Superintendent outlines school facilities needs

BY RIKKI MASSAND

The Syosset Central School District Board of Education held a special meeting on Tuesday July 25 to initiate another round of discussions on the state of district facilities, following a board tour of the facilities on Thursday July 13.

Early in the 2022-2023 school year the Board of Education members toured comparable school district facilities including pools, gymnasiums, cafeterias and auditoriums in the nearby Jericho and Hicksville school districts, and then held a workshop discussion in January this year to frame some goals for facilities.

A presentation by Superintendent of Schools Dr. Thomas Rogers to start the July 25 meeting highlighted considerations of the aging schools infrastructure. Most of the district’s school buildings were constructed during the 1950s. At the June meeting of the Syosset Board of Education the district administration reviewed the school buildings conditions survey

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