SCHOHARIE - Schoharie Central School Assistant Principal/Athletic director Carley Ryan was lauded at last month's school board meeting for her quick thinking that saved the district "hundreds of thousands of dollars" after discovering a water leak on school grounds.

Ms. Ryan, a Middleburgh high school graduate, discovered a significant water main break near the soccer field on a Saturday afternoon, Superintendent David Blanchard told school board members at their July 9 meeting.

By alerting the district authorities, Ms. Ryan saved "a great deal of damage," Mr. Blanchard said. A two-inch water line had broken and spread mud across the soccer fields and tennis courts and would have been much worse if not discovered by Ms. Ryan.

The discovery, Mr. Blanchard said, "saved thousands of thousands of dollars."