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In one videotaped speech during a high school student government campaign, he complains of being told to pick up his trash, saying that should be the work of paid janitors.

From BBC Feb. 8, 2026

A museum guard stood outside the bathroom, and janitors cleaned the piece every 15 minutes or so.

From The Wall Street Journal Oct. 31, 2025

Marty comes of age in the Hill Valley of 1985, where vandals have shellacked the high school with so much graffiti that the janitors seem to have given up.

From Los Angeles Times Oct. 30, 2025

Her parents, both Mexican immigrants who work night shifts as janitors, watch Kevin while Orea is on campus.

From Los Angeles Times Apr. 28, 2025

“We’ll take it from here,” says the server, who’s with one of the school’s janitors.

From "Shine!" by J.J. and Chris Grabenstein