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Union Public Schools
Our mission is to graduate 100 percent of our students, college and career ready.

Support Services

"Our Mission is to Graduate 100 Percent of Our Students, College & Career Ready."

Together We Make a Difference

The Union Support Services Division strives to create, support, and maintain an exemplary learning environment.   Through efficient and thoughtful planning the division supports the district goal of 100 percent College and Career Ready for all Union students. 

The hundreds of dedicated and hardworking employees in the division maintain more than 2.8 million square feet of facilities serving more than 15,000 students. The district includes:

  • 13 elementary schools (grades PreK-5),
  • a 6th/7th Grade Center,
  • an 8th Grade Center,
  • a 9th Grade Center,
  • the Union Alternative School (grades 9-12),
  • a High School (grades 10-12),
  • the Transportation, Operations, and Maintenance complex,
  • an Education Service Center,
  • and an Enrollment Center. 

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Mission

The Support Services division has developed purpose statements in each of its departments to ensure quality and service for the Union Public School district and to continue Union's tradition of sustained excellence.

1. To create and foster an attitude of customer service

  • All support services personnel will be provided the appropriate on-going training and tools 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.

2. 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.

3. To promote and demonstrate teamwork by aligning divisional goals with the district vision and the search for continuous improvement

  • Support services directors will communicate the annual division and department goals that support the overall mission of the school district.
  • Support services 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.
  • Support services personnel are encouraged to contribute their knowledge and expertise to provide a safe and efficient work environment. 

Support Services At A Glance

Two men wave from the cab of a white truck, with a cloudy sky visible in the background.
Two smiling men with their arms crossed stand in the foreground, while a blurred background shows a hallway with people and doors.
A smiling woman with blonde hair works at a reception desk in the foreground, while a man in a tan jacket stands behind a counter in the background.
Two women smile from behind a desk with papers and a computer monitor in the foreground, while a cluttered office with holiday decorations is visible in the background.
Two men in work clothes are using a leaf blower and a chainsaw next to a white flatbed truck filled with branches, with a suburban street and parked cars in the background.
A large group of people in blue shirts stand around a table in the foreground, with a black curtain and gymnasium floor in the background.
A young man in a black t-shirt and shorts is about to throw a pie at another man sitting on a chair in the foreground, while a large crowd watches from bleachers in the background.
Four women in witch costumes with brooms dance in a classroom with colorful decorations on the wall.
Students walk towards the entrance of a brick building with %22UNION HIGH SCHOOL FRESHMAN ACADEMY%22 written on it, under a bright blue sky with scattered clouds.
A woman and a man stand in front of a yellow school bus with its doors open.
A cafeteria worker serves food to children in the foreground, while other students eat in the background.
Students walk on a paved area in front of yellow school buses under a clear sky.
Modern seating arrangements fill the carpeted foreground of a spacious lobby with a large, multi-paned window overlooking a parking lot and trees in the background.
Four women in pink tie-dye shirts and aprons stand behind a food service counter, holding up their index fingers in the air, with trays of food in the foreground and kitchen equipment in the background.
A large sign detailing school renovations stands in the foreground, with a mother and two children walking past a construction fence in the background.
Children with lunch trays sit at a table in a classroom with shelves and a whiteboard in the background.
Three young women pose with their lunch trays in a crowded cafeteria with a sign that reads %22Attendance Matters%22 in the background.
Two smiling women in aprons stand next to a food cart in front of a closed concession stand.
Sunlight streams through a large window, illuminating a row of tables and chairs where people are studying, with a bright outdoor scene visible beyond.
A freckled girl with red hair makes a funny face at her lunch tray in a busy cafeteria.
Two men sit at a table with a laptop in a school cafeteria, with rows of empty tables and chairs stretching into the background.
Four women in a kitchen, wearing aprons and gloves, pose with peace signs in front of serving trays, while industrial kitchen equipment is visible in the background.
Two women embrace in the foreground, one holding a cutout of a smiling woman's face, while a dimly lit stage with equipment and people is visible in the background.
A man in a plaid shirt and khakis stands on a sidewalk next to a hedge, while another man in a blue cap operates a jackhammer on broken concrete in front of a brick building.
A woman with blonde hair and sunglasses, wearing a black t-shirt, leans on a metal railing in front of a textured wall.
Three women are seated in chairs in the foreground, clapping and smiling, while a dark background features a red and white abstract design.
Six people stand on a stage in front of a dark curtain, with a woman holding a large check.
A woman in a purple shirt and jeans poses with a smiling boy in a black shirt holding a drink and a donut, with a gym or school gymnasium visible in the background.
Two adults in a school hallway toss a pink ball back and forth, with a blurred figure walking in the distance.
Three men are gathered around laptops in the foreground, with a large window and a menorah symbol visible in the background.
A smiling woman with glasses gestures with her hands from the driver's window of a yellow school bus, which features a prominent red stop sign.
Two women peek around a doorway in the foreground, with a tiled wall and a red square in the background.
A young boy in glasses and a black jacket stands by the open door of a yellow school bus, with a driver visible inside.
Two teenage girls rest their heads on a table in the foreground, while a smiling man in uniform stands behind them in the background of a cafeteria.
A man walks across a parking lot filled with yellow school buses under a cloudy sky.

Contact

918-357-6010

Charlie-Bushyhead

Charlie Bushyhead
Associate Superintendent

Melissa Parton, 
Executive Administrative Assistant