Story by Aiden Bennett

This past Sunday was National Custodian Day.  This week, we took time to remember that the custodians do more than just clean and watch if students need a bucket or mop. They work incredibly hard to make sure that problems, spills, mechanical failures, and dirty floors get fixed before even being noticed by the students and staff of Brick Memorial.

On the average morning at Brick Memorial High School, Head custodian Mr. Vin Volinski comes in along with fellow custodians and runs around the school delivering packages to classrooms, cleaning up the lunchrooms, and whatever tasks that have to be done before the students come in the school.  Every morning is a mystery, so they never know what might come up!

Few people may know how many custodians might be in our schools and our district, Mr. Volinski said that in Brick Memorial High School, there are 11 custodians that make up the almost 50 in the district.

One of Mr. Volinski’s  craziest memories was when there was a huge water fountain overflow that leaked throughout the school, mainly leaking into rooms 118 and room 119, into the gold cafeteria, and into the new wing.  But as usual, his crew pulled together and everything was fixed and school carried on!  

Mr. Volinski loves his job, and he says there is never really anything that he doesn’t enjoy, despite the occasional pump leak that needs repair.  

Mr. Volinski’s favorite part about coming to school and “working his butt off” is the students. He loves seeing the “kids walking in the halls, seeing there faces.”  

Mr. Volinski says that something people should know about the custodians is that they are very overlooked and that he and his fellow custodians really run and operate the school and make incredible things possible. The custodians work so hard to make the school as perfect as it is and we as a school and people of the world need to give our mighty and heroic custodians the credit that they rightfully deserve.

Thank you to Mr. Volinski and his crew for all you do!