Facilities & Operations

The Custodial Team strives to provide our District with the cleanest, healthiest, safest, and most enjoyable learning environment using state-of-the-art tools and cleaning methods. Each school site has a daytime lead custodian and custodial team, ensuring continuous coverage throughout the day. The team’s services include:

• Clean, disinfect, and care for classrooms, offices, common spaces, and lounges
• Prepare school facilities for all rental program usage
• Act as major players in FHSD's recycling program by separating recycled items
• Assist with the cleaning of interior and exterior glass
• Assist with snow removal during inclement weather
• Perform and/or report minor maintenance repairs
• Secure and lock buildings
• Restorative and annual floor care
   

Francis Howell School District welcomes the use of its buildings and grounds by community organizations. Applications will be approved on a first-come, first-served basis. School sponsored activities will take priority to non-school related activities. Visit the Facilities Rental page for more information.

The responsibilities of the Grounds Team include:

• Overseeing heavy equipment operation
• Landscape maintenance (including tree-trimming, weed control, and exterior pest control)
• Irrigation, grounds safety inspection, water resources, and paving
• Playground maintenance and repair
• Maintaining and irrigating the more than 875 acres, over 26 different athletic fields and playgrounds, and hundreds of native trees, drought-tolerant plants, shrubs, and ornamental grasses, lawns, school summer gardens, and other open vegetation spaces
   

The Francis Howell School District Maintenance Team is responsible for the upkeep and maintenance of all District facilities. Maintenance responds to over 5,000 work orders per year, from the District's 29 separate facilities. These sites include over 2.7 million square feet of building space under roof, with miles of plumbing, wiring, flooring, and more.

The purpose of the Mechanical, Electrical, Plumbing (MEP) Team is to:

• Provide ventilation, heating, air-conditioning, plumbing, and electrical services throughout the Francis Howell School District in a cost-effective, transparent manner that enhances the educational process
• Manage all utilities throughout the District
   

The Safety Team's primary purpose is to ensure the safety of the Francis Howell School District's students and staff. The safety team:

• Tracks workplace injuries and identifies area of safety concerns
• Coordinates with the Maintenance Department to address and correct any District areas that may need improvement
• Conducts regular trainings for students and staff related to active shooter, fire, tornado, and other life-safety drills
• Coordinate all of the District's annual inspections related to elevators and fire safety systems
   

Warehouse Team plans and provides efficient and effective logistical services that will assist in the support for the educational process of the Francis Howell School District. These logistical services include:

• Warehousing: Receive, transfer, store, and distribute designated material from other departments or schools. This material includes classroom furniture, frozen/dry food, special education resources, school records, and specialized school equipment such as computers.
• Textbooks: Manage the FCS textbook program in compliance with FHSD Academic Department directives. This includes receiving, storing, and delivering textbooks to school sites.
• Supply/Mail Services: Run daily inter-District mail services. Provide delivery services for District departments and buildings.
• Surplus Program: Operate a surplus of school equipment and materials program that picks up, redistributes, declares, and disposes of surplus.
• Renovation Program: Provide planning and assistance to schools/facilities that are undergoing renovations. This assistance includes manpower and material for relocation and storage and return of all school material and equipment during the renovation.