School Facilities & Transportation
Philip Scala, Director of Facilities; Anthony Dario, Assistant Director of Facilities

After the successful completion of our major pool renovation project, the Department of Facilities enjoyed an extremely productive summer. Here are some of the highlights:

• Parking lots at WOS, CLE, SOMS, and TZHS have now been blacktopped;

• We have upgraded our security systems to include new burglar alarms in every building as well as exterior and interior keying systems district wide.

• Each building has also been equipped with an intercom/camera system. The district is in the process of installing a web-based closed circuit television security system.

• Numerous classrooms received needed renovations, painting, cleaning and overall preparation for September.

• We have reconditioned and sanded the gymnasium floors in ALL buildings.

Moving forward we anticipate the 2009-2010 school year projects to include numerous upgrades and implementations. We are in the process of finalizing a new Energy Performance Contract which will include:

• one new boiler at TZHS, SOMS, TZE & WOS. (CLE received new boilers during the prior capital project)

• Generally, throughout the District there will be new lighting fixtures and lighting controls, including occupancy sensors, timers, ballasts and lamps (bulbs) in hallways, classrooms, support areas, and bathrooms.

• water saver controls in kitchens

• pipe insulation

• vending machine misers

• new building management system – controls all electrical devices via computer

• energy efficient motors and transformers\

• centralized computer management system

• TZHS – Photovoltaic System 2KW will be installed on the roof for educational purposes. Although it will generate electricity and offset usage, the primary drive is an educational point of view. The photocell installation includes a kiosk, which will be placed in the high school.