Verona BOE Eyes Referendum for Facility Upgrades

The Verona Board of Education Tuesday discussed holding a referendum for repairs to various buildings and grounds repairs and upgrades, presented during a November meeting.

“We are waiting to hear back from engineers on the cost,” said Verona Superintendent Steven Forte. “We are looking at a referendum hopefully in December or January.” 

During a meeting last November, Verona Director of Facilities Paul McDevitt provided an update for the board on the status of buildings and grounds, including previous improvements and a laundry list of what still needs to be done.

The top five priorities are heat and controls, doors and security, Lower Field turf, sidewalks and blacktop while other priorities are improvements to masonry, fire alarms, ceilings and lightings along with many others, according to McDevitt.

Estimated costs in order of priority are as follows: