As summer ends, upgrades are nearly complete

The bulk of the summer capital work being done at Beacon’s public schools is expected to be finished by Saturday (Aug. 31), with some punch list items to be completed at night or on weekends after school begins on Sept. 4. 

Orientation for incoming sixth-grade students at Rombout Middle School, originally scheduled for Aug. 30, was moved to Sept. 3 to accommodate electrical work being done Friday with Central Hudson. 

Glenham Elementary will feature a new entryway while Sargent Elementary will unveil a new library next week. New playground equipment for South Avenue and Forrestal elementaries has been delivered but will be installed after school begins. 

The final stages of surfacing and painting lanes on the Beacon High School track at Hammond Field will happen next week.

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Jeff Simms has covered Beacon for The Current since 2015. He studied journalism at Appalachian State University in Boone, North Carolina. From there he worked as a reporter for the tri-weekly Watauga Democrat in Boone and the daily Carroll County Times in Westminster, Maryland, before transitioning into nonprofit communications in Washington, D.C., and New York City. He can be reached at [email protected].