WPCNR SCHOOL DAYS. October 25, 2005: Superintendent of Schools Timothy Connors announced last night at the Board of Education meeting, that the Board would start the decision-making process to bond for school building infrastructure improvements at their next Board of Education meeting November 14. Connors said the Board had been advised by KG & D Architects and the District attorneys that the Environmental Impact Statement process takes approximately 100 days to execute with the New York State Education Department, and that for the school board to schedule a bond referendum in the spring the decision to bond would have to be made at the December meeting of the Board of Education.

At the November meeting, Connors said the Board will hear from the architects and the school board's finance and legal counsel on the cost of bonding scenarios and which upgrades and improvement options should be undertaken first.

Superintendent of Schools Timothy Connors told WPCNR after the meeting that he would prefer to bond for approximately $50 Million to $60 Million of the nearly $95 Million in upgrades and district improvements KG & D Architects has recommended for the district to comply with NYSED standards and provide for school building improvements (included synthetic turfing of three athletic fields). Connors said his preference would be to execute the Post Road School improvements and the $44 Million to $50 Million in infrastructure upgrades in that $60 Million "first bonding."  Connors cautioned though that what came first was "up to the Board of Education."

At the beginning of this month, KG & D presented three possible directions for the Post Road School: A minimum upgrade costing $19 Million, an extensive reconstruction of Post Road School, requiring relocation of its 500 students for $29 Million, and construction of a new Post Road School (shown above)  for $32 Million. Photo, WPCNR News Archive.