Centerville board approves boilers, playground, buses, textbooks, insurance and fire‑panel replacements

The Centerville City School District Board of Education voted June 16 to approve multiple capital projects, material purchases and policy updates.

The board accepted the low bid from Commercial HVAC for replacement boilers at Normandy Elementary for $388,700 to be paid from the district’s permanent-improvement fund. Trustees also approved a $64,006.34 purchase to replace playground equipment at John Hall Elementary through the Sourcewell cooperative contract and authorized the purchase of seven buses (five 84‑passenger Bluebird transit buses and two 72‑passenger conventional buses with lifts) at a combined cost of $1,041,657 to be paid from permanent-improvement funds.

The board approved instructional materials for world-language courses for grades 6–12 not to exceed $148,197.05. The world-language update covers Spanish and German in the initial package; district staff said a decision on French will be determined next year.

Trustees approved several revised board policies, including electronic devices, medication use, the parent bill of rights and restroom/locker-room language aligned with recently referenced state code. The board tabled or delayed final action on the release-time for religious-instruction policy pending final state legislation.

The board also approved a change in liability insurance to the High School Plan for the 2025–26 year and authorized SoCal Fire & Security to replace fire panels at Klein and John Hall elementary schools and at the Board of Education building (combined contract amounts listed in the agenda materials).

Votes on the agenda items were recorded by roll call; the meeting record shows unanimous approval on the listed items.

Why it matters: The approved purchases are funded largely from the district’s permanent-improvement fund and reflect routine capital maintenance and curriculum updates the district said it had planned in prior work sessions.