The Manhasset Board of Education heard apresentationby architect John Grillo on the district building condition survey thatidentified $41 million in areas for improvementat its Thursday, Feb. 12, meeting.
The Manhasset Secondary School’s needed improvements totaled $19 million; Munsey Park Elementary School, $16 million; Shelter Rock Elementary School, $6 million; and the administration building, $48,000.
The survey is a state Department of Education requirement that must be completed every five years, in which a licensed architect completes a 129-question survey to produce a detailed inventory of every building component.
Grillo said this is his fifth building condition survey for Manhasset.
Trustee Maria Pescatore asked what his highest priorities were.
“You saw these buildings,” said Pescatore. “They’re aged.”
“I would do ventilation, security…handicap accessibility, and building shell,” Grillo said.
He also said that at Shelter Rock, he thought the ceilings “are priority one.”
“The next thing we’re doing in terms of security is hardening all of the vision in the doors,” Grillo said. “Just to slow an intruder down.”
The state passed a law last year requiring school districts to develop a plan to install air conditioning units in every school room.
Source: LI Press
