Three Village approves draft safety plan for public review; board flags Pre-K mandate and staffing needs

The Three Village Central School District board accepted a draft districtwide safety plan at its July 7 reorganizational meeting and opened it for a 30-day public comment period, Chief Emergency Officer Mr. Blum said.

"If you accept that draft plan at this point, it'll be out for 30 days of public review," Mr. Blum told the board, adding the district will publish a special email address for public feedback and that building-level emergency plans will remain confidential. He said the district had piloted cardiac arrest drills and described the districtwide plan as a high-level document that will be followed by confidential building plans.

In subsequent remarks, board member Dr. Scanlon said district leaders should begin planning earlier for programmatic and budgetary changes, citing a state push that would require full-day Pre-K statewide by 2028–29. "If we use this year's request, there were 277 requests for Pre-K," Scanlon said, and added that the district would likely need "about 10 more teachers and 10 more SCAs to cover that program" if the mandate drives enrollment increases.

Scanlon also urged the board to reconvene the school closure/repurpose committee in September to begin longer-term planning for program and facility changes, and to review transportation and start-time implications early in the budget cycle. The board voted to accept the draft safety plan and move it into the public comment period; no public comments were recorded at the meeting.

The safety-plan acceptance creates a public-review window that district staff said will be used to collect questions and comments before a final plan is adopted.