MAINTENANCE AND OPERATION
I. PHILOSOPHY
A. Individual Program
Every school should be staffed with
custodial personnel sufficient to keep the building and grounds
in a manner to bring pride to the staff, student body, and community.
The entire school program can be enriched by an well-organized, preventive maintenance program. School spirit and community pride is a factor in the overall school program.
B. Purposes and Objectives
1. Maintain clean building and grounds
at all times.
2. Ensure safety, health and comfort
of students and faculty at all times.
3. Instill pride in staff, students,
and community from a practical and aesthetic viewpoint.
4. Properly store all equipment
and materials.
5. Ensure good working relations
with faculty and other staff members.
II. INSTRUCTIONAL PROGRAMS
Does not apply.
III. SPACE NEEDS
A. Estimate of Space Needs
To meet Florida State Proposed Accreditation
Standards, Level 2, for enrollment of 2500 pupils
1. Projected Enrollment of Subjects
With an enrollment
of 2,500, assuming half-male and half-female, there should be
8 girls' bathrooms and 8 boys' bathrooms. For staff members and
visitors the school needs four restrooms. Near each restroom
there should be a storage closet. Also, the school should have
one large central storage room and one separate storage room for
mechanical equipment.
2. Policy of group size
Does not apply.
3. Number of Sections of Each
Size Group
Recommended minimum
number of toilet fixtures for gang toilet rooms should provide
for the pupil capacity of the school according to the following
ratio:
Fixture Girls Boys
a. Water Closets 1-30 1-50
b. Lavatories 1-40 1-40
c. Urinals 1-30
Each girls' restroom should have 5 water closets and 4 lavatories. Each boys' restroom should have 3 water closets, 5 urinals, and 4 lavatories.
For staff members and visitors the school needs 4 rest rooms which do not open into the faculty room, but are situated near it. The ladies' restroom should contain:
a. Minimum
of two water closets.
b. Powder room
adjacent to toilet room, with cot.
c. Two lavatories
with hot and cold water.
d. Vanity and
stool.
e. Enclosed space
for collective storage for teachers.
f. Horizontal
mirror above vanity and lavatories.
g. Full length
mirror on door.
The men's restroom
should contain:
a. One enclosed
water closet.
b. One urinal.
c. Two lavatories
with hot and cold water.
d. Shelf
e. Mirror
4. Number of Periods in Schedule
Does not apply
5. Number of Teacher Stations Required
Does not apply
6. Estimated Amount of Square Footage
Needed as a " Guide Only"
To meet Florida
State Proposed Accreditation Standards, Level 2:
a. Restroom facilities 5,500
sq. ft.
b. Storage space and custodial
office 2,500 sq. ft.
B. Furniture and Equipment
1. Furniture
a.
1 desk
b.
1 chair, desk type
c. 2 tables,
multi-purpose
d. 8 chairs,
multi-purpose
e. 1 cabinet,
file, 4-drawer legal-size, metal, with lock
2. Equipment
a. 2 mowers, lawn,
gasoline engine, 24" cut, adjustable height
b. 4 carts,
equipped for janitorial supplies
c. 4 wheelbarrows,
rubber tires
d. 2 stepladders,
1 8', 1 10', safety features, aluminum
e. 1 washing machine,
electric, automatic
f. 1 clothes dryer,
electric
g. 2 vacuum cleaners,
1 portable, 1 on wheels
h. 2 buffing machines,
17" electric
i. 2 dollies,
24" x 48" , ball-bearing casters
IV. STORAGE
A. Number, Types, and Sizes of Items to be Stored
1. Inside:
a. Janitorial
carts
b. Stepladders
c. Washing machine
d. Clothes dryer
e. Buffing machines
f. Vacuum cleaner
g. Mops, buckets,
brooms, brushes and other small tools for cleaning
h. Soaps, hand
towels, tissue, cleaning solvents, insecticides, rags.
i. Lockers for
personal clothing, etc.
j. Small hand
repair tools
2. Outside:
a. Lawn mowers
b. Wheelbarrows
c. Stepladders
d. Hand tools
for gardening
e. Hand tools
for outside equipment repair
B. Size of Cabinets or Shelving
1. Minimum of 200 linear feet, 36"
deep, adjustable shelving in central storage room, enclosed with
locks
2. Minimum of 50 linear feet, 36"
deep, adjustable shelving with locks in individual storage rooms
3. Cabinet especially designed for
storing small hand tools, with locks.
C. Size of Storage Area
1. Central Storage Room, 1,000 sq.
ft.
2. 10 individual storage rooms,
150 sq. ft. each
3. Machine room, 300 sq. ft.
V. SPECIAL CONSIDERATIONS
A. Toilet Facilities
1. Facilities throughout should
meet Florida State Proposed Accreditation Standards, Level 2.
2. Toilet facilities shall be placed
for easy supervision and for convenience of pupils. Boys' and
girls' restrooms should be at opposite ends of wings where economically
feasible.
3. There shall be separate facilities
for students, faculty, custodial and lunchroom personnel.
4. All departments should have access
to toilet facilities. Girls' restrooms should contain lavatories,
water closets, paper holders, mirrors, including one full length
mirror, liquid soap dispensers, paper towels, hooks for coats,
shelves for books near entrance, and waste containers. All fixtures
should be durable and easy to clean.
5. Partitions should be of rustproof,
non-corrosive material and extreme care used to properly secure
them. Partitions should be at least six feet high, commencing
about one foot above the doors, non-corroding hardware, and rubber
bumpers.
6. Each toilet shall contain floor
drain and hose bibb.
7. Floors must be constructed of
ceramic tile or similar impervious material.
8. Wall surfaces shall be constructed
of ceramic tile or suitable impervious material (epoxy or equivalent)
to a height of six to eight feet.
9. All toilet fixtures shall be
substantial, attractive, and of material that can be cleaned,
non-breakable, bolted to wall.
10. All restroom fixtures, hardware,
etc. shall be;
a. Made of non-corrosive
material or specially treated to prevent oxidation,
b. Built in to
minimize breakage.
11. Water closets, lavatories, urinals
and stall partitions should be wall or ceiling hung to aid sanitation.
12. Protective covering shall be
placed on doors where hands and feet mar.
13. All light fixtures shall be
shielded and recessed.
14. All window frames shall be of
aluminum construction and lave obscure glass panes.
15. Ceiling shall be of plaster
construction coated with washable paint.
16. Positive ventilation is essential
for toilet rooms. Proper temperature is also essential. Toilet
areas should be maintained at cooler temperatures than other areas
of the building to cut down on "lingering".
17. The entrance to toilets shall
be placed in such manner as to prevent visibility to the interior
from the corridors, but not create traffic congestion. Sharp
turns shall be avoided. Lavatories shall be placed so that students
will pass them upon leaving toilet stalls. Doors should not obstruct
or block passageways, staircases, corridors, etc. Adequate space
shall be provided for those waiting and to allow restroom traffic
to flow freely.
18. Provision shall be made to allow
cut off of water supply from each fixture or group of fixtures
when repairs are needed. This feature should not be accessible
to students.
B. Central Storage and Receiving Area
This space should be centrally
located in the school plant and in a service drive for convenience
of delivery. A receiving and holding area is needed for all deliveries.
From this area small quantities of custodial supplies are distributed
to small service closets. The following should be provided in
this area:
1. Work bench for minor repairs
2. Locked tool cabinet
3. Minimum of 200 linear feet of
heavy-duty shelving for storage of cleaning supplies. Should
be adjustable.
4. Floor space for 55-gallon drums
in cradles.
5. Adequate storage area for supplies,
space for desks, chairs, tables, etc.
6. 110V double convenience outlets
shall be located every 15' with minimum of 2 above height of work
bench.
C. Custodial Office and Shower Room
Should be located adjacent to central
storage room, large enough for desk, filing cabinet, lockers for
personnel, bulletin board, single shower and toilet, and shall
be connected with inter-communication system.
D. Small Service Closets
These closets shall be located conveniently
throughout the plant; preferably near restrooms. Each shall be
equipped with hot and cold water, heavy-duty utility sink, shelving
for paper towels, toilet tissue, and cleaning supplies. Shall
be large enough to house custodial service trucks, 4' x 3' x 2',
and shall have floor drain and be well ventilated. At least 2
110V double convenience outlets and overhead light shall be provided.
E. Outside Storage
This space shall be detached from
the main school plant due to fire hazard of gas, oil, paint, lawn
mowers, etc. Double doors are required to permit entrance of
mower, wheelbarrows and other large items.
F. Treatment of all Interior Wall
All exposed walls of halls and classrooms shall be painted with
epoxy or equivalent.