Mrs. Polk, who presented the facilities report, told the board that a Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) visit to the academy on Dec. 18 was the agency's first audit of the site and that the school "passed with flying colors." She said the district is listed in state records as "very small quantity generator" (VSQG) at the address on Belle Vernon Avenue and that she will submit paperwork to change the listing to Mifflin County Academy of Sciences and to request removal of the VSQG status.

Polk described the school's waste-handling practices and several recycling efforts, including cardboard, aluminum and scrap-metal recycling. "We do not generate any hazardous waste here at the school," she said, adding that the district provided DEP with an administrative universal-waste management plan and supporting documentation from contractors such as Safety Kleen to show that automotive and collision-shop materials had been handled as nonhazardous when moved off-site.

Polk also gave an operational snapshot: three overdue maintenance requests in the open maintenance queue, 12 planned-maintenance items flagged as overdue (four of those have been closed since the report), six items are district-level, recurring tasks such as boiler checks, and two items are scheduled for January. She told the board that Safety Kleen is scheduled to pick up items the week following the audit to reconcile outstanding records.

Board members did not request further action beyond Polk's plan to file corrected paperwork and continue the capital-planning process. The facilities presenter said the district is working on quotes and bid packets that will appear in future facilities reports.

The facilities report noted prior contractor arrangements handled by former maintenance staff Corey Brower, and Polk said those administrative gaps have been addressed.