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School board adopts safety plans after questions about doors and visitor tracking
At its October 30, 2025 work session, the Croton-Harmon school board adopted district and building emergency plans after a public hearing. Other actions included a budget-development calendar, a French-language trip and construction change orders.
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The Croton-Harmon school board adopted its 2025–2026 district safety plan and building-level emergency response plans on October 30, 2025, after public speakers raised questions about elementary-school doors, visitor tracking and communication with parents. The adoption passed with six yes votes.
This article is written solely from the meeting's official minutes; croton.news had no reporter present.
At the public hearing, Ben Faber supported the plan generally and requested follow-up on door issues at Carrie E. Tompkins Elementary School. Ed Riely acknowledged the district’s emphasis on safety but called for better visitor tracking and greater transparency with parents when issues involved students. The hearing ran from 7:43 to 7:50 p.m.
The adoption resolution directed the district clerk to file the plans with the state education commissioner within 30 days and provide copies to appropriate local law-enforcement agencies and the state police. The minutes record adoption of the plans without detailing their contents.
Trustees also approved the 2026–2027 budget-development calendar and a La Rochelle Club trip to La Rochelle, France, from March 21 through April 3, 2026, to enrich students’ study of French language and culture. A separate action approved a 31-month Viking Pure Solutions agreement for electrolyzed-water sanitizing at Pierre Van Cortlandt Middle School.
Capital-project approvals included $44,695.89 to DeRosa Sports Construction, Inc. for a concession-stand duplex-pump package, $30,270.76 for asphalt at the elementary-school playground and $33,344.69 for Spencer Field pavers. The same contractor received approval for six 15-foot aluminum benches with concrete footings at the middle school, a $15,219.53 change order.
Other construction actions included $26,671.36 for Pierotti Corporation to patch and paint auditorium repairs at the high school. Two more Pierotti change orders provided $10,102.21 for high-school science-room eyewash stations and mixing valves, and $13,724.87 for faucets and gas turrets. These and the other consent items passed with six yes votes.
The board recognized Unified sports student-athletes and included development of its 2025–2026 goals in the work session. The minutes list reference materials for that discussion but do not record a final set of goals. The meeting ended at 9:17 p.m.; Omar Mayyasi, who joined at 8:21 p.m., appears among the seven yes votes on adjournment.
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