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repairs or replacements can thus be available for annual budgeting <br /> purposes. - <br /> Ultimately, custodians will be employed directly by the local <br /> schools and managed locally. A head custodian will provide daily <br /> supervision over the custodial staff, provide monitoring of work and <br /> initial evaluation of custodial personal. The principal's office is <br /> responsible for the overall management of the custodial staff and <br /> metrics will include overall performance of custodians, turnover, <br /> problem management, etc. <br /> 3.5.1 Problems overcome. <br /> The department is gradually implementing ACT/1000 <br /> maintenance software system. The system should reduce the <br /> inconsistent manner in which work orders are currently <br /> handled. But at the current rate of implementation, will <br /> significantly delay availability of the benefits of the system. <br /> The sense of the department is that they are 'fire fighting" at <br /> best with not proactive plan to find °the kid with the <br /> matches." <br /> Maintenance faces the same lengthy delays in purchasing parts <br /> for repair as other operations personnel do for their supplies. <br /> This leads to declaring orders as "emergency" and going <br /> directly to a local supplier to get the parts needed. A delay of <br /> 10 or more days is the experience otherwise. <br /> The ACT/1000 maintenance software system appears to be <br /> quite extensive and complete, however, as indicated above, <br /> very little of the system has been implemented. <br /> The current measurement system for maintenance is <br /> inappropriate. It gives equal weight to all work orders in spite <br /> of the vast difference in the range of complexity that work <br /> orders normally have. Different measures of performance <br /> must be developed to focus on categories of work performed. <br /> 13 <br />