This year marks the beginning of my 21st year at CDS and I hold the distinction of being the first male employee to break the 5-year barrier that no male had broken before And since proof is in the pudding, see my award in the upper right from the Head of School at the time I’m actually kind of proud of that one, lol And for the record, I still hold the distinction of being the longest tenured male employee in the history of the school That being said, to say I have seen a lot may be a little bit of an understatement I thought I would share a few before and after pics with you for those of you who did not see our beautiful campus before it became what it is today Enjoy!
Reminders from The Ops department Reminders from The Ops department
Table, chairs, garbage cans and pipe and drape black curtains:
Please utilize the jotform for requesting any of these items for any event or function you are involved with Please do not submit these requests on the work order system
The Facilities department needs your help with recycling contamination:
Please remember first and foremost, anything going into the blue bins MUST be clean. No food or beverage related items Clean paper, cardboard, cans and bottles only No lamination film, No styrofoam, No chip bags and No food related items
Student lunch areas and hallways:
Please help us encourage our students to clean up after themselves when they have snack breaks, during their lunch times and at their lockers in the hallways. We only get one chance to make a great first impression!
Work orders only, please!
We know you folks are busy and we are too. Please submit all maintenance requests via our work order system only. Please do not stop us in the hallways or send requests via text message or emails. Look for the image in your email under the nine dots in the upper right. Scroll down and look for this link
See Something, Say Something:
Please do not hesitate to let us know if you see a faucet or toilet running that won’t turn off. Don’t let us pour money down the drains, let us know immediately! Same for lights that are out. We do our best to keep the lights on everywhere, so please help us illuminate your world!
MR. BRETT
start date October 17, 2016
ASSISTANT FACILITIES DIRECTOR, BRETT HAAS
I can sum up Brett with one word, Dedicated. Ok, maybe two words, Trustworthy. Well, three words, He Cares. Ok, make it four then, lol. There are a lot of words to describe Brett but the bottom line is he absolutely cares about CDS and the quality of life on our campuses.
Hailing from Buffalo, NY originally, his hobbies are tinkering on engines, cranking out tunes on his electric guitar, skateboarding with his buddies on Friday nights and bonding with his two sons every chance he gets while navigating them through the world changes we are all experiencing
Brett almost always has a smile on his face, even during the stressors of our daily grind. An invaluable member of the Facilities team, he is always willing to pitch in no matter the difficulty of the job. He is a great team member, worker, manager, husband, son and just all-around good guy
To sum up Brett, I will use one more adjective, Devoted Brett is devoted to his home family and to his CDS one We are lucky to have him and the school is better for it Thanks Brett!
FINAL THOUGHTS FROM THE DIRECTOR
While perusing the other department newsletters, I notice most of them introduce their full teams in each issue I chose to travel a slightly different path and highlight one team member per issue, usually That being said, in the spirit of cooperation and obviously not to be outdone, see my full team above, with a little of their personalities and sense of humor sprinkled in I find that if you don’t lean on humor a little in what we do every day, our jobs can get pretty depressing I always joke that my team is at the bottom of the funnel and that everything circles the funnel and trickles down to us, eventually And unfortunately, that isn’t always a good thing, lol
We try to have a little fun in our department and although our sense of humor may be viewed as “unusual” by some, it works for us. I hope you appreciated our newsletter issue as we put one school year in our rear view mirror and begin another one anew.
