Fifteen school districts ended their contracts with private service providers and chose to directly supply food, custodial or transportation services once again. The same number of districts did this in 2013.
Graphic 8: Districts That Brought Services Back In-house
District |
Noninstructional Service |
Armada Area Schools |
Food |
Mattawan Consolidated School |
Custodial, Transportation |
Mendon Community Schools |
Custodial |
Lapeer Community Schools |
Custodial |
Michigan Center Schools |
Custodial, Transportation |
Shelby Public Schools |
Custodial |
Waldron Area Schools |
Custodial |
Clintondale Community Schools |
Transportation |
Stockbridge Community Schools |
Food |
Bellevue Community Schools |
Custodial |
Romeo Community Schools |
Transportation |
Springport Public Schools |
Custodial |
Algonac Community Schools |
Custodial |
Petoskey Public Schools |
Custodial |
Port Hope Community Schools |
Custodial |
Algonac, Bellevue, Waldron, Petoskey, Mattawan, Mendon, Michigan Center, Port Hope and Stockbridge had been using employee leasing agencies for some support service employees and no longer do so.
Romeo schools had been contracting out for a transportation dispatcher and no longer does. The buildings that Shelby Public Schools used to have cleaned by a private individual have since been closed.
Springport Public Schools reports that they are now using part-time employees to clean the district, making the savings from a former private contractor negligible. Clintondale Community Schools no longer uses a transportation vender. However, it consolidated its bus services with Warren Consolidated Schools to provide the service.