When Lead Custodial Manager Chris Garrett started working at SM East in May 2021, he couldn’t even fold up a cafeteria table. The pain was just too much.  Garrett spent most of his time submitting work orders on his computer. He occasionally helped pick up hallway trash, but only did about half of the average custodian’s workload.  Four months prior, Garrett had a near-death experience. He can’t quite recall the whole memory — it’s still in fragments. Despite his accident, he remains a valued staff member in the whole East community.   In January 2021, Garrett was spending his Sunday evening cleaning Rushton — a school where he didn’t even work —  when his boss offered him an extra shift. He had swept and mopped every hallway and taken out every trash can: a daily chore for him as the then-custodian at Indian Hills Middle School.  Garrett remembers checking the school one last time and exiting the kitchen with leftover trash bags. What happened next is blank.  To read more, click ...