Fort Lee Schools One-On-One
Fort Lee Custodians Keep Schools Clean, Safe for Students
Joe Cappellini, the union representative for the custodians in the district, talks about the integral role he and his colleagues play in education, even with reduced manpower.
The Fort Lee school district has 18 custodians, spread across all six public schools, including two maintenance men and one head custodian. It used to be that there were closer to 50, but a couple of years ago, the district let go more than half of them—some retired and some were laid off. But that hasn’t changed Lewis F. Cole Middle School custodian Joe Cappellini’s approach to his job, and he has hopes that as workers retire, the district will be able to bring back at least some of his former colleagues, noting that two people have already returned that way. “It’s not bad,” Capellini said of the resulting reorganization of the custodial staff. “They did a whole rotation. They shift people around to different schools.” At Fort Lee High …
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