Evaluating Campus Operations

Mary Kent
Grand Canyon University EAD 536
10/30/16

This paper is a summary representative of an interview and walkthrough with the

maintenance supervisor pertaining to the needs of the school regarding safety, access,
cleanliness, and repairs. The safety and welfare of the students and staff, the allocation of
resources, and the procedures administration utilizes to monitor and manage the
maintenance operations will also be noted. Additionally, possible solutions to areas in
need of improvement will be determined as well.
The Uptown School Complex was built in 1978, and has three floors (the first two
floors for classrooms, the top floor for the HVAC system). The building also houses an
indoor pool that is utilized by students throughout the district for swim classes. The
maintenance supervisor oversees five custodians for the day shift and one custodian for
the night shift. Recent budget cuts have reduced the custodial staff from eight people to
five. This reduction in force has caused concern with regards to cleanliness and repairs.
When asked what were the top three areas of concern in the building, the supervisor
stated cleanliness of the floors and the upstairs middle school girls bathroom, repair
needs involving removing moldy ceiling tiles, light bulbs, and doors, and ceiling leaks
due to a flat roof. Major upgrades include replacing the HVAC system, as well as
updating the bathrooms throughout the building.
Current safety issues involve faulty exterior and interior doors, bathroom stalls
and stall doors that need replacing, as well as numerous access points throughout the
building that must be routinely monitored for exterior doors being left ajar that people
can utilize to gain entry into the building without permission. These identified issues also
include the monitoring and maintenance of the playground equipment as well.

Possible solutions to correct these areas of concern includes reallocating funds to

upgrade and repair the necessary items (replacing ceiling tiles, upgrading bathroom stalls
and fixtures, fixing the leaky roof), and communicating to district administration and the
Board of Education of the need to replace the outdated HVAC system by securing
additional monies from the district budgetary funds. In this manner, the school will be
maintained appropriately and efficiently in order to provide a safe, clean learning
environment.