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Public commenters press board on Conte pool and library funding; board approves personnel report, nutrition certifications and contracts
Summary
Public speakers urged the board to finish Conte School pool repairs and to restore library funding; the board approved minutes, the superintendent's personnel report, two healthy-food certifications under state statute, multiple contracts and later authorized a settlement after executive session.
Public comment opened the New Haven Board of Education meeting with speakers pressing the district on facilities and instructional resources.
Dennis Tondalo, building manager at Conte West Hills School, told the board the pool has been closed since 2020 because of leaks and deteriorating concrete, and that a 2022 bid for $538,000 was never executed; the project was rebid and awarded July 1, 2023 for $594,000. Tondalo listed outstanding items — replacement of the filtration and balance tanks, locker‑room renovations, and HVAC/dehumidification repairs — and urged the board to complete the work "the right way, not halfway." He said without those core repairs the pool remains underperforming and potentially unsafe.
Kim Rogers, a library media specialist with New Haven Public Schools, described steep reductions to library budgets (her Metro budget declined from about $2,700 to…
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