Facilities

Facilities Office
Address: 350 W. Sahuarita Rd., Bldg 34
Sahuarita, AZ 85629
Phone: (520) 625-3502 x1125
Fax: (520) 393-7034

Director of Facilities: George Emerson
Admin. Assistant: Sheri Townsend

The Facilities Department is here to support the operations of the schools and to insure a safe and comfortable learning environment for the students. The Facilities Department is responsible for all general maintenance repairs, grounds care, and preventative maintenance care for the Sahuarita School District. We have a professional maintenance and grounds staff and tradesmen who specialize in plumbing, electrical, locksmith, and HVAC technologies.

Our department runs on a work order system. A work order must be submitted before any work can be scheduled for the Facilities staff to complete. Any work orders submitted that have more than one repair request will be denied, each trade needs to have a separate work order, for example, if toilet plumbing needs to be repaired and a door hinge in the same bathroom needs to be fixed, both items need to be on a separate work order, as they must be addressed by different staff members. We address all work orders on a first-in first-out basis. Work orders are classified in four categories as follows:

• Emergency/Safety Issues – Will be responded to immediately.
  This is defined as a condition presenting an immediate threat to the health or safety of students or staff.

• High/Urgent – Priority 1 – To be responded to within three days.
  High/Urgent – Priority 1 is placed on a work order intended to rectify a condition where the student learning process is impaired by either adverse environmental conditions or inoperative base building systems. High/Urgent – Priority 1 is also applied to any condition identified as a potential safety hazard. A High/Urgent – Priority 1 work order may be addressed quickly to render it a Low or Scheduled – Priority 3 work order by shutting off water, killing electrical service, etc. to eliminate the immediate threat. It will now go into the queue as a priority three.

• Medium – Priority 2 – To be responded to and completed or rescheduled within 30 days.
  These would include Preventative Maintenance and ADA Compliance.

• Low or Scheduled – Priority 3 – To be responded to within 60 days.
  These would include routine repairs.

The Facilities Department trades and their tasks are as follows:

HVAC
Repairs and maintains heating, ventilating, air conditioning systems, energy management controls, evaporative coolers, chillers, and walk-ins.

Plumbing
Repairs and maintains all existing plumbing, drinking fountains, sewer pipes, septic tanks, water well, lift station, and all bathroom fixtures.

Electrical
Repairs and maintains all existing electrical, light switches, receptacles, and all light bulbs over 8 feet high, replaces all ballast, all fire production, and elevators.

Lock Shop – Click here for Lockshop Policy.
Key Request (Employee)
Key Request (Non-Employee)

Maintenance
Will repair and maintain all existing structures, anything that is facially attached to the buildings, inside or out. Repairs and maintains all existing roofing, floor tile, ceiling tile, doors, windows, carpet, walls, built in shelving and cabinets.

Grounds
Maintains all sports fields, Removes all outside trash, cleans sidewalks and roadways, maintains grass and ornamental plants, maintains all trees, removes all weeds, schedules and maintains all irrigation.

Paint
As of now the Facilities Department does not have a paint shop. We will only paint when repairs are made and paint is needed to complete the job. Paint and supplies will be provided to the schools when requested by volunteers. The request must come from your administrators.

All other tasks not listed above will be performed by the school custodians. A work order can be submitted, by the custodians, for any tasks that they need help with. The work orders will be approved, on a case by case basis, determined by the work load of the Facilities Department.

Re-models and capital improvement of any kind must be approved by the Facilities Department to insure that the re-modeled areas meet all building, fire, health, and safety codes.