I think that's the key - make friends with your custodians. When I was in the school system I had a good relationship with most of them and with some guidance they were more aware of the impact of their work on our work. Dylan Dylan Haines Systems Technical Support Manager
HB Studios Multimedia Ltd. Box 725, The Hive 37 Hall Street Lunenburg, NS B0J 2C0 Tel: (902)634-8316 ext. 237 Cell: (902)553-0706 Fax: (902)634-3647 <blocked::blocked::http://www.hb-studios.com/> www.hb-studios.com _____ From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Daniel Ragen Sent: Wednesday, September 08, 2010 12:08 PM To: 'Tech-Geeks Mailing List' Subject: Re: [tech-geeks] OT: summer cleaning....really worth it? Boy I must have it good. The Janitors here actually work with me and try and keep everything in order. I usually don't start cleaning until the middle of July and work in the areas they have already waxed and cleaned. As always there is usually something missing like a patch cable or a mouse, but that easy to replace. Right after school I go through each classroom to make sure that the PC, monitor and any peripheral is off. You'd be surprised how many teacher just get up and walk out without even logging out of there PC. They leave there flat screen monitors on all the time and the projectors for the white boards on too. I do a spot check and take the projector remote away so they have to come to me to get it and get told to turn it off. Oh well, can't have everything. Daniel E. Ragen District Technology Coordinator Dupo CUSD 196 600 Louisa Ave Dupo, IL 62239 Phone - 618-286-3214 x2141 <mailto:[email protected]> [email protected] ''Life's tough ... it's even tougher if you're stupid." - John Wayne >>> "Richard Kasson" <[email protected]> 9/8/2010 9:51 AM >>> I agree. On top of them taking everything out of the rooms, they aren't exactly careful. There is one custodian who will run a vacuum over anything that happens to be on the floor rather than pick it up. I can't begin to tell you how many pieces of cat 5 I've had to replace. He tells the teachers "I don't pick anything up". Last summer he stood there and watched student (hired as summer help) run over the power cord for a Jet Direct print server. Shorted out the power supply and the print server. The ensuing conversation was one-sided and not politically correct. I couldn't get the superintendent to take the $200 + out of their checks. I've been trying to get the board to put me on a 12-month contract for two years because of this kind of thing. I figure if I'm here to plug everything back in, I won't have wires tied in knots, cables getting vacuumed, and a lot fewer problems at the beginning of the year. So far, they haven't wanted to part with the extra bucks. From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Alicia M.M.Kessler Sent: Wednesday, September 08, 2010 8:31 AM To: [email protected] Subject: [tech-geeks] OT: summer cleaning....really worth it? <rant> It's the what....4th week of school.....still dealing with problems of everything being taken out of classrooms, staff who can't or refuse to figure out how to plug anything in back and want everything moved and then complain about what I get done in a day.....ie the filter was blocking the Eastern Paws or whatever the course work is they are trying to do during school time! Isn't there a better way than rucking everything out in the hall every summer?? ok. sigh. I'm done. </rant> Alicia M. M. Kessler It's a shallow life that doesn't give a person a few scars. ~Garrison Keillor
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