At Katy High School, daily foot traffic from more than 3,000 students adds to cleaning demands, a challenge Katy Independent School District said is tougher to manage with vacant custodial jobs.
According to ABC13 Houston, with a districtwide shortage of about 100 custodians, Katy Independent School District has rolled out cleaning robots at 17 campuses.
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The district invested about $1 million in the devices, at roughly $30,000 per unit. After students leave, the machines can spend around eight hours either scrubbing hard floors or vacuuming carpet.
Meet Katy ISD’s newest cleaning crew. The district is using robots at 17 schools to help tackle a shortage of about 100 custodians.
The district has had trouble filling custodial roles across its campuses. Katy Independent School District officials told the station that “there are lots of choices for people,” which has made hiring for those jobs more difficult…