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Superintendent highlights athletic wins, construction progress and bus-stop camera data
Summary
Superintendent Dr. Hatter reported on recent athletic championships, progress on Mohansek and high-school athletic complex construction, October bus-stop camera data (69 tickets, 68 close calls) and planned signage; he also announced service-dog visits and replacement of a broken digital sign.
Superintendent Dr. Hatter used the Nov. 17 board meeting to highlight recent student achievements, construction milestones and student-safety data.
Hatter congratulated Yorktown teams: the varsity boys won a section championship and the girls captured a regional title, with multiple student athletes signing letters of intent to compete at the collegiate level. He also noted a strong theatrical production and upcoming winter sports tryouts.
On facilities, Hatter reported that Mohansek construction has advanced to foundation and retaining-wall work and that the high-school and middle-school athletic-complex site work is substantially complete. He said the baseball/field-hockey multipurpose field is expected to be ready by the end of this school year and a second multipurpose field by calendar winter 2027, stressing careful attention to field orientation and sight lines.
Turning to safety, Hatter presented October data from bus stop arm cameras: “We had 69 tickets issued for passing a stop school bus with its stop arm extended and red lights flashing,” and he added there were 68 close calls where video evidence was insufficient to issue a ticket. He called the violation rate “unconscionable” and said the district will purchase five or six highway-style signs to place at the most frequently violated locations (the transcript cites blocks on Crompon Road/Route 202 and other hot spots), coordinating with the highway superintendent and state DOT where necessary.
Hatter also announced the January relaunch of monthly Blue Pet service-dog visits (funded previously) and said the district will replace the broken digital driveway sign with a redesigned fixed header to preserve sight lines. He thanked community partners—the Yorktown Volunteer Fire Department (which donated nearly 200 cooked Thanksgiving dinners), ACME Supermarkets (48 $25 gift cards) and Hilltop Farms—for in-kind donations and noted a recent school-supply giveaway supported by local groups.
Board members asked technical follow-ups (playground surfacing, precise road-block locations for signage) and Hatter provided specifics: playgrounds use a specialized playground mulch and the data indicated the 3100 block of Crompon Road and other Route 202 stretches as high-violation areas. The superintendent said signage placement will begin with five signs and expand as needed.
