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WJCC School Board approves literacy contract, $810,250 technology purchase and two permanent easements
Summary
At its meeting, the Williamsburg-James City County School Board approved a two-year contract for cross-curricular literacy resources, a $810,250 technology purchase for teachers, and permanent easements for two elementary schools to James City County, along with several routine fiscal and personnel items.
The Williamsburg-James City County School Board approved a two-year contract for cross-curricular literacy resources, a $810,250 technology purchase for teachers and media centers, and permanent easements for two elementary schools during its meeting.
The board approved an award for Request for Proposal No. 202500990 for cross-curricular literacy resources, grades 6–12, to Nuusuela for a two-year contract totaling $176,106.24. Board members also approved a purchase request for elementary and middle school teacher laptops and media-center desktops from Lenovo for $810,250. Both measures were moved and seconded on the floor and then approved by the board.
The board approved two permanent easements of school property to James City County: one at Stonehouse Elementary School and one at Matoaka Elementary School. The meeting record shows the motions carried during the action-items portion of the agenda.
Other approved items included the fiscal-year 2027 budget calendar, minutes from the Aug. 5, 2025 work session, personnel actions, authorization for city and county use of school buses for the 2025–26 school year, and Child Nutrition Services food and consumables purchases for the 2025–26 period.
Board members announced the approvals during the action-items roll call, and each item was put forward with a motion and second before a recorded vote of board members present. No motions in the transcript were recorded as failing or tabled.
The approvals lock in short-term contracts and capital purchases and grant James City County permanent access to narrow strips of school property at the two elementary sites. The transcript does not include details of the easement terms, timelines for the Lenovo deliveries, or implementation steps for the contracted literacy materials; those details were not specified during the meeting.
Board members closing the agenda emphasized a fast-moving set of routine approvals and welcomed staff for the coming school year.
