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Buildings & Grounds: bids to be reissued for South Toms River elevator; district describes contingency plans
Summary
At the Buildings & Grounds committee, Mr. Sitta said bids are being reissued for the South Toms River elevator and outlined contingency and safety plans for students when elevators are out of service, including classroom moves, nursing plans and evacuation strategies.
During the Buildings & Grounds session Mr. Sitta (S2) reported that bids will be reissued for the South Toms River elevator and said the intermittent downtime of another intermediate elevator had required a replacement part. He emphasized that the district had continuity plans to maintain instruction when elevators are unavailable, including moving classrooms, arranging access for students with mobility needs and coordinating nursing support.
Mr. Sitta described the operational steps staff take during elevator outages and framed them as planned contingencies rather than unresolved safety failures: "we make sure that the continuity of education stays in place for the children" and the district has "a whole bunch" of alternate strategies and procedures for evacuations and wheelchair/crutch accommodations. No formal vote or new funding decision was taken on the elevator bids at the meeting.
