A survey conducted during the past year in 17 of the 20 buildings now on-line with Cleaning For Health indicated that student attendance is up in each of those 17 buildings. Mr. Jaime Alicea, principal of Seymour Elementary School, monitored his building for six months. According to Alicea, the building was significantly cleaner and attendance had increased by two percent. A Syracuse school teacher reported that her allergies have improved greatly since the start of the program, testimony to better vacuum filtration and methods yielding improved indoor air quality. The budget of the department is much healthier.
Costs are well below the state average.
Worker morale is much higher. Highly trained custodial employees are taking pride and ownership in their work. Students and teachers have recognized the importance of the work the custodial staff performs. This philosophy has clarified, in everyone's mind, the underlying reason for the approach. Amazingly, when you focus on health, it prioritizes what is important and clarifies much better than the budget process what must be done.