renovation/reconfiguration would cost a significant amount of money. Plus, when enrollment trends shift, causing the need for more instructional space in a building, this will not be possible because any available space would have been reconfigured for the relocated Fran Greenspan Administration Center employees. Further, because the Fran Greenspan Administration Center serves as the central hub for the District’s technology infrastructure, closing this building would require a very costly replication of this infrastructure. In closing a building, the District is looking to reduce the budget, not add expenses to it. What is an estimated class size in the high school if schools are combined? Contractually, the maximum class size at the secondary level is 28 students. It is estimated that most required courses would have class sizes between 25 and 28 students. What is the estimated class size in middle schools if candlewood closes? Contractually, the maximum class size at the secondary level is 28 students. It is estimated that most required courses would have class sizes between 25 and 28 students. Do we need so many Assistant superintendents? The District currently has four Assistant Superintendents who each serve a unique function. These functions are outlined on the District’s website here: http://www.hhh.k12.ny.us/uploaded/Photos/Organizational_Charts/Districtw ide_Organizational_Chart_2011f2.pdf Have you considered closing central office? What would be the financial impact? If the District chose to close the Fran Greenspan Administration Center, the only expenses which the District would save are associated with a hall monitor and three custodians. That is because all the employees who are currently working out of that building would need to find work spaces elsewhere throughout the District. The cost to replicate the main technology infrastructure which currently is housed at the Fran Greenspan Administration Center as well as reconfigure existing available spaces throughout the 11 buildings for the over 100 employees (along with recreating all the technology and communications requirements for each of these positions) would cost well over $1 million. As is the case with any other building which the District would consider closing, we would still maintain the building in terms of grass cutting, insurance, repairs, maintaining mechanical systems, security patrols, and keeping the building
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