ELDRED, NY — The Eldred Central School District Board of Education will host a public forum to discuss the need, size and scope of the Five Year Capital Facilities Plan for the Eldred schools. The public hearing will take place on Thursday, October 2 at GRM Elementary School beginning at 6:15 p.m. A meeting of the Board of Education will follow.

The Board of Education is planning to take all necessary steps to seek voter approval later this year on a referendum that would provide funds to make interior and exterior improvements at George Ross Mackenzie Elementary School and Eldred Junior-Senior High School.

The proposed $5.5 million program would include roof repairs, additional emergency lighting, an emergency generator, masonry repairs, the construction of a new bus loop, parking lots and sidewalks, doors and hardware, and a new softball field and toilet building at GRM elementary School.

Proposed improvements at the Junior-Senior High School would include athletic field and athletic facilities upgrades, doors and hardware, and the addition of an emergency generator.