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Superintendent reports on summer facilities work, BTAM training and equipment upgrades
Summary
Superintendent Tracy reported summer maintenance and bond‑project progress, Behavioral Threat Assessment and Management (BTAM) training attended with local emergency responders, and several equipment updates including a new oven and planned parking‑lot work.
Superintendent Tracy told the Eldred Central School District board that maintenance, custodial and IT staff worked through the summer to prepare both school buildings for the new year, completing floor work, painting and other tasks and finalizing parking‑lot sealing and striping.
Tracy said the district attended a three‑day Behavioral Threat Assessment and Management training hosted by Homeland Security and Sullivan County Emergency Services to learn a preventive approach to warning behaviors and threat assessment; she said the district will create a BTAM team that includes social workers and psychologists. She also reported bond‑project activity (lighting-pole replacement in a parking lot), athletic‑field remediation, ADA grate replacements, and a new concession‑stand refrigerator order.
Facilities business continued in a separate finance report: Mr. Russell described an emergency replacement of water tanks at the junior–senior high school that could not wait for the typical NYSED approval process, and said the district expects to spend about $34,000 on that repair. He also said the district purchased and installed a new kitchen oven and will continue to provide free breakfast and lunch at both buildings. Russell reported about $150,000 in unobligated capital funds (some already obligated to contractors) and previewed an upcoming audit.
Why it matters: Operational readiness and safety‑related upgrades affect students’ learning environment and seasonal activities such as athletics; creation of a BTAM team reflects the district’s investment in preventive threat assessment practices.
What’s next: Tracy said the maintenance projects will wrap up before school starts; Russell said the auditors will arrive next week and further capital‑project decisions will be discussed at the next board meeting.
