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Board reconsiders bond split after new NYS rule that bars student occupancy above 88°F
Summary
At the Aug. 27 Board of Education meeting, administrators urged trustees to reconsider separating air-conditioning projects into a second bond proposition after a new New York State regulation forbids student occupancy in spaces that reach 88 degrees; administration will present options Sept. 17.
At its Aug. 27 meeting, the Three Village Central School District Board of Education discussed moving forward with a planned districtwide bond referendum while weighing whether to keep air-conditioning work in a separate proposition after New York State adopted a heat-occupancy rule that bars student use of spaces measuring 88 degrees or higher.
The discussion centered on a bond committee recommendation from last year for roughly $125,000,000 in projects districtwide. Administrators presented a previously planned split that placed about $110,000,000 of work in Proposition 1 and roughly $15,000,000 — principally cafeteria and gym air-conditioning and an artificial-turf football field at Ward Melville High School — in Proposition 2. Under that plan Proposition 2 could only pass if…
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