The Operational Services Department of Pinellas County Schools is housed at the Walter Pownall Service Center (WPSC) along with several other departments. WPSC is located at 11111 South Belcher Road, Largo, FL, 33773 on the northeast corner of Bryan Dairy Road and South Belcher Road in Pinellas County.
Associate Superintendent, Operational ServicesClint Herbic (727) 547-7112
The Associate Superintendent for Operational Services oversees the operation of the following departments: Area Maintenance Supervisors, Building Operations, Schools Police, School Safety & Threat Assessment, Facilities, Design & Construction (FD&C), Real Estate, Extended Transition, Food & Nutrition, Maintenance, Transportation, Warehousing, Office of the School Board Architect, Real Estate, Utility Management, Maintenance, Threat Assessment Administration, Transportation, Cenergistic and Warehousing. Also housed at the Walter Pownall Service Center is the Instructional Materials Department (a satellite office) which is not under the management of Operational Services.
General Managers Facilities & OperationsAlison Shanabrook (727) 547-7190
The Fire Marshall performs professional, technical fire prevention and inspection work. Responsibilities include enforcing State Requirements for Educational Facilities, Florida Building Code, Life Safety Code, Prevention Code and other applicable state ordinances and regulations, managing the district’s Fire, Health and Safety (FHS) program and overseeing fire, casualty and sanitation inspections of buildings.
Food and Nutrition DepartmentKaren Oruwariye, Director (727) 547-7155
The Food and Nutrition Department provides well-balanced and nutritious meals to the students throughout the school year. This department has over 800 employees. They serve lunches, a la carte lunches and breakfasts each day. All menus are planned and coordinated using the U.S.D.A. Dietary Guidelines. They are self-supporting as they receive no funds from the School Board to pay for their program, personnel or equipment.
Instructional MaterialsMeghan Frye (727) 547-7130
The Office of Instructional Materials is the district’s liaison with the publishing industry.
This department manages the textbook adoption process for the district. Adoption committee members review samples of textbooks and work with curriculum supervisors to select the books and other instructional items for Pinellas County schools. The Instructional Materials staff provides research and processes purchase orders on requested items from schools and department's state categorical funding. Many special projects are coordinated in this department, such as the distribution of Common Assessments and ESE materials. They also maintain and distribute Summer Bridge materials along with the items centrally created by our district. This department coordinate deliveries of instructional materials to all of the schools and departments within Pinellas County schools. This office is also responsible for the annual inventory of instructional materials purchased with state adopted funds.
Maintenance Mike Hewett, Director (727) 547-7239
The Maintenance Department employs trades personnel who repair facilities, maintain equipment, buildings and sites throughout the District. Service requests are submitted electronically by designated people at each site directly to customer service for processing. Requests for service include carpentry, plumbing, electrical, technology, roofing, carpet maintenance, pest control, turf/grounds maintenance, heating/ventilation and air conditioning and painting to name some of the many services available. This department is also responsible for site work and the maintenance and relocation of portable classrooms throughout the District.
Emergency Service/Work Orders (727) 547-7214
Facilities Design & Construction (FD&C)Doug Pollei, Director (727) 547-7113
The Facilities Design & Construction Department is responsible for the planning, design and management of construction, remodeling and renovation projects at the School District’s educational and support facilities.
Pinellas County Schools Police
The Pinellas County Schools Police Department consists of 26 Sworn law enforcement officers and 10 civilian support personnel. The department provides law enforcement services to the school district which include School Resource Officers, internal criminal investigations and a K-9 utilized for drug sniffs. The department’s emergency communications center provides 24 hour coverage as the first point of contact for the district throughout the year, as well as monitoring all intrusion alarms for the district’s 150 schools and support facilities. Real Estate Department (727) 547-7137The Real Estate Department acquires land for new sites and for existing site expansions. This involves negotiations, appraisals, site studies (engineering, environmental and biological), land-use approvals, public hearings and closings. The department manages many site-related issues for 135 schools and centers occupying 2600 acres of Board-owned land, including easements, rights-of-way, vacations and site-records management. The department also manages long-term land and facility-use agreements and short-term facility leases.
Transportation T. Mark Hagewood, Director (727) 547-4598 Pinellas County District Call Center (727) 587-2020The Transportation Department has 700 employees responsible for transporting the students of Pinellas County to and from school each day. Our school buses travel over 25,000 miles each day transporting in excess of 33,000 students. In addition, our buses service students for summer school, athletic functions and educational field trips. Cenergistic
