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Sayreville board to add bus garage, greenhouse to long-range plan; high school HVAC completion moved to December 2025
Summary
Superintendent described proposed amendments to the district's 2019 long-range facility plan to add a bus garage and a greenhouse, outlined contract proposals for sidewalks, drainage and vehicles, and said the high school first-floor HVAC project is now expected to finish in December 2025.
Superintendent Dr. Labbe told the Sayreville School District Board of Education that the district is proposing a minor amendment to the 2019 long-range facility plan to add a bus garage and a greenhouse at the high school. "We're asking you to approve a minor amendment of the 2019 long range facility plan to include the aforementioned bus garage, as well as a greenhouse at the high school," Dr. Labbe said during the board's finance and infrastructure discussion.
The superintendent said the district's referendum projects are "going well and on track" but that the remaining work on the high school first-floor HVAC has a revised completion date of December 2025. "Our last project is the HVAC at the high school... and that completion date is has been extended to December 2025," Dr. Labbe said.
Dr. Labbe described several procurement items on the agenda for board approval, including: replacement flooring at J. Salover School paid with preschool expansion aid ($24,784), a stone drainage swale between the high school and middle school ($4,985), sidewalk and railing repairs at Samsel and Truman schools ($5,776.95), the purchase of a Ford F-350 dump truck ($91,875) and a 29-passenger bus to replace a burned vehicle ($114,464.29). On insurance reimbursement for the burned bus, a board member asked about coverage; Dr. Labbe said the district had received $68,000 to date and expected to recover the remainder from the insurer.
Board members asked clarifying questions about locations and schedules for the drainage swale, Truman curb and sidewalk repairs, and parking-lot timing; Dr. Labbe and staff agreed to follow up on specific stair and blacktop repairs near playground areas. The board also discussed potential minor renovations to the existing bus garage to increase storage and office space to serve the district's more than 70 buses.
No final votes on the listed contracts were recorded in the provided transcript excerpt; Dr. Labbe presented the items as requests "asking you to approve" them at a future agenda vote or during the board's action phase.
