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Board approves curriculum purchase, facilities contracts and policy actions in unanimous votes
Summary
The Kansas City, Kansas Board of Education on March 25 approved a set of procurement contracts and policy actions, including a $1,183,314.80 purchase of Carnegie Learning math curriculum and several facilities contracts, and took unanimous roll-call votes on each recorded item.
The Kansas City, Kansas Board of Education on March 25 approved multiple procurement contracts and policy changes, including a $1,183,314.80 purchase of Carnegie Learning curriculum for Algebra I, Geometry and Algebra II and several facilities contracts for summer repairs and upgrades.
Board members voted unanimously on every recorded roll call for these items. The board’s recorded members at the meeting were Yolanda Clark, Maxine Drew, Randy Lopez, Robert Mylan Jr., Wanda Brownlee Page, Rachel Russell and Doctor Wynne; each is recorded as voting yes on the items listed below.
The board approved the following motions and contract awards during the meeting:
- Approve amendment to the 2023–2025 negotiated agreement (Agenda item 5a). Motion was moved and seconded; the board recorded a unanimous vote to approve the amendment.
- Approve purchase of Carnegie Learning curriculum for Algebra I, Geometry and Algebra II in the amount of $1,183,314.80, funded by the curriculum and instruction budget (Agenda item 5b). The motion passed on a recorded unanimous roll-call vote.
- Accept low bid from Sorella Group for toilet partition replacement at various locations in the amount of $160,948 (Agenda item 5c). The board approved the recommendation by roll call, unanimous.
- Accept low bids for asphaltic and concrete repair projects for summer 2025: Byrne and Jones Construction $24,954.60; All Pro Asphalt $219,474; McConnell and Associates $22,675; combined total $267,103.60 (Agenda item 5d). Board members approved the combined awards; the board discussed whether the scope was patching/resurfacing versus full parking-lot replacement and asked staff to follow up on lifecycle/replacement cycles.
- Accept low bids for painting projects: Impact Painting $57,880 and CertiPro Painting $85,249.91, total $143,129.91 (Agenda item 5e). Approved on recorded unanimous vote.
- Policy JGFGBA (third read). The board approved the policy on third read; staff noted the language allows the district the option — but does not require — storing certain medications. The board took the third-read vote and recorded unanimous approval.
- Withdraw equity policy for later revision. The board approved a motion to withdraw the equity policy from consideration and directed staff to bring a revised policy back in July to reflect federal guidance and grant requirements. The withdrawal vote was unanimous.
- Adopt hearing officer’s recommendation on a confidential student matter after returning from executive session. The board voted to adopt the hearing officer’s recommendation; the vote was recorded as unanimous.
Routine consent items earlier on the agenda were also approved by recorded unanimous roll call.
Why it matters: the board’s approvals commit district funds and set policy direction. The Carnegie Learning purchase is a large, district-wide instructional investment for secondary math courses; multiple facilities contracts allocate funds for summer repairs at district schools. The policy decisions — approving JGFGBA and withdrawing the equity policy for revision — change the district’s formal rules about medication storage options and pause the equity policy pending further alignment with federal requirements.
What board members asked staff to follow up on: during discussion of the asphalt and parking-lot bids, board members asked whether the district keeps a replacement cycle or schedule for complete parking-lot rebuilds rather than repeated patching; staff said they would provide a fuller answer. On the Carnegie Learning adoption, board members and public commenters pressed staff to provide parent-facing resources and in-building support for caregivers who need help accessing online components of adopted curricula.
Votes at a glance (recorded roll-call results)
- Amendment to 2023–2025 negotiated agreement (5a): yes — Yolanda Clark, Maxine Drew, Randy Lopez, Robert Mylan Jr., Wanda Brownlee Page, Rachel Russell, Doctor Wynne. - Carnegie Learning curriculum purchase, $1,183,314.80 (5b): yes — same recorded votes. - Toilet partition replacement, Sorella Group, $160,948 (5c): yes — same recorded votes. - Asphalt/concrete repair contracts, total $267,103.60 (5d): yes — same recorded votes. - Painting projects, total $143,129.91 (5e): yes — same recorded votes. - Policy JGFGBA (third read): yes — same recorded votes. - Withdraw equity policy: yes — same recorded votes. - Adopt hearing officer recommendation (confidential student matter): yes — same recorded votes.
Ending: The board took no vote on the board/staff travel forms at this meeting; board members asked for the finance committee to review suggested edits requested by trustees and for staff to recirculate related forms and the reflection form referenced in earlier board discussions.
