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Superintendent: radio repeater project, completed preschool playground and safety drills reported
Summary
The superintendent reported that installation of a radio repeater system to connect all three schools and the police station will begin the following week, the preschool playground is nearly finished and routine safety drills were completed; the district said it will not add a seventh preschool classroom at this time.
The superintendent told the Hardyston Township Board of Education on Dec. 9 that the district will install a radio repeater system to enable instant two-way handheld radio communications among the three schools and the police station.
"For the first time ever, we're going to be installing equipment at our schools and at the police station ... so that all three schools will be able to communicate with each other," the superintendent said, adding that retired police officers would also be equipped to be in instant contact with the police department. Installation was expected to begin on the 17th or 18th of the following week, as stated at the meeting.
The superintendent also reported that the district completed scheduled safety drills in October, including elementary and middle-school fire drills, an elementary lockdown and a middle-school shelter-in-place. The updates were presented as part of the superintendent's report to the board.
On facilities, the superintendent said the middle-school roadside sign was replaced for the first time since the school opened and described the preschool playground as essentially complete (described at the meeting as "99% or 100% finished") with new equipment, rubberized surfacing and a surrounding fence.
On preschool planning, the board discussed an item described in the agenda as the "preschool expansion plan for 2627." The superintendent said the district is not expanding to a seventh classroom and intends to remain at six preschool classrooms, noting that enrollment projections drive funding that will be determined later in March.
Separately, the superintendent described elements of the district improvement plan tied to QSAC (the Quality Single Accountability Continuum), saying required updates focused on curricular organization and growth measures; the superintendent noted the district's summative score of 88 out of 100 while explaining how growth weighting affected other ratings.
Next steps: Facilities managers and the business office will proceed with installation scheduling and finalize completion documentation for the preschool playground; the preschool-classroom plan and enrollment projections will inform March funding calculations.
