I recall years ago with school cuts that students were responsible for their classrooms at the end of each day. They not only swept and picked up the room, but set the trash outside the door for the janitor to pickup. This is a win win, the students learn skills and responsibility, the janitors life and work is reduced so they can have more time to do other projects. I am not talking cleaning and using chemcials, but every day chore in the room. The chemical issue is something different, in fact many schools have switched to "green" chem free cleaning products to avoid such issues. Why is it that what works in the private school or sector can not be done in the public sector.
From the papers that come home each day to newsletter I wonder how much time a teacher or staff spends at the photocopier machine. If the janitor was freed up a few hours by the team cleaning their rooms, why couldn't the janitor at night do the copying for the next day. This is all part of the team approach, everyone owns a peice of the puzzle.
