 a.m., and we did all the things that occur in a school's summer cleaning program - moving classroom furniture out of classroom, cleaning all furniture all classrooms, cleaning and waxing the floor, wiping down all the walls, boards, cabinets, cleaning all the classroom furniture and moving it back in. IT'S A LOT OF WORK...and cleaning gum off the bottoms of chairs and desks with a putty knife is gross!
Then there are the restrooms and lockerrooms - cleaning toilets, urinals, and showers is yucky!
Custodians don't just clean, though, They change light bulbs, perform light maintenance, clear snow from sidewalks in the winter, clean up after a student gets sick or is injured, deal with chemicals, and a variety of other jobs.
Thank you custodians for the work you do!
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