The work will include securing\u00a0the stream bank with a stone wall running along the side of the creek to prevent additional erosion. The funding\u00a0will also pay for construction of a wall for storm drain pipes, and\u00a0drainage and fencing at the school<\/a>.<\/p>\n Loper said the district hopes to begin taking bids to start work in the fall.<\/p>\n Gillen said Monday, “It’s really important that we stop any more erosion there and we firm up these embankments…to keep the investment of tax dollars that have already been put in here to renovate these fields.”<\/p>\n School board members and elected officials, including Assemb. Michaelle Solages (D-Elmont) and Sen. Patricia Canzoneri-Fitzpatrick (R-Malverne), had sent letters to Gillen advocating for funding to stabilize the shoreline.<\/p>\n As Hempstead Town supervisor, Gillen had worked with state officials, including then-Lt. Gov. Kathy Hochul, to complete $3.8 million in vinyl bulkheads<\/a> to protect homes from flooding on\u00a0 Cloverfield Road, which is across the creek from the school.<\/p>\n The high school did not flood during Superstorm Sandy, but that storm and others in the past decade\u00a0have increased the threat of erosion and flooding from the adjacent creek.\u00a0The school has already lost some storage buildings, including a garage containing cultural arts materials, due to erosion,\u00a0Loper said.<\/p>\n “It\u2019s coming closer and closer every year,” Loper said of the creek. “We don\u2019t have a couple of feet left any more.”<\/p>\n \n\tJohn Asbury is a breaking news and general assignment reporter. He has been with Newsday since 2014 and previously worked at The Press-Enterprise in Riverside, California.\n<\/p>\n![\"John](\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/1777929729_563_image.jpeg\"\/)
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