A total of 15 districts ended their contracts with private-providers for either food, custodial or transportation services and brought those services back in-house in 2013.
Graphic 8: Districts That Brought Services Back In-house
District |
Noninstructional Service |
Bloomingdale Public Schools |
Food, Custodial |
Bridgman Public School District |
Food |
Capac Community Schools |
Transportation |
Coloma Community Schools |
Custodial |
Constantine Public Schools |
Custodial |
Glenn Public Schools |
Food |
Grand Ledge Public Schools |
Transportation |
Hemlock Public Schools |
Food |
Houghton Lake Community Schools |
Transportation |
Mayville Community Schools |
Food |
Potterville Public Schools |
Food |
Richmond Community Schools |
Food |
Swartz Creek Community Schools |
Food |
Ubly Community Schools |
Food, Custodial, Transportation |
White Pigeon Community Schools |
Transportation |
Bridgman contracted through an employee-leasing agency to hire new employees in its food services and ended this arrangement.
Capac had been contracting for a transportation director and now shares a director with another district instead.
Constantine Public Schools reported being dissatisfied with its custodial service contractor and brought the service back in-house.
The Glenn school district had bought a hot meal for its students once a month from a local restaurant. It stopped purchasing these meals in 2013.
Houghton Lake Community Schools had been using a leased transportation director and now uses an in-house employee.
The Richmond district had used a leased food service director and this position is now in-house.
Swartz Creek had used a contracted food service manager but now shares a manager with the Durand school district.
Ubly Community Schools had been dissatisfied with its employee-leasing agency and the positions for food, custodial and transportation services are now all done in-house.
White Pigeon Community Schools had leased a transportation manager and now shares one with Centerville Public Schools.