{"id":2695,"date":"2017-09-28T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2017-09-28T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mpulse.cloud.fruitionqa.com\/cmms-software-public-school-district-maintenance\/"},"modified":"2025-07-30T06:27:52","modified_gmt":"2025-07-30T06:27:52","slug":"public-school-maintenance","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mpulsesoftware.com\/blog\/cmms\/public-school-maintenance\/","title":{"rendered":"CMMS Software Helps Public School District Take Maintenance to the Next Level"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>School maintenance isn\u2019t just about taking care of buildings and equipment.<\/p>\n<p>Maintenance plays a huge role in the well-being of students, teachers, and administrators. When school districts like St. Mary&#8217;s County Public Schools (SMCPS) use <a href=\"https:\/\/mpulsesoftware.com\/software\/features\/\">facility maintenance software<\/a> to manage maintenance tasks, they are protecting the taxpayer\u2019s investment in public education.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe have a great team that\u2019s committed to safeguarding the mission of SMCPS, which is to provide the best learning environment that we can,\u201d said Sharon Dvorak, SMCPS work order specialist. \u201cOur goal is to always ensure the comfort and safety of all our students and staff, and provide the best possible outcome for our community. MPulse helps us do just that.\u201d<\/p>\n<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_81 counter-flat ez-toc-counter ez-toc-grey ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<div class=\"ez-toc-title-container\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<span class=\"ez-toc-title-toggle\"><\/span><\/div>\n<nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/mpulsesoftware.com\/blog\/cmms\/public-school-maintenance\/#Fixing_What_Broke\" >Fixing What Broke<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-2\" href=\"https:\/\/mpulsesoftware.com\/blog\/cmms\/public-school-maintenance\/#Work_Order_Management\" >Work Order Management<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Fixing_What_Broke\"><\/span>Fixing What Broke<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>For many years, the SMCPS Department of Maintenance operated in the way it knew best. The phone rang. Someone answered it and took a few notes, and then a maintenance technician went to fix the problem. There was little documentation, no preventive maintenance program, and limited historical data or background information.<\/p>\n<p>SMCPS wasn\u2019t unusual. Many school districts adopted a maintenance strategy of simply fixing what broke to work within budget restrictions. In July 2004, Sharon Dvorak, work order specialist, was tasked with improving the way the Department of Maintenance handled the growing needs of the school system.<\/p>\n<p>Sharon implemented the biggest change just a few months later\u2014the department\u2019s first CMMS software system, MPulse Silver. MPulse Silver gave SMCPS the ability to schedule preventive maintenance tasks and manage work orders as well as the capacity to receive, manage, and update service requests from unlimited requesters.<\/p>\n<p>Sharon started using MPulse\u2019s school maintenance software the same way most new CMMS users do\u2014setting up the database with all the district\u2019s building assets, employees, maintenance tasks, work order types, trades, and departments. In the autumn of 2004, with the basics in place, SMCPS began receiving and processing their first computer-generated work orders with school CMMS.<\/p>\n<p>By 2006, MPulse CMMS maintenance software was widely accepted throughout the organization. Fast forward to August 2016, and Sharon hit a major milestone\u2014surpassing 100,000 opened work orders.<\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Work_Order_Management\"><\/span>Work Order Management<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>Like most MPulse administrators, Sharon\u2019s day centers around work order management. MPulse helps the SMCPS maintenance team get the highest priority work done while making sure lower priority work doesn\u2019t slip through the cracks. \u201cWe needed to prioritize,\u201d Sharon said. \u201cOver the years our budgets have started to dwindle, so we needed to make sure we were spending our time\u2014and our money\u2014wisely.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Prior to their MPulse implementation, 100% of the Department of Maintenance\u2019s repairs were unplanned. \u201cOur scheduled maintenance program has taken us from a completely reactive work force to a balanced 48% planned and 52% unplanned,\u201d Sharon said. \u201cIt\u2019s taken our organization to a whole new level.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Download our customer success story or\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/mpulsesoftware.com\/Contact\/\">contact us<\/a> to learn more about how MPulse customers are using our CMMS software to improve their maintenance operations.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>School maintenance isn\u2019t just about taking care of buildings and equipment. Maintenance plays a huge role in the well-being of students, teachers, and administrators. When school districts like St. Mary&#8217;s County Public Schools (SMCPS) use facility maintenance software to manage maintenance tasks, they are protecting the taxpayer\u2019s investment in public education. \u201cWe have a great team that\u2019s committed to safeguarding the mission of SMCPS, which is to provide the best learning environment that we can,\u201d said Sharon Dvorak, SMCPS work order specialist. \u201cOur goal is to always ensure the comfort and safety of all our students and staff, and provide the best possible outcome for our community. MPulse helps us do just that.\u201d Fixing What Broke For many years, the SMCPS Department of Maintenance operated in the way it knew best. The phone rang. Someone answered it and took a few notes, and then a maintenance technician went to fix the problem. There was little documentation, no preventive maintenance program, and limited historical data or background information. SMCPS wasn\u2019t unusual. Many school districts adopted a maintenance strategy of simply fixing what broke to work within budget restrictions. In July 2004, Sharon Dvorak, work order specialist, was tasked with improving the way the Department of Maintenance handled the growing needs of the school system. Sharon implemented the biggest change just a few months later\u2014the department\u2019s first CMMS software system, MPulse Silver. MPulse Silver gave SMCPS the ability to schedule preventive maintenance tasks and manage work orders as well as the capacity to receive, manage, and update service requests from unlimited requesters. Sharon started using MPulse\u2019s school maintenance software the same way most new CMMS users do\u2014setting up the database with all the district\u2019s building assets, employees, maintenance tasks, work order types, trades, and departments. In the autumn of 2004, with the basics in place, SMCPS began receiving and processing their first computer-generated work orders with school CMMS. By 2006, MPulse CMMS maintenance software was widely accepted throughout the organization. Fast forward to August 2016, and Sharon hit a major milestone\u2014surpassing 100,000 opened work orders. Work Order Management Like most MPulse administrators, Sharon\u2019s day centers around work order management. MPulse helps the SMCPS maintenance team get the highest priority work done while making sure lower priority work doesn\u2019t slip through the cracks. \u201cWe needed to prioritize,\u201d Sharon said. \u201cOver the years our budgets have started to dwindle, so we needed to make sure we were spending our time\u2014and our money\u2014wisely.\u201d Prior to their MPulse implementation, 100% of the Department of Maintenance\u2019s repairs were unplanned. \u201cOur scheduled maintenance program has taken us from a completely reactive work force to a balanced 48% planned and 52% unplanned,\u201d Sharon said. \u201cIt\u2019s taken our organization to a whole new level.\u201d Download our customer success story or\u00a0contact us to learn more about how MPulse customers are using our CMMS software to improve their maintenance 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