A middle school custodian was suspended and later resigned after secretly living above the school auditorium for six months. He furnished the space with beds, furniture, and a mini-fridge, and had his four children stay with him on weekends because he had nowhere else to go.

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[u/DarkDaysBrightNlghts]

Man they shouldve just let him stay, he works there and does a good job. On top of that this proves yall pay him so shitty he cant even afford housing smh.

[u/rinkydinkis → u/DarkDaysBrightNlghts]

Like most policy decisions they are probably scared of some legal liability issue.

Which is a shame that our world works this way now. Too many people try and take advantage of situations for their own betterment at the detriment of others that there is now a law or liability for every damn thing

[u/canman7373 → u/rinkydinkis]

4 children staying there on the weekends, yeah that's a big liability especially if the school knew about it.

[u/FlirtyFluffyFox → u/rinkydinkis]

When you see something like this: no you didn't. 

[u/bitchwhohasnoname → u/DarkDaysBrightNlghts]

And nobody was using it! He furnished it himself and didn’t bother anybody. This is some bullshit

[u/Chineselight → u/bitchwhohasnoname]

And of course his secret was discovered because of an unrelated investigation

[u/SwordfishOk504 → u/bitchwhohasnoname]

This is some bullshit

lol, no, there are ALLLL kinds of insurance and liabilities at play here.

[u/donoteatshrimp → u/bitchwhohasnoname]

Liability and fire safety is a big issue to be fair, you can't just let someone live in a random room unaccounted for. But many schools I know have actual on-site accommodation for full-time janitors. We had a little house round the back where the caretaker lived. May be a relic of the past though? Still I'm sure they could have worked something out because to me a janitor living on-site is nothing out of the ordinary.

[u/pblol → u/donoteatshrimp]

Ours had to be rebuilt after it was filled with creamed corn.

[u/donoteatshrimp → u/pblol]

Did you at least get to salvage your retirement grease?

[u/doomedtocrumble → u/DarkDaysBrightNlghts]

80k a year is shit pay now?

[u/DarkDaysBrightNlghts → u/doomedtocrumble]

Sounds like a made up number unless you can pull up his pay stubs kid!

[u/Best_Reply2947 → u/DarkDaysBrightNlghts]

Don't be an ass, especially when they were right

[u/DarkDaysBrightNlghts → u/Best_Reply2947]

Are you his back up? Lol its ok, 2 on 1 Im good with those odds, i got the experience!

[u/Best_Reply2947 → u/DarkDaysBrightNlghts]

No you're just that arrogant and annoying

[u/doomedtocrumble → u/DarkDaysBrightNlghts]

Weird, another idiot spouting off on reddit

https://nypost.com/2026/08/29/us-news/custodian-secretly-lives-in-school-for-six-months/

[u/DarkDaysBrightNlghts → u/doomedtocrumble]

See, shouldve put that up from the start kid, you’re learning!

[u/AtheismoAlmighty → u/DarkDaysBrightNlghts]

Wtf are you taking about? The link he provided is the exact same one OP did and is stickied to the top of the thread.

Why are you acting like an asshole towards someone who's only crime was reading the fucking article that you were too lazy to.

[u/Desperate-Analyst266 → u/DarkDaysBrightNlghts]

how does this comment have a single upvote? you people are weird

[u/doomedtocrumble → u/DarkDaysBrightNlghts]

Imbecile

[u/DarkDaysBrightNlghts → u/doomedtocrumble]

😏

[u/trippy_grapes → u/DarkDaysBrightNlghts]

He makes about 18k more than the median household income for his area as a single person. How is that shitty pay???

[u/Mother_Village9831 → u/DarkDaysBrightNlghts]

It'd be the child support. Can't really blame the employer for that.

[u/Less_Tacos → u/DarkDaysBrightNlghts]

Pay him extra, he is on site security now.

[u/DarkDaysBrightNlghts → u/Less_Tacos]

Good idea actually!

[u/Itchy_Horse → u/DarkDaysBrightNlghts]

Theres nothing in this post indicating he was good at his job.

[u/Eziekiel23_20 → u/DarkDaysBrightNlghts]

He likely could afford housing sans 4 child support payments.