Muir Closed Today Because of Norovirus
Update: Tweets from SPS:
The building is clean and ready for students, but many staff and students still sick.
John Muir Elementary will be CLOSED on Friday 3/10 in an effort to limit further spread of germs.
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I received word that Muir Elementary is closed today due to a discovery of norovirus at the school.
The district has brought in a team to clean the surfaces of the entire school. No word yet on when it will reopen.
Talking with union officials, I learned that SPS has one of the lowest standards for cleaning schedules for school districts in the state. The custodians are on a timed scheduled for each room and only put up chairs and vacuum/sweep. They are not required to wipe any surfaces and only dust about six times a year.
I'm sure most teachers pick up the slack if only for sanitation but that's not really what we want to be paying them to do.
The building is clean and ready for students, but many staff and students still sick.
John Muir Elementary will be CLOSED on Friday 3/10 in an effort to limit further spread of germs.
end of update
I received word that Muir Elementary is closed today due to a discovery of norovirus at the school.
The district has brought in a team to clean the surfaces of the entire school. No word yet on when it will reopen.
Talking with union officials, I learned that SPS has one of the lowest standards for cleaning schedules for school districts in the state. The custodians are on a timed scheduled for each room and only put up chairs and vacuum/sweep. They are not required to wipe any surfaces and only dust about six times a year.
I'm sure most teachers pick up the slack if only for sanitation but that's not really what we want to be paying them to do.
Comments
JadedBeyondBelief
Like they say: "everybody wants to build but nobody wants to maintain" a healthy learning environment.
I like my custodians but to think they do a good job cleaning is fantasy. I've told this story before and I'll tell it again - an excellent substitute cleaner from downtown said if you don't clean at Stanford you get fired. He said that because I commented on how well he cleaned my room. I guess Stanford is special.