LANGHORNE, PA — By outsourcing its janitorial services, the Neshaminy School District could save nearly $9 million over three years, according to the Bucks County Courier Times.
The Neshaminy School District anticipates that it will spend $15.8 million in three years if it renews a contract with its current union employees; however, by privatizing janitorial services with a company like Pritchard Industries Inc., the district foresees spending only 6.8 million in those same three years, the story stated.
Neshaminy School Board President Ritchie Webb said: "I want to point out that the board will exhaust every effort to negotiate a fair and equitable contract for both sides before using the outside contractors."
District janitors, represented by the Neshaminy Educational Support Professional Association, have been working on an expired contract since July and say they cannot afford the higher health premiums the district is proposing in negotiations, the story noted.
According to the Neshaminy School District website, "The union's refusal to adequately address the above issues, related primarily to benefits for full-time workers, leaves us little choice but to continue to consider contracting with third parties as a partial solution to the financial challenges we face."
The district plans to continually update their website on the status of the negotiations, the story added.
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