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Friday, September 9, 2016
vol. 65, no. 37
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Major updates pitched for herricks high
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New athletic field, cafeteria eyed as part of $29.5M package of projects By N o a h M a N s k a r Herricks High School’s cafeteria, football stadium and a science lab would get makeovers in a $29.5 million package of building projects the district is pitching to residents. The plan also includes a brandnew fitness center at the 58-yearold school, along with smaller fixes across the district’s seven buildings, the assistant superintendent for business, Lisa Rutkoske, said at Thursday’s school board meeting. Residents would have to approve a $24.5 million bond in December to fund the plan, pared down from $80 million worth of work identified in a survey of the district’s buildings last year, Rutkoske said. The rest would be covered by $5 million in spending from the district’s capital reserve fund, which voters must also approve, she said. “This is not just a one-time ini-
tiative,” Rutkoske said. “It is a journey that I know you guys started last year, and it will continue for many years to come.” Some 61 percent of the package is “health and safety” upgrades, including new asphalt and sidewalks, new interior doors, renovations to select bathrooms, ventilation improvements, and electrical and plumbing fixes, at Herricks’ seven buildings — the high school, middle school, three elementary schools, Herricks Community Center and the Shelter Rock Academy. The high school would get 51 percent of all the work, with about 39 percent accounting for the “modernization upgrades” there, Rutkoske said. That building needs updates the most because of its age and the fact that all students end up using it, she said. The school’s grass football field would be replaced with a new synthetic turf field on which mulContinued on Page 58
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A child meets some goats at the petting zoo at the 2015 new hyde Park Street Fair. this year’s fair, set for Sept. 17, will again feature a petting zoo and children’s carnival with inflatable rides. See story on page 2.
nHP-GcP workers start year with new contracts By N o a h MaNskar New Hyde Park-Garden City Park school nurses, custodians and clerical workers started the school year with new employment contracts this week after working for years
under expired agreements. The district’s school board approved the custodians’ new contract on Tuesday, the first day of school, after approving agreements with the clerical workers in August and with the nurses in July. All three are valid through 2019, said Sharon
Berlin, the district’s attorney. The approvals give the employees current contracts for the first time since 2011 for clerical workers and since 2013 for the nurses and custodians that resolve disagreements between the district and the labor unions Continued on Page 58
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