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Sources: Jani-King Quits at Spring-Ford
The controversial janitorial company Jani-King will no longer be serving the Spring-Ford Area School District effective immediately, according to an anonymous source close to the district.
Janitorial service firm Jani-King abruptly stopped working for the Spring-Ford Area School District on Friday, according to sources close to school district administration. It was not immediately clear why the firm quit. Neither Jani-King nor Spring-Ford Area Superintendent David Goodin immediately returned calls on Friday afternoon.
The school district sent the following statement to Patch late Friday afternoon in response to inquiries about the Jani-King situation:
"The topic of Jani-King will be discussed at an upcoming board meeting. Nothing is official until the board takes action on it."
Jani-King's Philadelphia office is based out of Norristown. In 2011, when planning for this year's budget, the board of education made the decision to lay off 29 maintenance employees in favor of Jani-King. The topic has since repeatedly been a source of controversy and heated public comment at district board meetings.
At the May 21 board meeting, Board President Tom DiBello said the finance committee had projections of Jani-King saving the district between $1 and $1.1 million for the 2011-12 school year. He also said that to date, the service has saved the district approximately $875,000.
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Local Yocal
5:36 pm on Friday, May 25, 2012
Like squirrels, there will be another to take their place. More empty promises from the employers of felons and possibly illegals...
pruckels
6:42 pm on Friday, May 25, 2012
Absolutely ridiculous. They need to just hire back the 29 people that they laid off (bring 29 jobs back to our area) and offer them a huge apology.
Feodor Tiorlenko
8:10 am on Saturday, May 26, 2012
The magic of the "private sector" solving all of our problems.
In this instance, dirty schools and loss of jobs.
Where's Mitt Romney when we need him?
NC Tramontina
9:03 pm on Saturday, May 26, 2012
It will be interesting to hear what the school board has to say about this fiasco. I have had several conversations w/many district employees and all of them said the same thing....the schools were filthy. Complaints were ignored and not addressed by the district. Jani-King was not allowed into the offices, nurses suites, work rooms and towards the end they were not even cleaning the bathroom floors because of a on-going problem w/a piece of floor cleaning machinery. Just what in the heck were they cleaning? It sure as heck wasn't the class rooms.
henry eroh
10:24 am on Sunday, May 27, 2012
I wonder who is getting the kickbacks- You know these companie's hire these people for probably min wage and you get what you pay for- how about these top school people take a cut in pay and then the district could save alot of mony- what these so-called school officials are paid way to much money for what- everyone likes to make good money but how much do you really need to live on?
Concerned citizen
8:25 pm on Monday, May 28, 2012
Didn't we expect this when no information about Jani-King's local ownership was provided by the board? The janitorial staff should all be hired back, and there should be an investigation into whoever proposed the Jani-King fiasco in the first place.
HighHopes NOT
1:49 pm on Wednesday, May 30, 2012
We all have Dr. Goodin to thank for that and the pricipals at the schools. Dr. Goodin should be fired. This district has gone down hill since that money hungry piece of trash came into this area. Maybe Dr. Goodin should clean the filthy schools....
David Powell
3:07 pm on Wednesday, May 30, 2012
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Hipster Kitty
3:38 pm on Wednesday, May 30, 2012
Hey HighHopes NOT, if you were actually an educated resident, you would know that it was not Dr. Goodin who was responsible for Jani-King, but the beloved Dr. Hurda. Do your homework before you make ignorant statements.