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Encarnacao said. But, once the fall semester begins, she said she plans to follow up with email notifications and “Back to School” nights at various schools to further spread the news.

“We’ll also communicate with PTAs and possibly arrange a tutorial on using the app during a school board meeting,” she said.

Meanwhile, the district plans a new look for the fall opening with a Faculty Field Day on Sept. 6 “as a different way to start the school year after dealing with COVID,” the superintendent said. Teachers will get T-shirts and breakfast, followed by a series of activities ranging from orientation talks to karaoke to light exercise. And the Kearny Education Association is contributing five lunch trucks.

Students will report Sept. 8 for a half-day of classes, followed by the first full day of instruction on Sept. 9.

Despite a state-wide shortage of teaching personnel, Encarnacao said Kearny is in fairly good shape. Still, she said, the district does currently need two teachers to cover high school math and science.

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Susan B. Anthony Elementary School will have its media center converted to two kindergarten classrooms “to increase space for our growing early childhood population,” Yurchak said.

Roosevelt Elementary School will see an emergency repair to its boiler.

“As part of audit requirements, specific contracted services are (authorized) on a yearly basis through a Request for Proposal,” Yurchak said.

North Arlington High School is in line for electrical services in support of a new Career and Technical Education carpentry program. Metrix Electric, of Nutley, is contracted to do the work.

The high school will get 50 new corridor lockers from Nickerson Corporation, of Union Beach. Yurchak said the high school currently has 583 lockers to easily accommodate 554 students. But he said the high school enrollment is expected to rise by 12 this year and by 46 during 2023-2024.

Another high school project – renovations to four science labs (two biology, one chemistry and one physics) – is anticipated for later this school year.

The renovations – replacement and upgrade of HVAC and exhaust throughout the school’s science wing – figure to cost $2 million.

The lab revamping, Yurchak said, “has been part of the district’s long range facility plan for upward of 20 years since the science labs are in desperate need of upgrades” and can now be undertaken because “a large portion of the project” will be underwritten by “the one-time use of (federal) ARP ESSER (American Rescue Plan Elementary & Secondary School Emergency Relief Funding” which provides aid for improving school ventilation. Yurchak said the district will apply part of its capital reserves to pay for the balance.

Washington and Roosevelt elementary schools are due, later this school year, for HVAC upgrades and new gym floors and Veterans Middle School will get a new gym ceiling.

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