Even the many impressive statistics still can’t tell the full story of one of Georgia’s finest private K-12 schools. Established in 1963, the college-prep institution serves 1,130 students and offers pristine facilities and green spaces that span the 85-acre hillside campus. The environment is first-class at every corner, relaying the idea that students deserve the best. Also, 69% of the faculty hold advanced degrees, and the average tenure is ten years. The school has been nationally recognized for academic excellence and athletic dominance, having collected 86 state championships across 21 sports.
Challenges
Being a prestigious private school, expectations couldn’t be higher, and rightly so. That challenge is compounded due to the high visibility. It’s not only close to major highways, the campus gets plenty of attention online because of the numerous extracurricular activities. These include highly competitive sports teams, which are all being televised in today’s streaming age.
This leads us to the next concern - scheduling. School officials are steadfast in efforts to minimize student distractions. And that puts pressure on our scheduling specialist to complete work without distracting students and teachers. The many extracurricular events present additional planning challenges for landscaping maintenance.
The site’s terrain can be difficult as well. Much of the campus was built into a hillside, so the slopes can make mowing and maintenance tasks more hazardous. Plus, any slope increases the odds of turf damage from equipment, especially during Georgia’s rainy season. Hilly terrain can also reduce leaf clean-up efficiency.
Results
For over seven years, Yellowstone Landscape has helped make this property an attractive campus to attain a high-quality education. Here are a few ways that we care for the campus’s top-tier outdoor spaces.
- Entrances and exits are monitored for any needed repairs to ensure first impressions never disappoint.
- Yellowstone’s account manager walks the property regularly and drives the campus to monitor for any landscape issues (provides up-close and driver’s vantage points).
- Scheduling software helps our crews adjust to scheduling conflicts that could disrupt learning.
- Our company’s logistics specialist is on the update list for all school events, which helps us pivot tasks when needed.
- Additional employees can be brought in to catch up after weather delays or storms to keep our maintenance unobtrusive to students and faculty.
- Yellowstone Safety Rodeos help ensure employee safety while working on steep slopes.
- Access to a variety of mowers means Yellowstone teams have the right equipment for safe operation and protecting the turf.
- The heavy leaf fall is cleaned up efficiently with large area blowers, mower bagging, and vacuum systems.
- Landscape enhancements were made at the new monument signage at the main entrances.
- New landscape features were added after the initial contract as additional buildings were constructed.
Campus Praise
“Ranked in the top 10% of Georgia's private high schools”
“Cannot say enough great things about this school.”
100% Graduation Rate
Commitment to Educational Excellence
Pride can be a great thing for young people, especially when they gain that sense of pride in their learning environment. Leaders and faculty at this K-12 educational institution go to great lengths to ensure students feel confident, safe, and comfortable. Not only is the education top-notch, but there’s an abundance of activities and green space available to engage young minds after school and during summer break.
School officials, alumni, and staff are responsive to the needs of modern students, so they expect the same responsiveness from service providers. Yellowstone Landscape began serving this campus nearly a decade ago. We were selected after the client ended their partnership with a prior provider that failed to understand and respond to their landscaping concerns in a timely manner.
Undelivered promises of excellent service are naturally disheartening. What’s worse is when a school has committed to providing an outstanding learning environment and a service provider falls short of that commitment. Fortunately, Yellowstone Landscape crews have exceeded expectations since our company began maintaining the campus landscaping. Each team member takes pride in their work and is dedicated to making sure student life here continues to rank among the finest in all of Georgia.
If you have high expectations for your green spaces and the people your commercial property serves, contact Yellowstone Landscape for a consultation.
