Board honors retiring facilities worker and grounds staff credited with saving a life
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The board recognized Tom on his retirement and introduced new facilities director Bill Van Sickle; Van Sickle described three grounds staff who performed CPR and used an AED to keep a man alive after a roofing accident at Stony Brook Elementary.
The board took time at the meeting to recognize a retiring facilities employee known as Tom and to introduce Bill Van Sickle as the district’s new director of facilities.
Van Sickle recounted an incident on Dec. 1 at Stony Brook Elementary in which three grounds staff — named Anthony, Austin and Angel — came upon a roofer who had fallen while working on the building. According to Van Sickle, one coworker was attempting CPR but was not effective; Austin, who is certified in CPR, administered CPR for several minutes and used an AED, actions Van Sickle and the fire commission credited with saving the man’s life until EMS arrived.
Board members and administrators praised the staff’s quick action and said the fire commission will arrange recognition. The board also presented a plaque to departing board member Doctor Michael Wilson and thanked him for his service.