GREENE – Selectmen Timothy Doyle said Monday night that the designers of the renovated Greene Central School “did a great job blending the new addition and the already existing parts together.

I am very impressed and think it’s going to add to the quality of our children’s education.”

The school has nearly doubled in size and has new technology as well.

With classes set to resume Jan. 4, Principal Thomas Martellone said everything is on track.

“We hope to have the new second floor finished in the near future and the offices and music room complete in April,” he said. “There is still a lot to do but we are make great progress.”

Business Manager Chris Trenholm said the school has new roof support beams and better ventilation.

“We have built cubbyholes in most of the rooms, which will help reduce the clutter that we used to find in most of our hallways,” he said. “We basically gutted everything down to shell and started over.”

The $4.6 million makeover includes new windows in every classroom, a new cafeteria, two new boilers, an expanded library, a new gym stage and wooden floor with the Gator logo, and offices.

The school also has an improved literary center, a new physical therapy room, and small testing rooms with one-way mirrors to give privacy to students requiring alternative testing set-ups.

Martellone said the problem of having many exits and entrances has been solved. In 2005, the exterior doors will be locked with the exception of the main lobby, which will be monitored constantly.

“We used to have problems with people just walking in from any door,” Martellone said. “That is all changing.”

Also for safety, louder alarms have been installed in certain parts of the building, accompanied by new hazard strobe lights for the hearing-impaired.

As for technological upgrades, network printers have been removed from classrooms to reduce disturbances. Hallways now have designated printing areas, where teachers can receive printouts without entering another classroom. Other upgrades include an enlarged computer lab with an attached classroom.

“We also have had each classroom wired for intercom, Internet and cable,” Martellone said.

New teacher lounges have cooking appliances and fax machines in an adjacent room, and there are new bathrooms for teachers.

The bathrooms designated for girls and boys have been replaced with one-person rooms for use by both sexes.