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Great Neck facilities report: $10 million of summer work completed; voters approved further projects
Summary
District facilities director reported on summer renovations — parking lots, HVAC, skylight and North High library work — and outlined a multi-year capital plan with SED approvals required for larger projects approved by voters in May.
Great Neck''s director of facilities reported to the board that the district completed roughly $10,000,000 in facility work over the summer, including major parking-lot replacements, rooftop HVAC unit replacements at JFK and North Middle, a new commons skylight at North High and a renovation of a Family and Consumer Sciences room completed in-house.
Director Alfredo Cavallaro said district staff and contractors maintain about 1,450,000 square feet of buildings across 220 acres; the facilities team includes 14 maintenance mechanics, 16 groundsmen and about 90 other facilities team members. Cavallaro described a mix of in-house projects (kitchen and classroom renovations, boiler and HVAC repairs) and contractor work (parking lot drainage, roofs and field regrading).
Cavallaro showed photos of replaced parking lots (North Middle, North High and others), rooftop HVAC replacements at JFK, major roof repairs, a fully renovated multi-purpose space at JFK and the North High commons skylight replacement. He said the North High library renovation — funded after a May voter authorization to provide additional monies — is expected to be substantially complete for student use around Oct. 1.
The presentation reviewed the multi-year facilities planning process: building-condition surveys and engineering reports feed a five-year capital plan; projects approved by voters require review and approval by the State Education Department (SED) before advertising bids and awarding contracts. Cavallaro said the district had submitted construction documents to SED and expected review time measured in weeks to months.
Board members toured several projects in late August and praised the in-house staff for completing major work on time and within the annual budget. The board was reminded the larger list of voter-approved projects will proceed subject to SED approvals, public bidding and construction timetables.
