President David Brashear opened the November Board of Education meeting by praising the District's recent storm preparations led by Assistant Superintendent John Kehoe. Anticipating Storm Sandy, the facilities staff successfully relocated all equipment, furniture, and instructional materials from the first floor of the School. The project involved rapid expansion and deployment of labor services from the District's vendor of custodial services, A+A, and coordination with Morris Moving, which supplied four tractor trailers. The School's food service provider, Chartwell, worked to remove portable equipment and saved food by renting a freezer truck. This enabled the School to resume full cafeteria service right away. Brashear specifically acknowledged the efforts of facilities supervisor Mike Lee and Mike Peragine, Steve Feaster, Chris Forbes, Miguel Gil, Henry Kendrick, Dan Estrada, and Jarah Aquino. Brashear cited improvements in the preparation process based on lessons learned from previous flooding events.
Superintendent David Quattrone added comments about the positive collaboration between the School and the Village, including opening the school to Village residents during the period of power outage. He also cited several community service projects, including the food drive sponsored by the Bronxville Teachers Association and numerous other direct and indirect efforts at all three schools. Later in the meeting the Board awarded a $2000 bonus for facilities supervisor Mike Lee, based on service above and beyond expectations. Assistant Superintendent Dan Carlin estimated the total cost of preparation between $90,000 and $95,000.
