School In-plants Achieve Straight-A Performance

"Every product we have produced is delivered to all of our 62 sites each day. That keeps our staff in the buildings, in the classrooms, in student contact."

Even the addition of new equipment to the in-plant has paid off for the district, Morin says. The shop has saved enough money by upgrading its technologies to give about $2 million in profits back to the district's general fund over the past nine years.