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BIRTHDAY BACKPACK COLLECTION

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GC schools getting ready for opening day BY KASSARA MCELROY

Matthew McCoy of Tullamore Road asked friends and family for backpacks and school supplies for his 18th birthday in lieu of a birthday gift. With the help and support of his family and friends, Matthew collected 46 backpacks and many pounds of school supplies for the INN in Hempstead. This is an annual backpack collection that Matty has been sponsoring since his 8th birthday!

Trustee: Looking at fire safety needs BY RIKKI MASSAND Decades ago, Village Trustee Bruce Torino served as a volunteer firefighter and gained insights into firematics. His career in law has also expanded on that base of knowledge, but ongoing discussions with Garden City’s fire chiefs have shaped his (and the Board of Trustees’) understanding of oper-

ations of Garden City’s all-volunteer fire department. The ‘Edgemere Firehouse Feasibility Study’ for the Edgemere Road/Stewart Avenue fire station, prepared by consultants Old Structures Engineering, was presented to Village of Garden City trustees during a special meeting held on Tuesday, August 9. Old Structures Engineering was hired by the board at a cost

of $45,000 “to provide engineering investigation and analysis, to determine and then design the feasible extent of alteration to the existing building and the potential additions.” In an interview with The Garden City News Trustee Torino explained that the Board of Trustees and fire chiefs will still See page 40

At Tuesday night’s Board of Education meeting, the District Wide Safety Plan and discussions around how to go about filling former Trustee Matthew Wakeham’s now vacant seat took focus. Summer building project status updates were also detailed, among other reports. As a refresher, the Board is obligated to review and adopt the District Wide Safety Plan no later than September 1st each year. The plan was first reviewed by the District’s safety committee back in May, which then moved online for a 30 day public comment period in the last month. The safety committee meeting includes 20+ people who together account for all buildings, PTAs, non-public schools, police departments, security consultants and more. The plan’s template is provided by Nassau BOCES, the organization that coordinates this across all districts in Nassau County. Hiring and administrative staff changes were the only made to the safety plan since it was last discussed at the Board’s July reorganizational meeting. All changes are reflected within the latest version available on the Board of Education’s website. Trustee William (Billy) O’Donohue reminded the Board and community, “At the last meeting, I believe there was a grandmother who was not happy about the security of the SCOPE program at the high school. Artie and I met with our security provider, who now has my direct line, and Dr. Sinha after the last meeting and the SCOPE situation was resolved quickly.” “We can’t just be good September to June,” he concluded. There were no citizen questions or comments on this portion of the meeting. The Board then discussed the community’s options for filling the Board’s current vacant seat, following former Trustee Matthew Wakeham decision to resign suddenly in late July after serving since 2020. The Board has three See page 41

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