Aaron Wylie is the Director of Child Nutrition. This department is in charge of feeding the body of our students while the rest of the district helps feed the mind. Each year this department reviews the new government regulations and ensures that our menus are in compliance with these laws. This year they are implementing the largest overhaul of the National School Lunch Program since its inception. Many changes have taken effect including new calorie restrictions, minimum and maximum weekly grains, minimum and maximum weekly proteins, new whole grain requirements, and new Fruit and Veggie components.    

CONSTRUCTION

The EM-S Construction Group is comprised of three design and construction professionals including Rick Martin, a registered architect, Cecil Howard, a retired Navy Seabee, and Chuck Graham, our construction warranty manager. This group was created to manage the roll-out of the 2006 and 2008 Bond Election construction projects. Over the past four years the group has successfully managed the design and development of nearly $300 million in construction. In the last three years the group has constructed five new campuses, including the Hollenstein Career and Technology Center and Chisholm Trail High School, while completing an additional six campus additions, including the converting Eagle Mountain Elementary to Geothermal, and the remodel of Boswell High School. The group's roles and responsibilities have expanded to include new site evaluations, studying the future impact of changing demographics, planning and estimating future campus expansions and renovations. They are also responsible for oversight of the planning for the five campuses identified in the two Bond programs that are yet to be designed and built. Over the next several months the group will be establishing a proactive system that will forecast future facility needs and conducting in-depth observations of the physical conditions for all existing campuses. This information will then be used to establish future Capital Improvement budgets and timelines for every campus in the District.

HEALTH SERVICES 

Cindy Holt is the Coordinator of Health Services. This department is comprised of registered nurses and clinic aides and who provide health care to students and staff during the school day. This service may include but is not limited to, dispensing required medication, assessing for illness, emergency help of any and all types, and performing specific, physician-ordered medical procedures. Medical procedures can include diabetic care, tracheotomy care, gastric tube feedings, seizure monitoring and substance abuse assessments, to name a few. They also participate in campus health and wellness programs such as blood pressure measurement and weight loss monitoring.

The Health Service staff must also perform mandatory health screenings every year such as vision and hearing screenings, spinal and acanthosis nigercans screenings which is a "marker" that may be an indicator of diabetes in young students. Also, they must create and update medical records on our students and staff. Immunizations, health conditions both chronic and terminal are frequently followed and managed during a school year. Constant and continuous communication with any parent/guardian is a daily duty.

The Health Services department invites you to visit your student's campus clinic and meet both the registered nurse and the clinic aide and find out more about Health Services.

PLANT OPERATIONS

Jim Knight is the Director of Plant Operations. The function of the maintenance and operations department is to maintain the district's facilities in a condition of operating excellence so that full educational use may be made at all times, providing students with a physical learning environment that is safe, clean, attractive, and functional. The maintenance and operations department covers building schedules, cleanliness, planned maintenance, energy management, facility rentals, athletic fields, pest control, warehousing, access control, as well as general repair of all buildings and mechanical systems.

The custodial department is made up of approximately 150 custodians who maintain the cleanliness of the campuses, which total over 3.7 million square feet.

Central maintenance employees include various trades including HVAC technicians, electricians, plumbers, pest control, and locksmiths.