Q: Is there a classroom available on FCC that could be used for the FCC/FUSD Adult Transition Program? Currently students are using Heaton Elementary for classes.
A: “I would suggest submitting a Facilities Request to the Administrative Services office, but, with our current enrollment, vacant classrooms are not readily available.”

Q: Smoking on campus is a big issue that we are addressing this issue. Besides talking to ASG to campaign about making FCC smoke free, what is your opinion on smoking on campus? Do you see is as a big issue that students face? Should students be concerned for their health with the risks of secondhand smoke?
A: “Smoking is hazardous to the health of the smoker as well as the people in the near vicinity who are exposed to second hand smoking. As a non-smoker I try to avoid people smoking, and I would encourage others to do the same.”

Q: The bathrooms on campus are quite disgusting. Did the janitorial staff take a hit with the budget cuts? Do you know when the bathrooms are cleaned or if the restrooms have a planned schedule for maintenance?
A: “As for taking a hit on the budget, yes we did and we have had positions go unfunded in the past few years. They are called to remove graffiti, unplug toilets and urinals, repair and paint the walls and partitions. It is not just the matter of trying to keep the restrooms stocked and clean, the amount of time spent in the restrooms out weighs all other duties. We cannot keep up with the way the students leave the restrooms on all shifts. If we do not have the restrooms plugged up with paper towels, toilet seat covers and other debris, we have to remove graffiti from walls, partitions, and dispensers. The dispensers are also being pulled off the walls, broken into and the paper stock taken; we have even had students urinate on new rolls of toilet tissue that had just been stocked. Sometimes we will have the rolls of toilet tissue just rolled off the dispenser and placed in the toilet or bunched up in the corner in a pile for no apparent reason.
“Finally, I have a cell phone, radio, and office extension that emergency calls for service in restrooms and buildings can be made to. I personally call a custodian to check on those calls for service. Just recently we moved eleven custodians from the graveyard shift to better serve the campus and to try to keep up the restrooms on the other different shifts. With the increase of students and others that come to campus our department needs some help from everyone to keep the campus clean. If you do the numbers, thirty-four Building Services employees trying to keep up the cleaning for approximately 25,000 students is real hard without help.”
-Mr. Juan Bravo, Manager Building Services
Is there anything that Fresno City is doing to help with the continuous “green movement”? Does campus have a reliable recycling program that is accessible on all areas of campus?
“The Building Services department began purchasing new chemicals that are considered ‘green products’ and continues to look for other ways to advance the green movement. We have changed our dust mops to electrical static magnetic fiber sheets. These new dust mopping sheets, eliminates the need to wash dust mops and pour chemicals into the drains. We utilize microfiber cloth rags to wipe down chalkboards and whiteboards which eliminate the spreading of chalk and dust particles to fly around and clog up air conditioning and heating vents. We have been using graffiti removal wipes to remove graffiti and eliminate the smell of chemicals in the restrooms.
“As for recycling, we have recycle tubs in every division office and in individual instructor offices as requested. We recycle cardboard, paper, and green waste from the Grounds Department debris. We have several recycling containers inside of buildings and outside entrances of certain high traffic buildings. We have one of our custodians that picks-up recyclables from offices and telephone requests on a daily basis. He works on recycling pick-up for approximately 20 to 25 hours per week. Another student retrieves cardboard from the cafeteria and other locations around campus and takes it to the cardboard baler we have at T-500 yard.
“Then another Utility Worker takes the baled cardboard to the Material Recovery Facility (MRF) every other week. Those two other employees work on recycling for another 1 to 2 hours per day. Then there are the individuals that come onto campus to sort through the trash receptacles removing the recyclables before it goes to the landfill.”