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Mount Sinai superintendent outlines priority capital projects, proposes exploring a bond to fund repairs
Summary
District leaders presented a multi‑year capital plan and recommended discussing a possible bond to fund urgent facility needs including roofs, plumbing, paving, and auditorium work; the presentation urged community meetings and an environmental review as next steps.
The Mount Sinai Union Free School District superintendent told the board on June 17 that the district is preparing to discuss a potential bond measure to address urgent facility needs and to take advantage of currently favorable interest rates.
The superintendent said the district must complete a five‑year building condition survey required by New York State and is prioritizing work that includes repairing an elementary‑school roof, replacing playground equipment, renovating bathrooms, repairing middle‑school windows and sections of roofing, auditorium seating and flooring at the high school, gutter and ice‑guard work, and paving across the district. She said the district already has work underway on a baseball field, a softball field and phone and door security systems tied to a capital set of projects approved in May 2024.
The superintendent noted state aid for eligible capital work and said, “We get 78% back from the state for every dollar that we spend. So we 78¢ for every dollar that we spend.” She recommended moving to cost‑estimating, scheduling community meetings, conducting the required environmental review and holding extra board meetings over the summer to develop a formal proposal.
The presentation referenced a previously failed 2018 bond vote and said the district has used capital reserves and business‑office savings to complete several projects since then, including HVAC, electrical and plumbing work, auditorium sound and lighting, library renovations and turf fields. The superintendent cautioned that some items cannot be done piecemeal over many years and described roofs and other large systems as priorities.
Board members did not take a vote on a bond measure at the meeting; the superintendent asked the board to schedule further review meetings and community outreach as the next steps.
