Educational facility cleaning across Connecticut, Rhode Island, and southern Massachusetts
School and educational facility cleaning lives in a particular middle ground — the standards have to match a healthcare-adjacent environment (hand-to-hand contact, shared surfaces, vulnerable populations), the schedule has to fit around 7 a.m. arrivals and after-school programs, and the staff has to be background-checked the same way classroom teachers are. Fraser Commercial Services has cleaned commercial buildings throughout eastern and central Connecticut for 39 years, and our school programs are built around what district facilities directors and private school operations leads actually need from a cleaning vendor.
We’re a 39-year-old, family-run, veteran-owned commercial cleaning company headquartered in Waterford, CT. Every cleaner assigned to a school or educational facility is background-checked before they receive a key, fob, or alarm code — this is the default for any work involving access to spaces where minors are present, not a paid add-on. Our crews are bonded, our company carries general liability insurance, and we’ll add your district or institution as named insured on request.
School and education facility types we serve
- K-12 public school districts — nightly programs, summer deep-clean cycles, athletic facility maintenance, and cafeteria support
- Private and parochial schools — full-building programs scheduled around the academic calendar
- Daycare centers, preschools, and early childhood programs — specialized infant/toddler-area protocols, naptime schedule sensitivity, food-prep area sanitization
- Higher education satellite buildings and adult education centers — classroom turnover, computer lab dust management, conference and event-space reset
- Tutoring centers, music schools, and after-school programs — flexible scheduling around late-afternoon and evening sessions
- Independent and charter schools — programs scoped to your specific facility footprint and operating model
- School athletic facilities and gymnasiums — floor care for hardwood and synthetic surfaces, locker room sanitization, restroom programs
The standards we work to in educational settings
School cleaning carries an extra layer of accountability. Classroom surface disinfection has to use products that are safe for use in spaces where children sit, eat, and put their hands on everything. Restroom programs have to be tight enough that the building never smells — one bad bathroom resets parent perception of the whole school. Cafeteria and food-service areas have to follow the local health department’s expectations for back-of-house cleanliness. We use EPA-registered disinfectants matched to each space, color-coded microfiber to prevent cross-contamination between bathrooms and classrooms, and CDC-aligned cleaning sequences from clean to dirty, top to bottom.
What’s included in a Fraser Commercial school cleaning program
The exact scope is built around your facility, your enrollment, your operating hours, and your budget. A typical Fraser Commercial nightly program for a K-12 building or daycare facility covers the full instructional and support footprint:
Classrooms and instructional spaces
- Desk and tabletop disinfection, chair cleaning, whiteboard ledge wipe-down
- Floor care — vacuum or sweep + spot mop for spills, periodic full mop on schedule
- Trash removal at every classroom
- Window glass interior cleaning on a rotating schedule
- High-touch surfaces: door handles, light switches, sink fixtures
Restrooms (the make-or-break)
- Hospital-grade disinfection of all touch points and fixtures
- Toilet, urinal, sink cleaning with appropriate disinfectants and dwell times
- Mirror and partition wipe-down
- Floor care with school-safe disinfectant
- Supply restocking — soap, paper, sanitary, hand sanitizer — on a stocked-pantry model so you’re never out
Cafeterias, kitchens, and food-service areas
- Table and bench cleaning between lunch waves where day-porter coverage is included; full reset nightly
- Floor care including sweep + degreaser mop for grease zones
- Trash, recycling, and food-waste streams handled per facility waste management protocol
- Vending area, microwave, refrigerator door, and coffee station cleaning
Common areas and offices
- Lobby, hallway, and stairwell cleaning — floor care, glass, high-touch handrails
- Main office, principal’s office, conference room reset
- Teacher lounge and break-room programs
- Library and media-center vacuum and surface care
Project services on a quarterly or annual schedule
- VCT strip-and-wax across hallway and classroom hard floors during summer break or vacation weeks
- Carpet shampooing and extraction in libraries, offices, and any carpeted classrooms
- Gym floor maintenance — recoat schedules for hardwood and synthetic surfaces
- Locker room deep-cleans between sports seasons
- Window cleaning, both interior and exterior
- High dusting (vents, light fixtures, ceiling features) on a rotating schedule
Background checks, scheduling, and supervision
Three things define how we run a school account. First, background checks: every cleaner assigned to your facility is background-checked before they receive a key, fob, or alarm code, and we don’t duplicate or share access credentials. Second, scheduling: we work around dismissal, after-school programs, and athletics, and we never have crews in occupied classrooms during instructional hours. Third, supervision: every account has a named Fraser Commercial supervisor who is your single point of accountability and who can get on-site quickly when something needs attention.
For districts that need additional documentation, we can provide written cleaning logs by room, restroom check-off sheets, and quarterly walk-through reports that you can keep on file. We don’t charge extra for the paperwork because it’s part of how we believe school cleaning should run.
Where we work
Fraser Commercial Services is headquartered at 914 Hartford Turnpike in Waterford, CT, and serves a 60-mile radius covering eastern and central Connecticut, southern Rhode Island, and parts of southern Massachusetts. We currently work with educational facilities in Hartford, New Haven, Providence, Norwich, Groton, New London, Middletown, Farmington, Glastonbury, and the surrounding shoreline and Hartford-metro communities. If your school or educational facility is in our service area, we’ll do a free walkthrough and have a written quote in your hands within two business days.
Find school and educational facility cleaning in your city — 51 cities served across CT, RI & southern MA
Fraser Commercial Services runs dedicated school and educational facility cleaning programs in every commercial-relevant town in our 60-mile service radius from Waterford, CT.
Hartford metro
Berlin · Bristol · Cromwell · East Hartford · Farmington · Glastonbury · Hartford · Manchester · Newington · Plainville · Rocky Hill · South Windsor · Vernon · West Hartford · Wethersfield
Central Connecticut
Meriden · Middletown · New Britain · Southington · Wallingford
Greater New Haven
Hamden · Milford · New Haven · North Haven
Eastern Connecticut shoreline
Branford · Clinton · East Lyme · Groton · Mystic · New London · Niantic · Old Lyme · Old Saybrook · Stonington · Waterford · Westbrook
Eastern Connecticut / Quiet Corner
Colchester · Mansfield/Storrs · Montville · Norwich · Putnam · Tolland
Rhode Island & Providence metro
Cranston · East Greenwich · Lincoln · Newport · Pawtucket · Providence · Smithfield · Warwick · Westerly
Don’t see your city? Request a quote — we serve the entire 60-mile radius.