According to reports, one-third of of the school custodians working in and around New York City actually clean multiple facilities. And, as a result of their hard work, reap financial rewards.

The city has a reported 1,500 school buildings, and 238 of those facilities have no full-time custodian on site. Because the city doesn’t want to hire appropriate staff, roughly one-third of the 737 custodians employed throughout the city are responsible for covering multiple schools.

Union leaders say the city has traded school cleanliness and safety for a meager savings, but custodians are certainly cashing in. Due to the additional overtime in work, city payroll records show that custodial workers took home an average pay of $109,467 in the 2013-2014 school year.

Reporting from the New York Post indicated that custodians need certain certification to do work on water heaters, sprinklers, heating/cooling and fire alarms. While the union representing these custodians argue that the school districts are not hiring new custodial staff to save money, the Department of Education said that schools have enough qualified personnel to perform all functions on school property.

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