Administrative Directory: Operational Services


Cheryl Cannon, Executive Director
for Operational Services.................. 248.489.3341

Cynda Nelson, Secretary

  • Freedom of Information Act coordinator
  • Board Policies and Procedures
  • Bond Issue projects
  • Property management/easements
  • Records Management
  • Compliance with Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act
  • Overall supervision and direction of departments below

Facilities Management

 

Mission Statement

We seek to bring excellence in the various duties that are performed daily and to create a clean, safe and healthy learning environment for all students, employees and the entire community of Farmington and Farmington Hills.


Contact Information

29350 W. 10 Mile Road, Farmington Hills, Michigan 48336
Fax Number (248) 489-3443

Storm Water Management Information

Ronald A. Aten, Facilities Architect............................................... 248.489.3435

  • Project management
  • Facility evaluations
  • Project budget
  • Roofing, paving requirements, bid specifications and awards
  • Landscape development
  • Traffic studies
  • Safety/Environmental services and compliance
  • MIOSHA inspections and compliance
  • Assist Energy Manager with energy management
  • Assist preventative maintenance with maintenance supervisor
  • Office management
  • Fuel management

Lisa Boyce, Secretary to Ron Aten ............................................... 248.489.3436

  • Purchasing/accounts payable/budgets
  • Permit Billings
  • health and safety fuel

 

Marlan Maxwell, Assistant Supervisor, Custodial/Maintenance & Security Services ...................................248.489.3444

  • Assist supervisors of maintenance and custodial services
  • Coordinate election facility requirements
  • Medical waste disposal
  • Lock, fob and key requests
  • Fire alarm and clock system requirements and repairs
  • Maintenance shop and warehouse
  • District Garage Sale
  • Procures/monitors annual district services, i.e., fire alarms, elevators, bleachers, etc.
  • Gym floors – supplies, training and procedures
  • Generator maintenance

Diane M. Neal, Supervisor of Custodial Services.......................................... 248.489.3442

Oversees and provides direction for all activities of the Operations Department.

  • Cleaning procedures/schedules
  • Overtime requirements
  • Inservice and training requirements
  • Custodial personnel performance and evaluations
  • Approval of custodial vacation/leave requests
  • Process and approve operation personnel leaves of absence
  • Develop and administer annual operations budget/with maintenance dept.
  • Hiring of operations personnel
  • Custodial supplies/equipment selection and repairs
  • Association hours log
  • Coordinate blood borne pathogens training with human resources dept.
  • Investigation of custodial concerns/complaints
  • Cleaning personnel safety requirements and personal protective equipment
  • Waste disposal
  • Matting requirements
  • Moving/packing requirements for District construction projects

Leslie Young, Secretary to Diane Neal............................................... 248.426.1053

  • Stipend, inservice and training requirements
  • Schedules
  • Custodial postings
  • MSDS file maintenance

John Shinske, Supervisor of Maintenance Services.................................... 248.489.3481

Oversees and provides direction for all activities of the maintenance department.

  • Interior/exterior maintenance
  • Swimming pools
  • Boilers/HVAC, electrical, plumbing systems, hardware and painting
  • Work order system
  • Maintenance personnel services
  • Pest control services
  • Assist energy manager with energy management
  • Assist facilities architect with capital projects
  • Preventative maintenance
  • Playground, recreation services, sledding hill
  • Insurance safety inspections
  • Student/non-Employee incident and injury reports
  • Grounds equipment
  • Snow removal


Nena Atkins, Secretary to Diane Neal and John Shinske........................248.426.4729

  • Substitute custodians
  • Custodial/maintenance attendance, payroll and banks
  • Work order assignments, process and status
  • District services (pest control, trash disposal, elevators, etc.)
  • Student/non-employee accidents

          

Information Technology



Michael Johnston, Director of Information Technology...............................248. 489.3335

  • Computer hardware/software support and purchase
  • Telephone support and installation
  • Network infrastructure support
  • Internet, local and wide area access
  • Data/voice/video cabling
  • Software licensing/purchasing
  • Web page support, development for internet/intranet
  • Database development, maintenance
  • Network security
  • Software/hardware evaluation, specifications and standardization
  • Disaster recovery

Kathy Ciolfi, Inventory Control Coordinator..........................................248.489.3326

  • Maintains inventory of all district wide computers, printers, district wide software, networking switches, routers, phones, UPS (Uninterruptible Power Supply) and video infrastructure equipment
  • Responsible for purchase orders for all information technology district wide use of hardware and software licensing
  • Monitor/Track It database and initiate quotes/orders for necessary repairs and replacement parts.  Monitor and maintain in stock inventory parts.
  • Manage maintenance contracts and renewals
  • Budget Information – track funds for technology & Building Site (ITS) and Information Technology Dept (ITS)-work with IT director for proper budget allocations and expenditures.
  • Tech support as needed for password and login help.
  • Clerical/Receptionist for IT Department
  • Research various hardware/parts and request quotes regarding upgrades, replacements, and trade-ins of defective equipment and parts.
  • Calculate and maintain building computer allocation figures based on student enrollment

Tiffaney Gentile, Larry Massolia, Frank Gariepy - Computer Support Specialists...........248.324.5535

  • Provide  hardware, software, installation and configuration support for desktop computers, printers, telephones and peripheral equipment
  • Provide moves adds and changes for network users accounts computer equipment and phones
  • Provide second level technical support to media technicians, media specialists and other end users
  • Creation of base desktop image for office, elementary, middle and high school levels
  • Network security support and review

Brad Meyers – Senior Systems Engineer
Steve Pincek - Systems Engineer

  • Provide maintenance, design, configuration support and backup for all Novell, Microsoft and Suse Linux servers
  • Provide design installation and configuration support for all Cisco infrastructure devices including switches, routers and call managers
  • Provide third level support to the computer support technicians
  • Network security configuration, support and review
  • Student information system maintenance and support

 

Energy Management

Jim Pearse, Energy Manager/Educator ....................................................... 248-426-2865

  • Track, monitor and maintain energy records for all district buildings
  • Regular energy audits of facilities
  • Liaison between district and Energy Education, Inc.
  • Provide relative information and audit checks to appropriate personnel
  • Source of information for energy usage in district
  • Chair, District Green Team
  • Liaison to school student led green teams

 

Transportation

William Tousley, Transportation Supervisor................................................ 248.489.3700

  • Oversees all transportation services
  • Oversees fleet maintenance
  • Implement district policies concerning transportation and staff
  • Reviews stop changes
  • Resolve parent concerns
  • Advise district on transportation issues
  • Oversees vehicle purchases
  • Review drivers work performance
  • Oversees the hiring and training of transportation personnel
  • Advisor to the Transportation Advisory Committee

April Varcoe, Secretary................................................................................. 248.489.3700

  • Payroll
  • Field trip scheduling and billing
  • Transportation and fleet maintenance billings
  • Employee records
  • Responds to school and parent concerns

Sharon Rapnicki, Morning Dispatcher....................................................... 248.489.3700

  • Dispatching drivers and vehicles
  • Regular education routes maintenance
  • Work shuttles
  • Regular education kindergarten routes
  • Skyward downloads
  • Poly plot routing maintenance
  • Special need route maintenance assistance
  • Headstart transportation – Alameda and Farmington Community School
  • Public and non-public enrollment and data entry

Tami Neimeister, Afternoon Dispatcher..................................................... 248.489.3700

  • Dispatching drivers and vehicles
  • Special needs route maintenance for district and out district
  • Special needs and early childhood center routes
  • Regular education route maintenance assistance
  • Poly plot routing maintenance
  • Headstart transportation –  Fairview and Woodcreek
  • Public and non-public enrollment and data entry

 

Nutrition Services

Mary Rodriguez-Keuhn, Nutrition Services Supervisor............................... 248.489.3717

  • Budget responsibility
  • School Lunch Advisory Committee chair
  • Employee issues/hiring/supervision
  • Menu writing
  • Staffing levels
  • Departmental bids
  • Product purchasing & evaluations

 

Janet Smith, Assistant Supervisor.............................................................. 248.489.3717

  • Product ordering
  • Vendor contacts
  • Product pricing
  • Equipment concerns
  • Customer concerns
  • Supervision of department drivers
  • Nutritional health & safety issues
  • Time studies
  • Employee scheduling
  • Revenue versus expenditure analysis

 

Pat Diaz, Bookkeeper................................................................................... 248.489.3319

  • Skyward debit system specialist
  • Bank deposits
  • State reporting & claims
  • Free & Reduced Lunch reports
  • Maintain lunch database, corrections setup
  • Train District employees on Skyward Lunch System operation
  • Department billing/collections
  • Bi-Tech posting – accounts receivables
  • General information
  • Refund requests & processing payments

 

Gail Atkins, Secretary................................................................................... 248.489.3717

  • Employee scheduling/absences
  • Accounts payable
  • Daily lunch counts
  • Free & Reduced applications
  • Invoices
  • Skyward corrections
  • General information

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