Support Services
Charlie Bushyhead,
Assistant Superintendent for Support Services / Biography
(918) 357-4321
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The philosophy of the Union Public School’s Support Services Division is to create, support and maintain an environment conducive for educational excellence. The Support Services division has developed purpose statements in each of its seven departments to ensure quality and service for the Union Public school district.
Goals for Support Services
- To create and foster an attitude of customer service
- All support services personnel will be provided the appropriate on-going training and tolls to do their job effectively.
- All support services personnel will be encouraged to complete tasks in a timely manner.
- All support services departments will use available technology to aid efficiency, accountability and service.
- To model and maintain a positive culture based on honesty and integrity
- All support services personnel will be expected to be ethical in all communications and business practices.
- All support services personnel will be positively reinforced through recognition programs in their respective areas.
- All support services personnel will be encouraged to consistently model good character and ethics.
- To promote and demonstrate teamwork by aligning divisional goals with the district vision.
- Support services directors will communicate the annual division and department goals that support the overall mission of the school district.
- Support service directors will be expected to develop and achieve annual goals.
- Support services personnel are encouraged to pursue individual goals that further the mission of the school, district and enhance personal development.
- To develop emerging leaders and provide employees the opportunity to grow professionally.
- Support services personnel will be provided the opportunities for professional growth through leadership training.
- Support services personnel will embrace the “professional learning communities” concept through the use of book studies and mentoring programs.
- Support services personnel are encouraged to contribute their knowledge and expertise by providing candid feedback to their supervisors.
Departments
The Support Services Division for Union Public Schools includes seven different departments that provide services throughout the school district. Each of the departments has a director specifically responsible for running the day to day operations. They include the following:
Lee Snodgrass
Executive Director of Technology / Biography
The Information Technology Department oversees all aspects relating to technology in the District, including computers, software, networking, and planning. The department manages the Information Technology Solution Center, or IT Solution Center, which answers employee computers questions and remedies problems either in person or through remote network connections. The department also works closely with the Communications Department to maintain the web site.
Operations and Maintenance
Hassan Yekzaman, Director / Biography
The facility services’ includes the custodial and grounds departments for the school district. There are 122 custodial employees in the district. They are charged with cleaning and maintaining of the buildings. Each of the school sites are provided with a certified building engineer and custodial staffing that is appropriate to the square footage of the building. The grounds department employees 13 staff members which maintain the outside grounds for all of the facilities in the school district.
The maintenance department has 13 employees to service the entire school district. They include licensed electricians, plumber, carpenter, painter, locksmith and telecommunications. The maintenance department also oversees some of the smaller renovation projects that occur throughout the district. Maintaining the integrity of school facilities is part of the comprehensive capitol improvement plan that is reviewed on an annual basis.
Construction Services
Chuck Chapman, Director / Biography /
The Child Nutrition department has more than 100 employees and is charged with feeding all students breakfast and lunch throughout the district. The food services department ensures that all federal and state guidelines are followed to provide all students with healthy nutritious meals. The department has established nutritional standards for all foods that are available on each school campus during the school day. The department also provides guidelines for student wellness and is instrumental in measuring the implementation of the wellness policy by involving a broad group of individuals in its development and growth.
Gary Greenhill, Director/ Biography
The transportation department employs approximately 70 bus drivers to run the 60 plus routes for the school district.
The transportation department provides busing for student Kindergarten through the 12th grade. Students must be eligible to ride a school bus which equates to the student living 1 ½ miles from the school site or crossing a hazardous street.
The transportation department schedules approximately 1,500 bus stops and transports more than 5,600 students daily.
Purchasing and Warehouse Services
David Young, Director / Biography
The purchasing department has two employees that provide procurement services for the entire school district. There is district-wide sourcing that provides quotes and bids for school sites and scheduling of all school facilities. The warehouse department has six employees and provides mail service, food storage and distribution, and records storage for the district. The district safety services are also provided through this department. The employee safety programs, OSHA standards and accident investigation services are provided through the department.
UMAC/Marketing Services
Sarah McBryde, Director / Biography
The Union Multipurpose Activity Center (UMAC), includes a 5,600-seat multi-use arena, versatile floor space, meeting rooms, a student store, locker and dressing rooms, concessions, offices and a wellness center. The UMAC management team consists of a Marketing Director, an Event Coordinator and an Event Assistant. District operations staffs provide event service assistance as required for each event type. The staff at the UMAC works cooperatively and jointly with other District departments in order to provide optimal services to the District and patrons, as well as the community.
The UMAC Marketing Department is also instrumental in promoting partnerships and sponsorship opportunities between Union Public Schools and the business community.
Security - Safe Schools
Drew Diamond
Director of Security / Biography
Union has in place an initiative to manage and consolidate the Union School District’s security and prevention services providing the opportunity to explicitly address security, orderliness, and caring in our schools.
Utilizing the principles of progressive collaborative community engagement, problem-solving, conflict resolution, and peace building, Union is creating the necessary processes and providing the technical assistance to bring together Union school stakeholders to support them in assessing their needs and strengthening their capacity to leverage all available resources to develop and sustain peaceable schools.