The Secaucus Board of Education’s operations committee reported multiple summer facilities projects and cost-saving moves during the board meeting.

Committee members said the district purchased 300 LED lights and had installed about 75 in middle and high school hallways so far. A storage unit will be moved from Flanagan Way to Clarington; the relocation is estimated to save “just over $10,000.” The end-of-year rental update for the pack center was reported at $154,000 for the year.

Work underway or scheduled includes installation of a split air-conditioning unit for the Shubert Street School kitchen (to be installed within two weeks), installation of a split unit for the board office conference room (already installed), scheduled resanding of the Clarington gym floor the week following the end of summer camp (camp ends Aug. 8), and a performing-arts lighting project at the middle/high school that is expected to take six to eight weeks.

The committee discussed hiring a new head custodian for Hebrew Street School and reported that eight high school students were employed over the summer to assist custodial staff. The board recorded a motion to approve the monthly finance and operations resolutions (R4.01–R4.17) during the finance section of the meeting; those resolutions include, among other items, settlement agreements announced separately by the board secretary.

No formal change to the long-range facilities plan was adopted at the meeting; the district’s architect of record has begun walk-throughs with staff and the long-range facilities plan is expected to be completed within six to eight weeks of that work, with the district aiming for approval by the state Department of Education in the fall.