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AGENCY TESTIMONY
Replacement funding and temporary structure removal program
5:18:56
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The SCA details its efforts to replace and relocate schools as needed, as well as its program to eliminate reliance on temporary classroom structures, showcasing improvements in school infrastructure.
- $400 million allocated for replacement funding
- First replacement project cited for PS 106 in Far Rockaway, Queens
- $250 million dedicated to ending reliance on temporary structures
- Only 23 transportable classroom units remaining at 5 sites, down from 350 initially
- New additions, like at PS 96 in South Ozone Park, are replacing temporary structures and adding amenities
Nina Kubota
5:18:56
This category also includes 400,000,000 in replacement funding, which provides for the development of seats for schools that must be relocated.
5:19:04
These seats are provided through new construction or alternative leasing opportunities similar to new capacity.
5:19:10
In this proposed amendment, we have cited our first replacement project for PS one hundred six in Far Rockaway, Queens.
5:19:18
Additionally, there's $250,000,000 associated with our program to end our reliance on temporary structures.
5:19:25
Out of the roughly three fifty transportable classroom units we started with, we have only 23 remaining at just five sites.
5:19:33
In addition, there are 54 sites that have other temporary structures, and 16 of them already have an identified removal plan.
5:19:42
With the council's support, we have made huge strides in this area.
5:19:46
We were happy to join speaker Adams a few weeks ago as we celebrated the new addition at PS ninety six in South Ozone Park that did three things for the school.
5:19:56
It added additional capacity, provides amenities such as a gymnasium, art room, music room that the school was previously lacking, and it will allow us to remove the TCU from the school's yard and turn it into a brand new playground.