LAUREL, Iowa —

Students and staff at East Marshall Elementary School in Laurel found a good reason to celebrate together this week: Mick Good's 86th birthday.

Good is one of two custodians at the elementary school.

“Their day changes every day, and it’s a busy day,” said Mark Albertsen, the school’s principal. “Whether it’s breakfast or lunch, they’re cleaning the hallways, cleaning the classrooms.”

That daily workload is just what occurs during the school year. Even when the around 300 students who go to East Marshall Elementary School are not there during the summer, the custodians are hard at work.

“They empty all the classrooms and scrub them down really good. They put the desks back in for the teachers to be ready for the beginning of the school year,” said Albertsen. “Mick himse

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