Perth Amboy evening news., 1913-01-25
CLEANLINESS
OF SCHOOLS
COMPULSORY
New Rules for Janitors Pass
ed at Special Meeting of
School Board.
ARE NOT ALLOWED TO
SMOKE IN ANY BUILDING
Must Be Careful About Per-
sonal Appearance Their
Duties Clearly Defined.

New rules for public school jani-
tors were adopted by the Board of
Education at a special meeting last
night as means of advancing sani-
tation and cleanliness in school
buildings. With these observed by
the janitors the schools should be
made as clean as homes and cleaner
than many homes in the city, one of
the commissioners states. The board
is trying to elevate the whole janitor
force to a higher standard of work
and morals, and to make them feel
q pride in the cleanliness and excel
lent condition of the buildings. The
new rules make greater demands
upon them than in the past, but are
in line, the commissioners believe,
with the best and most up-to-date
methods followed in other cities.
Rules in Full.
The rules, in full, follow:
/. Janitors shall give their entire
time to the care of the buildings and
grounds under their charge and
shall be on duty at their buildings
every day except Sundays and legal
holidays, from A. M. to 8 p. M, or
as much earlier and later as may be
necessary to perform all the duties
required of them, with the exception
that when the buildings are used for
night classes, or for night functions,
authorized by the Board of Educa-
ton, janitors shall receive extra
pay for such services, the pay 70 be
determined by the Board of Educa-
tion. On Saturday afternoon if all
their duties have been completed,
janitors may be excused from at
tendance at their buildings.
On Sundays and legal holidays
ianitors shall visit their buildings as
often as the care of the buildings or
the heating apparatus may require.
2. Janitors shall be under the i'm
mediate supervision of one of their
number, who shall be elected by the
Board of Education, who shall be
known as chief janitor, whose salary
shall be determined by the Board of
Education and whose duties shall be
to have immediate care Of all the
school buildings, grounds, heating
apparatus. etc.s to make all necessary
minor repairs or cause them to be
effected, and to report all expensive
or important needed repairs to the
Committee on School Buildings. He
shall carefully keep and certify to
the city superintendent the time of
all janitors, see to it that their work
is we'll done and report to the Com
mittee on School Buildings any In
stances of failure to do their work
properly.
The entire staff of janitors rhall
be under the general direction of the
city superintendent during the sch ool
months of the year, and under the
general direction OF the Committee
on School Buildings during all per-
iods Of the year.
8. Salaries Of janitors shall be
such as the Board of Education may
prescribe, and shall be paid in twelve
{12) monthly instalments.
4. Janitors shall open all outside
gates and entrance doors on ali
school days twenty minutes before
the opening of each school session
and must keep all modes of egress
unfastened during school hours. They
shall visit every portion of their
buildings before leaving at the close
of every school day and shall see
that no one remains in their build
ings who has not received express
permission, or unless he has author
ity to SO remain.
Janitors shall start fires at such
an hour that their buildings shall
be heated to a temperature of IS de-
grees at the opening of the school
session. They must notify the chief
janitor in ample season when fuel is
required.
s. Janitors must sweep the rooms,
halls, stairways and sidewalks daily,
but only when vacated by teachers
aid pupils.
Th8 use Of the feather duster is
abandoned and only dust cloths and
chemically prepared busters are al
lowed In any rooms, halls or stair
wcys.
Janitors must wash black
boards and trays whenever request
ed by the principals of their build
ings or by the chief janitor, and shall
keep all rooms, including toilet
rooms, and Easements, in neat and
orderly condition at all times.
s. Janitors shall scrub and mop
all halls and stairs at least once a
week, except where the floors are
eiled. and sweeping compound
used.
At least once a month they shall
scrub or mop out all rooms and
wash all woodwork. At least once
every two months they shall clean
the side walls and wash the win
dows. They shall wash all kinder
garten floors once a week.
During the summer vacation they
shall thoroughly clean their entire
buildings and grounds prior to the
opening of school in September.
AT least once week they shall
wash all door-knobs and door-pulls
and all hand-rails, with some disin-
fectant solution. They shall wash
and disinfect all floors and seats OF
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