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RateHTC to use proximity security cards
New system likely to be operational by Thanksgiving
By Jim Planck
Hudson-Catskill Newspapers
LANESVILLE — Administrators, faculty and staff at Hunter-Tannersville Central School will soon have the pedestrian equivalent of a Thruway E-ZPass to enter either of the district’s two buildings.
HTC Superintendent of Schools Patrick Darfler-Sweeney told Board of Education members at their Thursday night meeting in Lanesville that the system will probably be implemented shortly before Thanksgiving.
In an update on the district’s construction project, Darfler-Sweeney explained that the only interior step left is the security doors.
He said the old doors at the facilities do not present a problem, but indicated that retrofitting the newer doors at Hunter Elementary School, which he said were installed in 2003, has been more difficult.
Darfler-Sweeney said the project manager has, however, “found a solution, and the equipment for it.”
He said that, thus, the front door electrical work at both buildings “will be done by the end of the week,” which he explained is the last step before having “proximity cards” made for the district’s employees.
“It’s not a swipe card,” Darfler-Sweeney said, meaning the user does not have to slide the card through a slot or over a surface.
Instead, it will have a chip that emits a short-distance signal, which the doors will recognize.
“It’s a proximity card,” he said, “like E-ZPass.”
He noted that art teacher Mary Rita Vining is doing the card’s artwork design.
“We expect the cards and the computer program [for them] to be up and running by Thanksgiving,” Darfler-Sweeney said. “The front doors will be operated by them.”
He also noted that there will first be a training session on their use, and that he is in the process of developing a schedule for employee pictures.
In other construction project related business, Darfler-Sweeney reported that NYS DOT has completed the front apron paving.
“They have flared out those entrances,” he said, “making it easier for the buses to get in there.”
He said full completion of the front Tannersville entrance, however, must await further discussion with Village of Tannersville officials, to keep them abreast of the design, and the Mountain Top Library directors -- which is across the street and where work is also ongoing -- to determine whether any change is being planned for their entrance that may affect the school’s design.
He also explained that work on the district’s three recreational fields will be extended into the spring for final completion because of seasonal considerations, and that maintenance on them will continue in the interim.
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To reach reporter Jim Planck, call 518-943-2100, ext. 3324, or e-mail jplanck@thedailymail.net.
HTC Superintendent of Schools Patrick Darfler-Sweeney told Board of Education members at their Thursday night meeting in Lanesville that the system will probably be implemented shortly before Thanksgiving.
In an update on the district’s construction project, Darfler-Sweeney explained that the only interior step left is the security doors.
He said the old doors at the facilities do not present a problem, but indicated that retrofitting the newer doors at Hunter Elementary School, which he said were installed in 2003, has been more difficult.
Darfler-Sweeney said the project manager has, however, “found a solution, and the equipment for it.”
He said that, thus, the front door electrical work at both buildings “will be done by the end of the week,” which he explained is the last step before having “proximity cards” made for the district’s employees.
“It’s not a swipe card,” Darfler-Sweeney said, meaning the user does not have to slide the card through a slot or over a surface.
Instead, it will have a chip that emits a short-distance signal, which the doors will recognize.
“It’s a proximity card,” he said, “like E-ZPass.”
He noted that art teacher Mary Rita Vining is doing the card’s artwork design.
“We expect the cards and the computer program [for them] to be up and running by Thanksgiving,” Darfler-Sweeney said. “The front doors will be operated by them.”
He also noted that there will first be a training session on their use, and that he is in the process of developing a schedule for employee pictures.
In other construction project related business, Darfler-Sweeney reported that NYS DOT has completed the front apron paving.
“They have flared out those entrances,” he said, “making it easier for the buses to get in there.”
He said full completion of the front Tannersville entrance, however, must await further discussion with Village of Tannersville officials, to keep them abreast of the design, and the Mountain Top Library directors -- which is across the street and where work is also ongoing -- to determine whether any change is being planned for their entrance that may affect the school’s design.
He also explained that work on the district’s three recreational fields will be extended into the spring for final completion because of seasonal considerations, and that maintenance on them will continue in the interim.
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To reach reporter Jim Planck, call 518-943-2100, ext. 3324, or e-mail jplanck@thedailymail.net.
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