Superintendent Michael Naglas told the Mineola Union Free School District Board of Education at its Aug. 28, 2025, meeting that the district has completed major HVAC work in the middle‑school gym and expects students to begin using the space as staff finish transitions.

"The current middle school gym, the one that we've had for 100 years, almost 100 years, is back in action," Naglas said. He described a compressed work window and late nights by contractors, noting that workers “did not leave until 03:30 in the morning” to finish ductwork and remove machinery so the building could reopen.

Naglas said glass is being installed in the new gym and that plumbing work for roof drains and sprinkler systems is pending because two trades are understaffed. He said physical‑education teachers will transition into new offices during September and invited trustees to a walkthrough once the work advances.

On the field work at the north side of the building, Naglas said crews paused turf installation because a gas line that feeds the building runs beneath the baseball field. The district is now rerouting that feed to Garfield so future repairs would not require tearing up newly installed turf. Naglas said National Grid is responsible for the gas‑line work and that scheduling with the utility can be bureaucratic, but that the district’s assistant superintendent for business and operations, Will Herman, is making headway.

Naglas also reported a utility pole relocation on Jackson, tied to a retaining‑wall and beautification project that will extend around the athletic fields, and said the district has done related site work in anticipation of baseball and soccer seasons.

No formal vote or new capital appropriation was taken at the meeting. Naglas said the district will provide trustees with a walkthrough of the gym project and continued updates as National Grid schedules the gas‑line reroute.