More and more schools and daycare centers are outsourcing cleaning and janitorial services to companies like Gator Cleaning Solutions. At a time when school funding is more limited than ever, schools are turning to professional commercial cleaning companies to provide more efficient, less costly services. Cleaning schools is a specialized process and is different than cleaning medical facilities or business offices and as such requires a commercial cleaning company that trains and understands for the specific needs of schools. Use a cleaning checklist as a tool to help identify which cleaning services will best serve your needs as you move forward.

A prospective cleaning company should have experience in the field of school cleaning. You don’t want your school to be a learning experience for a cleaning company. You need efficiency and quality on day one.

Be sure your school cleaning service provider has extensive experience especially in employee screening as your workers could be in contact with students. Criminal background checks, drug testing and also educational verification, employment history, and reference verification are expected. Throughout Florida , all staff working on school grounds must be fingerprinted and pass a background check to meet the Jessica Lunsford act requirements.

Be prepared to work closely with your company to ensure the best possible fit of personnel for your school. You need to find the right people to work in this challenging position who understands the specialized needs of school cleaning. A professional school cleaning service will know how to customize a program to get the most out of your budget!

An experienced cleaning service will work within your budget and set up cleaning services individualized to your school facility. There should be transparency in pricing and contracts should be clear and easy to ensure you will get what you are promised.

It is advisable to contact someone locally rather than a national cleaning service to ensure a more personal relationship and a more hands-on approach. Large local companies can best serve you and it has the added benefit of keeping jobs and dollars right in the communities in which you serve. People appreciate schools keeping business in their communities as an investment in long term growth and prosperity.

A school cleaning company should offer clear individualized solutions designed for your school. They should be responsive to your unique needs and be responsive to any changes that might require a shift in services. There must be systems in place to communicate with ease and address issues as they come up.

Ideally, you will find a local, experienced company that will offer a green cleaning solution to your school. They should also include energy reduction plans to help meet your green building goals. Keeping your students and staff healthy should be the highest priority!

At Gator Cleaning Solutions we will be happy to provide all these services and more as we work closely with you for all your school needs. We have customized cleaning programs for Tampa area schools for over a decade and work diligently to find the very best solutions for each facility!   Call us to get a no-obligation cleaning proposal !