Number: 704
Section: Property
Title: Maintenance
Date Adopted: March 12, 1979
Date Revised: June 27, 2006

Purpose

Maintenance of buildings, grounds and property is essential to efficient management of the district.

 

Authority
The Board directs the Superintendent or designee to develop a continuous program of inspection and maintenance of all school buildings and equipment.  Wherever possible, maintenance shall be preventive.

Delegation of Responsibilities
The Superintendent shall develop and implement a maintenance program which shall include: 

  1. a regular program of facilities repair and conditioning,
  2. critical spare parts inventory,
  3. an equipment replacement program, and
  4. a long-range program of building modernization and conditioning.
 The Superintendent or designee shall develop such guidelines as may be necessary for the maintenance and repair of the physical plant. The Superintendent shall develop a checklist that will be applicable to all buildings in the district. Each building principal, in conjunction with the head maintenance person in that building, shall conduct a physical inspection of the building on a monthly basis and return a written report to the Superintendent or designee as to the findings of that inspection. The Superintendent or designee shall report annually to the Board regarding the current maintenance and improvement program.