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Public Commentary Dear Editor: We have discovered, after reading a recent Massapequa Post article that the Farmingdale School District had initiated a series of lawsuits against the architectural firm and contractors that designed and or worked on the new Howitt 6th grade addition and all other additions during the time span of early 2001 to early 2003. These lawsuits were initiated in early 2006; three years after the final construction of all work, district wide, was completed. These lawsuits alleges that the Howitt 6th grade addition and the additions at Woodward Parkway Elementary school are unusable and require ongoing reconstruction. What we cannot understand is how newly constructed buildings, fully occupied by students for three years, can suddenly become unusable. We also would like to know where the Farmingdale School District is getting the monies for the legal fees being incurred as a result of initiating unjustified and unwarranted lawsuits. We have lived in Farmingdale for close to 27 years and have three daughters, who who have already passed through Howitt and are currently in the High School. The youngest will enter Howitt next fall. Being active in the community, we have never heard from either teachers nor other parents that any classrooms or the library were unusable in the 6th grade addition. Furthermore, having spent a number of days walking the hallways and visiting 6th grade classrooms on numerous occasions during the school year, we have never seen any damage or ongoing reconstruction being undertaken. On the contrary, we have heard nothing but praise for the well built and beautiful learning environment this new structure exudes. The interior of the building is elegantly designed and has numerous new classrooms, science rooms and a magnificent library. Other parents of our school district have commented that they wished all of our schools would look as good. I would like to find out what the costs amounted to, if any, for the ongoing reconstruction work that is sited in the lawsuit but never has been seen by teachers, students or parents. We would also like to be provided with a summary of all legal fees for these lawsuits over the past two years. Sally and John Messina
Farmingdale The foregoing letter was also sent by the writers to the Farmingdale School Board.
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