OneandOnly;135959 wrote: Just consider that they would want more than one shirt for each person and you could be setting a prescident to pay for it each year. Our custodians are paid by the board of ed and they should really provide the "uniform" or a clothing allowance for them. check with that department first.
To supply them with a school tshirt or polo shirt to wear when there is a school event that they are assisting with, may be a nice gesture during teacher appreciation week, but you should find out all the facts about their clothing requirements/allowances first.
That's why you run it by the principal. If s/he says, "that's ridiculous. We have money for that sort of thing," or "they are supposed to buy their own shirts," then so be it.
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Just consider that they would want more than one shirt for each person and you could be setting a prescident to pay for it each year. Our custodians are paid by the board of ed and they should really provide the "uniform" or a clothing allowance for them. check with that department first.
To supply them with a school tshirt or polo shirt to wear when there is a school event that they are assisting with, may be a nice gesture during teacher appreciation week, but you should find out all the facts about their clothing requirements/allowances first.
leeannes;135818 wrote: I was approached by our head janitor about supplying shirts for them to wear as uniforms. He would like to have polo-style shirts with embroidery on them that says our school name and eagle or whatever. What do you all think about this? TIA.
As long as your principal is OK with it, I think this is a great gesture. The cost would be very small, especially compared to the benefit of having a grateful team of custodians in the PTO's corner.
Relationship building at its finest.
I don't know how you can just shout NO! without really examining the issue, unreg. The facilities people do as much to make a school what it is as anyone.
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There is actually a custodian appreciation week that you might want to consider something like this. We did it (although being asked is a bit odd) and presented them to the custodians at a public function. We have great men and women that care for our children and do things I cannot even imagine doing. So I wouldn't write it off....I'd consider it as a possible opportunity to notice those that get noticed so infrequently for what they do...and gear the gift (perhaps not embrodiered polos) to your budget and desires!!!
