Page 4 THE REVERE ADVOCATE – FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 24, 2021 Superintendent provides update on Lincoln School AC By Adam Swift T here was no change in the news about the Lincoln School air-conditioning project at last Tuesday night’s School Committee meeting. Supply chain issues due to the COVID-19 pandemic have delayed the delivery of a fi nal part needed to make the new air-conditioning system at the elementary school operational. At a City Council meeting earlier this month, several councillors bemoaned the lack of communication between the School Department and the City Council when it came to getting updates about the project. Ward 3 Councillor Arthur Guinasso was among the councillors who said he has received a number of complaints from parents who have had students attending the school during hot days with no air-conditioning. “There is no news that is different from what Principal [Sara] Hoomis shared … at the Meet the Teachers night,” said Superintendent of Schools Dr. Dianne Kelly. “We’re still expecting, right now, the delivery of that one part we are waiting on that is currently scheduled for delivery on Sept. 27.” Kelly did not directly address the City Council criticisms on Tuesday night, but she did note that the fi nal part for the air-conditioning system has already been delayed three times. The superintendent added that as the calendar turns to fall, there will hopefully be fewer days when signifi cantly hot days will be an issue. “Hopefully, at this point we are moving into the fall season, and we will have it set up for the spring,” said Kelly. The majority of the work for the Lincoln School project was completed well before school started. “Last year, we updated the electrical system to be able to handle the water chiller system,” said school Facilities Director Carl Svendsen last month. “That was completed, and it was also an attempt to lower the electrical use in the building. Dr. Dianne Kelly Superintendent of Schools We also upgraded all the lighting to an LED light system, and that’s going to bring down the electrical use to allow for more capacity for this [air-conditioning] system to be installed.” The system installed is a chilled water loop, which is a basketball-sized diameter pipe throughout the entire building that breaks off into every classroom or area receiving air-conditioning. The delayed piece, Svendsen said, is a component that needs to be tied into the installed piping. Three Brazilian nationals facing charges of identity theft By Christopher Roberson A trio of Brazilian nationals residing in Revere were among 14 defendants throughout the country who were recently charged with identity theft stemming from “a nationwide conspiracy to open fraudulent driver accounts with multiple rideshare and delivery service companies.” According to federal law enforcement officials, the individuals living in Revere are Thiago De Souza Prado, 37, Luiz Narciso Alves Neto, 36, and Alessandro Felix Da Fonseca, 25. The indictment comes four months after similar charges were fi led against 19 defendants. The new indictment charges 14 of those defendants with aggravated identity theft by using victims’ identifi cation in connection with the conspiracy. According to law enforcement offi cials, the defendants allegedly used their victims’ identities to “apply for driver accounts with rideshare and delivery companies, enabling defendants to pass those companies’ required background checks and create driver accounts in victims’ names.” In addition, the defendants reportedly altered driver’s licenses to get around facial recognition technology used as a security measure by rideshare and delivery companies. The defendants allegedly obTHEFT | SEE Page 16
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