Rejected: Sewanhaka School District’s $99.5 million bond plan

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Under the bond proposal, H. Frank Carey, in Franklin Square, would have undergone $15 million in repairs, many involving its athletic field. A new track and synthetic-turf field would have been constructed for the football, boys’ and girls’ soccer and lacrosse programs, designed to allow for new baseball and softball fields. Other work would have included the reconstruction of the building’s roof and renovations of the bathrooms, music room and science rooms. The music room’s cubbies, which have cracked and broken wood foundations, will remain. Some of the building’s elevators, which are rusted and have discolored and displaced tiles, will also continue running as are.

There would have been nearly $16 million of work at Elmont Memorial, including renovations of its fitness center, wrestling room and locker rooms. A gymnasium would have been built, as well as a new guidance suite and art room. Athletes will have to continue using the current wrestling room, which has ripped cloth, and the locker rooms, which lack ventilation.

Dented radiators in many of the school’s classrooms, along with cracked bricks along the side of its building, will not see improvements just yet.

Floral Park Memorial and New Hyde Park memorial would have seen nearly $21 million and $14.3 million in renovations, respectively.

Construction on the fields and roofs would have started next May, depending on state approval of the projects and the construction bidding process. The remainder of the projects would have started in the spring of 2015 and been completed by the fall of 2017.

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