Pride in Every Detail
Our operations and maintenance staff take great pride in making sure our students and teachers get to enjoy a safe, clean, comfortable learning environment. From classrooms and gymnasiums to fields and auditoriums, here are some fun facts about the skilled work that goes into fixing, upgrading, and maintaining our district-wide facilities year-round.
Plum Borough School District covers more than
180 acres of land—
that’ s as much space as over
2,800 tennis courts!
In the 2025-2026 school year, our district used over
196 tons of salt—
that’ s nearly the same weight as 100 cars!
Maintaining the facilities at all five district schools requires our staff to cover almost 700,000 square feet of space— that ' s nearly
150 basketball courts!
All that space includes
16 outdoor acres
that need to be mowed on a regular basis—
that’ s the same size as
12 football fields!
Each year, the district uses nearly 3 million feet of paper towels— that’ s over 560 miles!
Measuring a year of maintenance within our Plum Borough schools
The swimming pool in Plum Senior High School uses 195,941 gallons
of water per year— that’ s over 3 million cups!
In 2025, our maintenance team completed
3,242 work orders
across the District!
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