Maybe someone should remove the rubber handle :-)

Jim

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On Sep 8, 2010, at 11:19 AM, "Richard Kasson" <[email protected]> wrote:

> I actually have a good relationship with all of the custodians except the one 
> that runs over everything with the vacuum.  He’s got a serious attitude 
> problem and he’s lazy.  He’s hosed the vacuum about 5 times because he runs 
> over the electrical cord.  I’m really surprised that he hasn’t been 
> electrocuted.  I guess he’s lucky the rubber handle on the vacuum doesn’t 
> have any cracks in it. 
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> If you remember “Lurch” on the Addams Family, well…’nuff said.
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> From: [email protected] 
> [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Dylan Haines
> Sent: Wednesday, September 08, 2010 10:35 AM
> To: 'Tech-Geeks Mailing List'
> Subject: Re: [tech-geeks] OT: summer cleaning....really worth it?
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> You may want to point out to his superiors that pulling out AC cords in that 
> manner is also a major fire hazard.
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> Dylan Haines
> Systems Technical Support Manager
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> HB Studios Multimedia Ltd.  
> Box 725, The Hive
> 37 Hall Street
> Lunenburg, NS  B0J 2C0
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> Tel:  (902)634-8316 ext. 237
> Cell: (902)553-0706
> Fax: (902)634-3647
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> www.hb-studios.com
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> From: [email protected] 
> [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Alicia M.M.Kessler
> Sent: Wednesday, September 08, 2010 12:31 PM
> To: Tech-Geeks Mailing List
> Subject: Re: [tech-geeks] OT: summer cleaning....really worth it?
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> Check lists would be good. I'm not sure I'd be able to get student helpers 
> hired.....but maybe. I run into headaches in trying to get the 
> elementary/middle school rooms connected while getting 2-8 AR ready for the 
> start of school. I think I need to have a meeting with admins and establish 
> that AR simply won't be ready until the 4th day of school or something. I 
> don't get class lists from admins until a week before school starts......then 
> to get new students added and classes setup and enrolled - ick.
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> I have one custodian that is destroying the floor jacks in our new building. 
> He won't bend over to unplug anything, he jerks it from standing level. The 
> main custodian who is awesome has talked until he's blue in the face......so 
> I'm going to go to the admins....oh well. Just grouchy for a Wednesday I 
> guess.
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> Alicia M. M. Kessler 
> It's a shallow life that doesn't give a person a few scars.
> ~Garrison Keillor
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> From: "Steele, Thomas C" <[email protected]>
> To: Tech-Geeks Mailing List <[email protected]>
> Sent: Wed, September 8, 2010 8:55:39 AM
> Subject: Re: [tech-geeks] OT: summer cleaning....really worth it?
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> Good luck getting that changed!!  Maintenance folks tend to be the unmovable 
> wall.
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> We fought the same battle for years and finally conceded that we were not 
> going to get the maintenance practices changed so we looked for ways to deal 
> with it.  We started by hiring student workers during the summer.  They go 
> through and re-image/clean all the computers.  They go in behind the 
> maintenance crews and set up and reconnect all the systems.  We have been 
> tweaking the system for a few years now and for the past couple years have 
> streamlined the process to where it is no longer a problem. 
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> At the end of the school year, we require teachers, as part of their final 
> check-off before they can leave for the year, to label all of their computers 
> with their room number, mark all cables with the port number they are plugged 
> in to, and disconnect them from the wall (we get about 95% compliance with 
> this, after we explained that this helps guarantee they get the right 
> computers back in their room).   In August, we do check list for our student 
> workers to go through each room, log on to each computer, ensure it is 
> connecting to the network properly, in the correct subnet and has the correct 
> image applied.  The students then sign off on the checklist and leave an 
> inspection card for the teacher with their name and the date the room was 
> checked.   This is the 2nd year using this system and for two years running 
> we have not had any issues to speak of regarding systems not re-connected at 
> the start of the year. 
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> Of course, we have all the OTHER issues related to start of school and this 
> was particularly bad this year due to the Windows 7 implementation.  I would 
> be happy to share our checklists if anyone is interested – just let me know 
> off-list.
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> -TS
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> Thomas C. Steele
> Technology Director
> Manteno CUSD #5
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> 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?
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> 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?? 
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> ok. sigh. I'm done.
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> Alicia M. M. Kessler 
> It's a shallow life that doesn't give a person a few scars.
> ~Garrison Keillor
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