ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (KRQE) – An elementary school employee is going above and beyond his job duties and showing off his creative side. Jacob Flores has been the head custodian at Mission Avenue Elementary School for almost eight years. He said he first came up with the idea to make wooden signs for the classrooms during a teacher conference when people needed directions.
“It’s meant a lot to me as far as, you know, the joy that it brought the kids and the teachers. They were just very happy, you know, to have these little things above their classroom,” said Head Custodian Jacob Flores.
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The nine signs are made of particle board and include animals like an elephant, fox, and hummingbird. There is even one special sign featuring a pre-historic creature, a dinosaur.
“It’s kind of out of place if they were all different dinosaurs, but he’s the one that’s kind of a little out of place,” stated Flores.
Flores acknowledges the signs can sometimes cause some distractions in the hallways.