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>The Next bi-monthly STASMO
meeting scheduled for
Nov , 2011,
is being rescheduled for December. Specific date is
still TBD.
>RSVP for yourself or group by clicking
STASMO Meeting location: Best Western
Palm Aire Hotel: 415 S International Blvd, Weslaco, TX 78596, (956)
969-2411,
Get directions
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(Don't forget to call or email
if you need anything or know of something that would benefit the group!)
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Great site for all kinds of School
Facilities info including resources, webcasts, blogs, etc!
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SchoolDude
Energy & Utility Mgt Resources; papers, webcasts, etc.
- Energy
Smart Corporation now offers to let "school districts post
their energy and water bills online at no cost..." as well as
provide other energy related services.
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7/24/09,
Did you know that the TCEQ has information about
computer recycling? Click
here to learn more...
-Looking for a listing of
Region One
Charter Schools
or
ISD
Schools?
Or just want to get to the
Region One ESC
site?
-5/15/10,
Looking for School Safety & Security information? Have you
tried the Texas Schools
Safety Center? A central location for safety and security
information pertaining to all independent school districts and
junior college districts in the state of Texas.
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All kinds of maintenance articles here...Click
on the icon
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Another site packed with maintenance info...Click on the icon
-National
Clearinghouse for Educational Facilities (NCEF), great
resource list of links, books, and journal
articles citing national and regional maintenance and operations
costs,...
- Texas
Assoc of School Business Officials, "The trusted resource for school
business & operations." Click here for
affiliate listing, (list includes contact info for each
affiliate).
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RECENT ARTICLES/DOCUMENTS
8Insects
in the City, Austin Update, ...Other related links see IPM & Energy page.
8School
Pest News newsletter, Spring 2010 (April) just out !
Great information and links to helpful resources...Click
here
8Click
here
for link to site with 2009 School Performance reviews of various Texas
schools (areas of Facilities & Management). Site has links to other
related information such as Best Practices....Provided by Fidela Hinojosa of
Region One ESC, March 2010.
8By
Scott Naab of Trane,
"High Performance Energy Management"-
High
performance schools, with properly designed and maintained heating,
ventilation and air conditioning (HVAC) and control systems, can improve
the learning environment
...
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2011-12 Winter Conference
coming in February 2012! Date to be determined. We'll also
be taking this opportunity to award our 2nd annual "Custodian of the
Year"
The
2010-11Custodian of The Year was,
Ms. Ester Rodriguez of Mission CISD! Congratulations!!
 From
Dan Cantu, President, "We're kicking off our 2011-12 year and I want to extend
an invitation to all school district maintenance & business officials to be a
part of our organization." See the dates on our meeting calendar (left)
and plan accordingly! Click here to
become a registered member!
>Have you seen Maintenance Operation benchmark data in the 37th
Annual Schools & Universities site? Click
here!
INTERESTING DOCUMENTS & VIDEOS
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putting various links here to webinars related to Indoor Air Quality,
Chemicals, etc
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EPA ~Effective
Policies to Eliminate Chemical Releases and Exposures in Schools,
Webinar Series, Click
here
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EPA~ Mold and
Moisture Webinar, Click
here!
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EPA~ Free resources, in Spanish,
Click
here!
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EPA~ October,
Celebrate Children’s Health Month!
Click
here!
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EPA~
Are you ready for back to school? Click
here!
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Lot of great Facility Masters
(K-12) Webinars, Click
here!
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82011-12
Texas Accessibility
Standards Academies,
Due to the pending adoption of new accessibility standards by the Department, Texas Accessibility Academy classes have been temporarily suspended for 2011. No reservations will be accepted at this time for the 2012 classes.
8See
AEP's
Restoring Power Video (give a few seconds to
download)...Click
here to go to their "Outages/Problems" page (added 5/28/10)
8Work
Loading/Cleaning Times,
(posted 1/24/10), found on
Cleanlink.com, video from
ISSA . ISSA also
launches updtd version of its popular
Cleaning Times guide, provides actual times for specific cleaning
tasks. Or for a free one based on ISSA 2005 (according to NAPER)
standard click
here...
8School
Chemical Mgt (posted
1/24/10) video from
EPA click
here
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8Meetings
are typically
held on the last Tuesday of each month at various locations throughout the Valley.
Any vendor interested in sponsoring a meeting fill out a request
form and email to dcantu79@sbcglobal.net
or fax to 866-749-1862.
8Membership
Registration (online), Mail In
Form
8Request to Sponsor
a Meeting
8Link
to TASBO (Texas Assoc of School
Business Officials)
8Link
to ASBO (Assoc of
School Business Officials International)
8STASMO
Bylaws (amended Feb 2008)
8Need a copy of the
Dues letter,
W-9 or
Receipt Form. Click on the preceding highlighted links..
8MSDS Search:
imv.complyplus.com/grainger/
8Texas
Admin Code for School Facilities Design
8Looking
for school finance info, get the TEA
Financial Accountability Resource
...
OTHER Texas M&O Associations
8"Brothers" in the
Gulf Coast region,
"Gulf Coast Maintenance &
Operations"...have a great site with links to some great
resources, President, Christine Derryberry
8"Brothers"
in the Coastal Bend region, (Corpus-Christi) "Coastal Bend M & O",
President, Larry Curlis of
Gregory-Portland ISD.
8"Brothers" in the
Hill Country region, "Hill
Country M & O",
President,
Donald Mays of Kerrville ISD
8"Brothers" in the
North Texas region, "North
Texas M & O Association",
President, Jeff White
8"Brothers"
in the Capitol Area region, "Capitol Area M & O", President,
Jerry Blizzard of Lake Travis
ISD
8"Brothers"
in the San Antonio area, "Alamo Area School M & O & Construction
Assoc", President, Jim Selby of
East Central ISD
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SCHOLARSHIPS
84/03/10,
Texas Assoc of School Business Officials (TASBO) has a scholarship
program. Click
here for
more info. Deadline to apply is May 28th...
87/29/11,
 SchoolSoup.com - World's Largest Scholarship Database
89/02/09,
Magic Valley Electric Co-0p offers a scholarship program for
graduating seniors...more
81/22/10,
Home Depot has a scholarship program for anyone going into a trades
program...more,
program
flyer
86/05/10,
For other scholarship opportunities click
here to visit a page I created
for this...
8Looking
for demographic info on different campuses,
visit
TEA....
.
8TASBO
has several classes that you may be interested in. Click here
to visit their sites, "Training" page...
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8Meeting Agendas,
Sign In records, Minutes as well as Survey Results and Vendor Presentations are posted in
Archives.
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