Ossining board hears detailed update on $210 million bond project; SED, SHPO, Army Corps reviews remain

Ossining — Superintendent Mary Fox Alter told the Board of Education on May 14 that work is underway to implement the district's $210,000,000 bond and that the district has submitted a preliminary package to the New York State Education Department for review.

The update matters because the bond funds multiple additions and renovations across the district'including a new career and technical education (CTE) facility, a multi-story addition at the high school, and renovation of a church the district owns'and because the district is seeking to maximize state building aid that will reduce the local share.

Architects from CPL, construction manager ARRIS Contracting and fiscal advisers told the board the team has reorganized the work into a new sequence of phases so that the district can connect the high school campus to the former church and secure state building aid for that renovation. Paul Tazi, construction manager, said the team added an initial Phase 0 to remove the rectory and other hazardous materials this summer so work can proceed from an adjacent staging area without disrupting occupied parts of the campus. "We want to get rid of some of the hazardous materials right out of the gate so we could just work on the project," Tazi said.

Architect David Hunsberger said the Phase 1 scope now includes the locker-room renovations and a new two-story CTE addition that will…