Board hears buildings and grounds updates: security entrance work and new digital scoreboard planned

The Ocean City School District buildings and grounds committee reported infrastructure and safety work at the board meeting, including interior improvements and a plan to add a secured entry at the board office, and announced a new digital scoreboard for Carey Stadium.

Committee member Mr. Allegretto said crews completed painting and lighting improvements at the primary school's 6G entrance and that the district had been working on interior updates at the intermediate school entrance. He said the board office currently opens directly into school space and described that configuration as a "weak link," announcing that the district will add a security area to prevent unsupervised access to children.

Allegretto also said the district is getting a new digital scoreboard for Carey Stadium, to be installed by the fall sports season. He said the current scoreboard, which was purchased for the lacrosse/soccer/field-hockey venue and is only three years old, will be relocated to the 10 C Avenue field once the new scoreboard is installed.

The committee report identified the security entrance change and scoreboard replacement as planned facilities improvements; no contract awards or budget figures were presented during the report.