In the giant shed on the back side of the science wing, rows of tools and equipment line the walls. In one room there are shelves that contain blueprints. Golf carts whiz in and out of the building, driven workers who maintain the campus and keep it in order.

The school’s dozen maintenance workers provide the constant fixes and cleaning that keep campus humming.

Built 15 years ago, their headquarters acts as their hub, allowing them to maintain the 200,000-square-foot campus much more efficiently.

Once a bus yard, the 4,500-square-foot shed was the result of the school’s first major facilities bond in the late ‘90s. Originally, the maintenance staff worked out of a smaller shed next to the bus yard. However, as time passed, the bus yard was taken out and the larger shed tooks its place.

“This is kind of our home base. We come from here onto the campus,” said head of maintenance Brian Moran.

The task to maintain the campus begins at 7:30 a.m. when the staff meets in the shed to discuss the day’s agenda and distribute tasks. Their mission to maintain the campus continues even after students leave campus, with custodian rotations beginning at 3 p.m. and going until 11 p.m.

Also in the shed are offices that house the maintenance staff during the day.

These offices also contain a smaller annex that functions as the workshop for McAfee Center coordinator Adrian Stapleton, who helps students as they make the sets for the school’s plays. This annex, once functioning as the storage shed for Grad Night was moved into storage containers near the football field and now contains supplies and props for the drama sets.

This shed is invaluable to the maintenance staff, as it allows them to take care of the campus in an organized and more effective way.

“For the last 15 years, it has been and it will be our home base as long as the campus is here,” Moran said.