Dr. Walter Moran, director of facilities for the Cornwall Central School District, gave the board a horses‑eye view of the district’s buildings, maintenance workload and staffing challenges at the Sept. meeting.

"We're trying to move everything to LED right now," Moran said as he reviewed building inventories and mechanical systems. He described the high school as roughly 200,000 square feet on about 51 acres and said the district maintains boilers, chillers, more than 100 split AC units, dozens of air handlers and hundreds of unit ventilators and control computers.

Moran told trustees the facilities team logged more than 5,000 captured work orders last year — a conservative count, he said — averaging about 14 completions per day and 33 days open on average. "My goal is seven days or less," he said, while acknowledging operational limits.

He highlighted in‑house work that saved the district money, including replacing a fire alarm system after a power outage — work he estimated saved roughly $100,000 versus contracted costs. Moran also described recent and planned capital projects such as library renovations, kitchen/cafeteria air conditioning and field renovations, and said the district will present a list of projects for a community vote in the spring.

On staffing, Moran said the department has six open positions and struggles with competitive pay in neighboring districts. He stressed the importance of professional development focused on team cohesion and staff well‑being in addition to technical training.

Board members asked how multi‑level elementary buildings (like Willow Avenue) function for younger students and pressed for the district to share the facilities presentation and next steps for the building condition survey. Trustee comments reaffirmed the need to move from reactive repairs to a preventative maintenance model and to plan capital work with community input.

What’s next: The facilities committee will review the five‑year building condition survey in an upcoming meeting; administration said it will compile a project list for a spring community vote and will provide the presentation slides to board members for budget planning.