Auxiliary Adviser

"Providing Services That Power Education"
Volume 4, Issue 10
May 2004

In This Issue:
Holly Springs High School Groundbreaking Ceremony
Great Work
Winner's Circle Snacks
Maintenance Excellence
Focus Team Updates
Maintenance Questions?
Mark Your Calendar
Training Schedule

Holly Springs High School Groundbreaking Ceremony
School to open in 2006-07

The Wake County Public School System, Wake County and the town of Holly Springs held a groundbreaking ceremony for Holly Springs High School at 5 p.m., Thursday, April 29, 2004. The ceremony took place on the project site, near the intersection of Cass Holt and Avent Ferry roads in Holly Springs.

Superintendent Bill McNeal, Wake County Board of Education Chair Susan Parry, Holly Springs Mayor Dick Sears, and Wake County Commissioner Kenn Gardner made remarks. Other school board members and county commissioners, and representatives with Cherry Huffman Architects and DeVere Contracting were also recognized.

"This collaborative effort between the school system, county and town demonstrates leadership, teamwork and vision," said Parry. "Wake County continues to experience tremendous growth and together we're facing that challenge head-on." The new high school will make a noticeable difference by adding 1,690 new classroom seats.

Holly Spring High is a prototype (re-used) three-story design, similar to Green Hope, Wakefield and Middle Creek high schools. The new school will include a football field with a track and stadium, baseball field, softball field, two practice fields and tennis courts. Construction begins the last week in April, with the high school opening for the 2006-07 school year. Since the site spans 92.5 acres, after the high school is built there will be sufficient land to develop another school(s).

"The Holly Springs community is excited about the new school and the resources and opportunities it will bring to this area," said Sears.

The town and Wake County Parks and Recreation contributed funds for a parking lot between the baseball and multi-purpose fields; lighting the baseball, softball fields and tennis courts; and irrigating the baseball and softball fields.

Great Work!
Joe Desormeaux, Senior Director of Maintenance & Operations

Over the past 12 months, Maintenance and Operations employees completed 48,070 work orders, leaving 4,577 work orders incomplete in the system. These figures equate to a 9.5 percent backlog; our goal is 5 percent. Two months ago the backlog was 12.5 percent and last month it was 10.5 percent.

M&O reduced the rate by 3 percent in just two months - great work! Please spread the word so everyone is aware of your great progress.

Winner's Circle Snacks
Susan Thompson, Supervisor of Nutrition Education & Training

In 2002-03 Child Nutrition Services implemented the Winner's Circle Program to help students identify great-tasting, healthy menu items at lunch. The healthy and tasty menu items are identified by a logo with a purple star and gold fork.

Now we are taking take the program even further! We are identifying Winner's Circle snacks that have no more than 35 percent sugar by weight, no more than 30 percent of calories from fat, less than 480 mg sodium, and a maximum of two servings per individual package. Some of these items include:

Bagels

Icee - Blue Raspberry, Cherry, Orange, Sour Apple, and Grape

Cereal - Cheerios, Rice Krispies, Crispix, and Corn Flakes

100% Juice - Apple, Grape, and Orange, 4 or 6 ounce

Plain Gelatin - Red and Citrus Flavors

Quaker Crisp'ums

Gogurt

Raisins, Individual Packages

Giant Graham Goldfish

Cinnamon Roll, 1 Tablespoon powdered sugar sprinkled on top but with no glaze or icing

Pretzel Goldfish

Sherbet - Lime, Orange, or Raspberry

Bubble Gum Ice Cream

Stauffer's Animal Crackers

Cotton Candy Ice Cream

Moon Pie

Sponge Bob Ice Cream

Hunt's Vanilla Pudding

Towering Tornado Ice Cream

Trix Yogurt - Rainbow, Strawberry Banana, or Cherry

Creamsicle Bar Ice Cream

Sweet Rewards Chocolate or Yellow Cake Square

Reckless Rainbow Pop Ups Ice Cream

 

In addition to WCPSS cafeterias, you may see Winner's Circle logo in restaurants, cafeterias and other eating environments across the state.

Winner's Circle emphasizes nutritional guidelines that offer disease prevention for the majority of chronic diseases. These guidelines build on fruits, vegetables, grains and calcium. The nutritional analysis ensures that the fat and sodium are within the recommended guidelines.

Maintenance Excellence
Jeri Preddy, Energy & Physical Plant Project Manager

Why is planning and job preparation so important? It is important because it will improve the overall efficiency of Maintenance and Operations.

Planned maintenance includes periodic shutdowns of equipment, processes and utilities for major maintenance. Planned maintenance is exhibited by historical changes that have taken place with NASCAR pit stops. A planned-maintenance stop, or "pit stop," on the NASCAR circuit in 1950 was typically nearly four minutes long. However in 2001, pit crews performed the same pit stop in 17.5 to 22.5 seconds. What's happening in that less-than-20-second period are the same things that happened in 1950 in four minutes: change four tires, dispense 22 gallons of fuel make chassis adjustment, wipe off the windshield, give the driver some water, and wipe the rubber dust off of the radiator. In about 20 seconds, the car is back on the track. Planned maintenance is a pit stop. The question is: How much time are we spending in the pits and what can we do ahead of time to be better prepared? (CPMM Review Pack, 2001, p. 157)

Focus Team Updates
Jeri Preddy, Energy & Physical Plant Project Manager

Customer Service
The team visited customer service centers at WCPSS (Help Desk), CP&L and Sears. The team is now prepared to look internally at how we provide customer service and recommend changes that will improve our organization.

Standard Operating Procedures
The team developed flow charts on how a work order currently flows through our system and how it could flow more efficiently. They are addressing issues that affect this process, reviewing the "Failure Code" field in MAXIMO, and have solicited assistance from M&O craftsmen to determine how this field should be set up and utilized.

Material Management
They are addressing the process of how to order materials from the warehouse and have them delivered to the clusters. Paul Walters, Warehouse Operations director, joined the team to assist in this process. The team is also making decisions on how to set up inventory items in MAXIMO.

Custodial Services
M&O administrators met with the team to review the proposal for reorganizing procedures and staffing requirements, which will be tested in the Southern Region. The team did an excellent job documenting costs. They will take directors' recommendations under advisement during the month of May.

Do You Have Maintenance Questions?

If you have any Maintenance & Operations questions or concerns that you don't feel comfortable asking your supervisor, please contact one of the Internal Communications Focus Team members listed below. He or she will submit your question to Kristin Wood (anonymously if you wish), who will find the answer and include it in this newsletter when appropriate.

Team members include:

Kristin Wood, Communications specialist, 856.8036
Buddy McCarty, Environmental Health & Safety supervisor, 856.8031
Sylvia Surcy, processing technician, 856.8119
Mike Weisbeck, Heat Shop craftsman, 427.5172
Ron Wood, AFM, Knightdale Cluster, 266.8401
Darren Grogg, Carpentry craftsman, 868.1976

Mark Your Calendar

Teacher Appreciation Week
May 2-8

Mother's Day
May 9

50th Anniversary of Brown v. Board of Education Ruling
May 17

Memorial Day
May 31

Stay Informed

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Auxiliary Services Division
Vision
Providing Services That Power Education

Mission Statement
Provide quality facilities and support services to ensure safe, healthy, inviting and optimal learning environments.

Goals
1) Recruit, develop and retain a qualified and high quality workforce.
2) Provide and maintain quality facilities and support services that result in a safe and healthy learning environment.
3) Effectively communicate successes, challenges and needs.