Penn Manor, two other school districts employ student custodians to address staffing shortages

A few Lancaster County school districts found a new way around continuing staffing shortages across most occupations and it involves hiring students. 

Penn Manor School District recently joined at least two other school districts – Donegal and Warwick – in hiring student custodians to assist their full-time janitorial staff after school. 

More than a dozen students clocked in for their first day cleaning up Penn Manor High School at 3 p.m. Jan. 24. The board approved these new hires at its Monday board meeting. 

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“It’s definitely a big help,” said district business manager Chris Johnston. 

The 14 students are assigned to a full-time custodian in groups of three or four for a three hour shift, Johnston said. They come every day that they’re not involved in another after-school activity. 

They clean classrooms, hallways, bathrooms and stairwells – everything a full-time custodian does during their usual 3 p.m. to 11 p.m. shift. The only thing they can’t do, Johnston added, is operate equipment like the high school’s floor-scrubbing machine. 

All their hard work is already making a difference, Johnston said. 

More at source: Lancaster Online

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