Raytown C-2 board approves multiple contracts, forgives inclement-weather day and accepts donations

The Raytown Quality School District Board of Education on March 10 approved a set of vendor contracts and purchases including a server and storage refresh, multi-year print services, software renewals and classroom materials, accepted several donations and approved forgiveness of an inclement-weather workday for staff.

The board approved a bid from CDW•G for replacement of district servers and storage at a total price reported in the motion as $911,500, awarded a five-year print-services contract to SumnerOne at a monthly cost of $14,463.53, and accepted a quote to renew Frontline access management and time-and-attendance software for $82,838.62. The board also approved purchase of K–5 consumable materials for Kansas ELA at a total cost of $134,414.24 and a district device purchase from CDW•G for staff/substitute use; the motion as read included a dollar figure that was not clearly recorded in the transcript.

The board voted to select Piper Sandler & Company as the district’s bond underwriter. It approved adjustments to the 2024–25 academic calendar and forgave an inclement-weather workday for staff on Feb. 20, 2025. The board approved the March 10 consent agenda, which included donations and other routine items.

Donations read into the record included: notebooks valued at about $100 to Robertson Elementary School from St. Matthew’s Episcopal Church; $12,420 to the district to pay off student lunch debt from Raytown Masonic Lodge No. 391 and the Masonic Home of Missouri; $201.08 to Spring Valley Elementary from Grandview Memorial VFW Post 8100; and an in-kind donation described in the minutes as “12 inches Cincinnati bridal sheer worth 15,000” from Geist Custom Metal Fabricators to Herndon Career Center. The transcript’s language on that last item appears garbled; the board’s minutes or gift documentation should be consulted for exact wording and value.

Board members moved and seconded each item in standard procedure; the roll call responses were recorded for each motion. The transcript records one audible affirmative response identified as “Miss Bobbie,” the board member Bobbie Salisbury, during multiple roll calls. For many motions the transcript records only “motion passed” without a full roll-call tally in the audio excerpt.

Actions taken at the meeting were procedural and procurement decisions; no new districtwide policy changes were adopted in the motions reported during the meeting. Several items approved are capital or multi-year expenditures that district staff said will affect operations in coming school years.

Votes at a glance - Agenda approval (03/10/2025): motion moved and seconded; outcome: approved. - Selection of bond underwriters: Piper Sandler & Company — approved. - K–5 Kansas ELA consumables: $134,414.24 — approved. - Frontline access management/time & attendance renewal: $82,838.62 — approved. - Server and storage refresh (CDW•G): $911,500 through 2029–30 school year — approved. - Print services (SumnerOne): five-year contract at $14,463.53 per month — approved. - Staff device rotation purchases (CDW•G): motion approved; transcript contains unclear dollar amount as read aloud. - Adjustments to the 2024–25 academic calendar: approved. - Forgiveness of inclement-weather day (Feb. 20, 2025) for all Raytown C-2 staff: approved. - Consent agenda (03/10/2025), including donations noted above: approved.

Context and next steps Several of the approved items are purchases and multi-year contracts that district staff said will be implemented across the 2024–25 and 2029–30 school years. The server/storage project and print-services contract represent the largest near-term expenditures recorded in the meeting audio. Where the transcript language or numbers appeared garbled, the district’s official agenda packet and board minutes should be consulted for authoritative dollar figures and contract terms.

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