A new contractor will handle the heavy cleaning in Elmore County Schools.

At its Tuesday meeting, the Elmore County Board of Education approved the bid from HES Facilities Management in Knoxville, Tennessee, in the amount of $1,841,966.59 for the next school year. The privately held company handles custodial services for only educational facilities from kindergarten to college across the country. The company will hire approximately two county wide managers, about 11 campus managers and about 44 custodians who will clean Elmore County School mostly after students leave for the day.