Jeff King (Physical Plant Operator)

After everyone has left school for the day Jeff is hereworking hard to make sure everything is clean and ready for our students the next day.  Jeff is fixing, painting, waxing and do what ever is needed to so that the school environment is conducive to learning.  Jeff is an important member of our team and we count on him to keep the physical plaint running.

In an alternative school the traditional methods of discipline are not always the most effective in changing negative behaviors.

The following story is a good example of this.

"According to a radio report, a middle school in Oregon was faced with a unique problem. A number of girls were beginning to use lipstick and would put it on in the bathroom. That was fine, but after they put on their lipstick they would press their lips to the mirror leaving dozens of little lip prints.

Finally the principal decided that something had to be done. She called all the girls into the bathroom and met them there with the maintenance man. She explained that all these lip prints were causing a major problem for the custodian who had to clean the mirrors every night. To demonstrate how difficult it was to clean the mirrors, she asked the maintenance man to clean one of the mirrors. He took out a long-handled squeegee, dipped it into the toilet and then cleaned the mirror.

Since then there have been no lip prints on the mirror. There are teachers and then there are TEACHERS."

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