The Manhasset Board of Education on Thursday was given an update of each of the building upgrades that had been worked on during the summer.
Armand Markarian, the district’s director of facilities, presented a Powerpoint presentation detailing the work that was done and showed photographs of each project.
At Munsey Park Elementary School, Markarian said repairs were made to the auditorium’s light fixtures, roofing, motorized smoke dampers and flooring in the nurse’s office. Upgrades were made to the building’s security and door hardware as well as the staff bathrooms and gym floor and the parking lot was restriped.
In December, Markarian said, Munsey Park’s corridor ceilings around the music rooms will also be repaired.
At Shelter Rock Elementary School, Markarian said, floor tiling was replaced in five classrooms, renovations were made to the fourth grade boys and girls’ bathrooms, corridor walls were painted, new fencing was put in near the primary gym, site work was done to the school’s backup generator, security and door hardware was upgraded and the gym and stage wood flooring was finished.
At Manhasset Secondary School, which encompasses the district’s middle and high schools, Markarian said, the gazebo donated by the School Community Association and the privately-funded project to returf the track and football field were completed.
In addition, Markarian said windows, shades and blinds throughout the building were replaced, general improvements were made to the school grounds and main entrance, sidewalks were repaired, ceilings were replaced, finishing to the gym flooring was completed, the middle school gym’s alcove was repaired and upgrades were made to security and door hardware.
Prior to the presentation, the board held a student recognition ceremony in which it presented the Dr. William Shine Award to Aden Horowitz, a 7th grader who raised more than $13,000 to restore 5th and 6th grade music programs at Munsey Park and Shelter Rock elementary schools, and 11th grader Keyshawn Johnson, a basketball and football player who gradually raised his C-minus average in middle school to an A-minus in high school and has begun taking advanced placement courses.
Johnson also volunteered 100 hours as a summer camp counselor at the Manhasset Great Neck EOC’s child care center.
