Holley continues to explore capital project options

Holley continues to explore capital project options

Putting together a capital project in a school district is not one to be undertaken lightly. As such, Holley School Superintendent Robert D'Angelo and the board of education formed a Capital Project Committee and charged them with the task of discussing capital project options.

The group has been working together since mid-December reviewing results from a state mandated Five-Year Building Condition Survey and conducting visual inspections of the building. The building has been examined from a structural, heating and electrical, as well as health and safety standpoint. The Capital Project Committee is comprised of board members, administrators, staff, parents, community members, local business people and a student representative.

"The committee has decided to look at the project in two phases," D'Angelo said. "It will be broken down into renovations in the instructional portion of the building and in the gymnasium and auditorium. There are still no final numbers or plans and nothing has been presented to the board."

District officials met with Senator George Maziarz to discuss the school's plans and there is a phone conference scheduled with Maziarz, his representatives in Albany and the school's business administrator on Friday, March 23. "Once we have that phone conference we might have a clearer idea of the way the project will go," D'Angelo said. "We aren't really sure, what, if anything, the senator can do to help us but once we talked to him he invited our business manager to come and initiated a phone conference."

D'Angelo said that having gone through building projects in the past, that the time being taken is normal when it comes to projects of this scope. "It's not a process you want to rush because we are planning for the future of our students," he said.

For information, call the District Office at 638-6316, ext. 2003 or visit www.holleycsd.org. Community members are also encouraged to schedule a tour of the high school by calling the district office.