The DeKalb County School System will not be outsourcing its school custodial work to the GCA Services Group
During Thursday night’s regular monthly school board meeting, Chairman W.J. (Dub) Evins, III brought up the subject saying he wanted to “get a conclusion drawn on our custodial services so our custodians will know whether we’re going forward with this or not. Is this an issue we’re eliminating so our custodians can know that their jobs are secure and everything is back to normal”?
Director of Schools Mark Willoughby said he no longer intends to pursue an agreement with GCA. ” I’ve had a couple of people ask me about that. A couple of board members. I have no intention of bringing it back up unless there is a board member that asks me to. That’s dead in the water. If a board member asks me to check into it again I will. If not I won’t,” he said.
GCA officials had sought to contract with the school system to provide custodial services for $400,000 for the first year with annual renewal options for at least up to four additional years, a move intended to save the district money. All current custodial staff working for the school system, recommended by the principals would have been hired by GCA. All chemicals, equipment, and consumables would also have been provided by GCA for maintaining the buildings year round. But the proposal became controversial as questions arose about GCA’s hiring practices and whether the school system would actually save money over time.
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