A Day in the Life of Brian

By Justin Tracy


Today we had an interview with one of our favorite school janitors, Brian. His work starts at six in the morning. First he unlocks all the doors except for the teacher’s room, then turns on all the lights. He then sets up all the tables and chairs. After that he sweeps and auto sweeps the gym. He checks to see if there are any teacher, or office requests. Once he’s checked, he starts on grounds keeping. When he starts this it is somewhere between eight and eleven. If there is enough trash in bins then he takes the trash out and replaces the bags. With this, he also cleans the tables and chairs if needed. Some people might be wondering about the recycling; we found out that the Interact Club takes care of that. On a normal day Brian gets out at 2:30.

Brian does not work on the weekends, unless, of course, there is a snowstorm. Then it can take anywhere from an hour to five hours to shovel and snow blow all the walkways and side walks. The town plows the parking lot and all roads. Brian can tell how much snow there is because he only lives two miles away. When students have the summer off Brian does not. He works all through the summer. During the summer Brian comes in with four other people and they take all the furniture out of the rooms and wash down everything and wash wax the floors. They also clean the walls and replace lights if needed.

We asked him out of all the tasks he does on a regular basis what is the easiest. He replied, saying unlocking the doors is the easiest. The hardest thing he said is setting up the voting booths and any special events. He said that each bleacher is about one hundred pounds per step. The final part of his job is just regular maintenance. That can include anything from bringing the office paper to replacing lights. That is the conclusion of a day in the life of Brian.