“Last month Chesterfield County’s environmental team let the school system know they had gotten an alert that floor cleaner had been dumped onto the ground outside of 36 schools. The county notified the state Department of Environmental Quality.”
“Officials say the custodians were trained on properly disposing chemicals, and have since been retrained.””
“I would have thought a company doing this would know we shouldn’t be dumping anything, especially at elementary schools,” said parent Rodney Martin.
Earlier this year Martin voiced concerns over outsourced custodians from GCA Services Group, responsible for eight schools in Chesterfield. There were nearly 200 complaints against the company. A few months ago the school system announced a cleaning contract with SSC at 41 Chesterfield schools, all in an effort to save more than $3 million.
“That’s what disturbs me, not the outsourcing but the way of which it wasn’t analyzed and the repercussions if something happens,” said Martin.
There is still no word on how much the mistake will cost.”
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