Board approves consent agenda, curriculum resource, superintendent contract and library bids; certifies 10-year safety survey

The Batavia USD 101 Board of Education voted on multiple routine and capital items during its March 18 meeting after a closed session.

The board approved a grouped consent agenda that included minutes, personnel items, payroll and bills, destruction of specified closed-session recordings, donations, intergovernmental agreements and field trip approvals. The board then approved Eureka Math 2 as the district's elementary anchor mathematics resource, renewed the superintendent's contract, awarded construction bids for library improvements at Batavia High School and Rotolo Middle School, and certified the district's 10-year health life safety survey for submission to the regional office of education.

Why it matters: the votes finalize curriculum selection that affects classroom instruction, authorize capital work that will alter two library facilities, and confirm the district's official safety and compliance record with state education authorities.

The votes, as recorded on the meeting transcript, are listed below. For each item the board recorded roll-call votes and the motions passed as shown.

Consent agenda (items 6.1, 6.3—6, 6.7—6, 6.13): Motion to approve the consent agenda as presented. Moved: Danielle (as stated in the transcript). Second: Erin (as stated). Roll-call (sampled from transcript): Pilger: Yes; Gonzales Thomas: Yes; Arlandu: Yes; Slager: Yes; Meadows: Yes; Locke: Yes. Outcome: approved.

Eureka Math 2 adoption (item 8.1): Motion to approve Eureka Math 2 as the anchor resource for mathematics. Moved: Raquel. Second: Rob. Roll-call (sampled from transcript): Meadows: Yes; Slager: Yes; Locke: Yes; Gilbert: Yes; Gonzalez Thomas: Yes; Arlandu: Yes. Outcome: approved.

Superintendent contract (item 8.2): Motion that the board approve the superintendent's contract as presented. (Mover not specified verbatim in the public transcript; seconded by board members as recorded). Roll-call (sampled from transcript): Arlandu: Yes; Rosales Thomas: Yes; Gilbert: Yes; Slager: Yes; Locke: Yes; Meadows: Yes. Outcome: approved.

Library improvements bid awards (item 8.3): Motion to award the bids for library improvements at Batavia High School and Rotolo Middle School as presented in Appendix A. Moved: Aaron. Second: Rob. Roll-call (sampled from transcript): Steiner: Yes; Arlandu: Yes; Gonzales Thomas: Yes; Meadows: Yes; Locke: Yes; Hilbert: Yes. Outcome: approved; projects proceed to procurement and scheduling.

Certification of 10-year health life safety survey (action following presentations by architect): Motion to certify the 10-year health life safety survey for submission to the regional office. Moved: Raquel. Second: Danielle. Roll-call (sampled from transcript): Arlandu: Yes; Syger: Yes; Rosales Thomas: Yes; Gilbert: Yes; Locke: Yes; Meadows: Yes. Outcome: certified for ROE processing.

Notes and next steps: several votes authorize follow-up work that requires additional procurement steps, contractor scheduling and, in the case of the 10-year safety survey, further review to refine cost estimates before formal contract awards. The library work and certain A/B priority items from the safety survey may be coordinated with the district's Warm-Safe-Dry capital planning and budget process.

Ending: The board took all actions by roll-call votes at the March 18 meeting; additional contract awards and implementation schedules will be brought to the board for approval as required by policy.