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Board approves technology purchases, reimbursements and facility projects; votes at a glance
Summary
East Stroudsburg Area School District approved Chromebook cases, auditorium microphones, reimbursements to capital reserve, a High School South auxiliary‑building project (option 3E up to $125,000), and several education‑program purchases; the finance committee also moved multiple properties and EPR recommendations forward.
The East Stroudsburg Area School District board on Monday approved several recommended purchases and capital items forwarded by the finance and facilities committees.
Actions approved at the meeting included:
- Approve purchase of Max cases for Chromebooks in the amount of $51,365.25 from SHI under an Omnia contract (motion moved and seconded; voice vote recorded as "Aye").
- Approve purchase of wireless microphones for High School South auditorium at a cost of $27,770.69 from B&H (Omnia contract) after staff described audio problems with the existing South auditorium system and noted pricing was lower than an alternate vendor used previously for North Campus. (motion moved and seconded; voice vote recorded as "Aye").
- Accept reimbursement checks (described in the agenda) totaling $137,382 (examples shown in materials: $52,900 and $84,482) to be returned to the district’s capital reserve after lower-than-expected prepaid project costs (motion moved and seconded; voice vote recorded as "Aye").
- Move forward properties-and-facilities item E, clarified at the meeting as option 3E with an estimated cost not to exceed $125,000 to add a bathroom, storage area and lounge to the auxiliary building at High School South; staff said the document on the agenda had an outdated number and the committee corrected the record before the vote (motion moved and seconded; voice vote recorded as "Aye").
- Approve several Education Programs & Resources (EPR) recommendations: purchase of Writable (district cost shown as $0 or minimal), a tuition/agreement item with Lackawanna College (contract described as revenue/partnership rather than a direct purchase), middle‑level science materials (activate learning purchases for JTL and Lehman Intermediate School), and a MagicSchool AI platform purchase (cost cited at roughly $117 to be funded from the Technology budget). The EPR items were moved, seconded and approved by voice vote.
Board members asked clarifying questions about vendor selection, procurement comparisons (the district solicited at least two prices for the auditorium microphones; CSI/Keystone had previously provided microphones for North Campus), the timeline for capital payments, and whether agenda documents reflected the most current figures. Staff acknowledged one agenda document contained an older figure for the bus depot/auxiliary option and corrected the record during the meeting.
Votes recorded in the minutes were voice approvals ("Aye") after motions and seconds; the meeting transcript does not list individual roll‑call tallies by name for these specific motions. The board scheduled its next meeting for May 12 and will continue work on the budget and outstanding contract details.
