Waynesville R‑VI board approves Liberty Elementary construction bid, adopts 2025‑26 staffing and transportation plans
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Summary
At its April 21 meeting the Waynesville R‑VI Board of Education approved a $36,975,000 base bid for Liberty Elementary, adopted several 2025‑26 plans including staffing and transportation routes, approved curriculum additions, authorized a scoreboard purchase and entered closed session under RSMo 610.021.
The Waynesville R‑VI Board of Education on April 21 awarded the construction contract for Liberty Elementary bid package 2, approved the district's 2025'26 staffing and transportation plans, cleared course additions for the Waynesville Career Center and authorized a new high‑school football scoreboard, then voted to enter closed session under RSMo 610.021.
Why it matters: The Liberty Elementary award and associated contract changes advance a multi‑phase construction program the district says will require limited building access during the summer. The staffing and transportation approvals set the district's operational plans for the coming school year and the scoreboard and course changes affect extracurricular and career‑technical programming.
Votes at a glance - Liberty Elementary, Bid Package 2: Board accepted the base bid and proposed unit prices from Ryke Construction, excluding alternate 1; administration recommended the award of the construction phase. Motion passed (mover: Mike Keeling; second: Charles Quinn). Administration reported the base bid amount as $36,975,000; exact vote tally not specified in the record.
- Liberty Elementary, Bid Package 1 contract change proposals: Board approved contract change proposals and authorized Bloomsdale Excavating to proceed on those changes (mover: Rick Harn; second: Mike Keeling). Motion passed; exact tally not specified.
- Transportation handbook, second reading: Board adopted the 2025 transportation handbook as presented (mover: Andy Anderson; second: Aaron Pondrum). Motion passed; exact tally not specified.
- Transportation routes for 2025'26: Board approved the proposed routes for the 2025'26 school year as presented (mover: Mr. Lercher; second: Andy Anderson). Motion passed; exact tally not specified.
- 2025'26 staffing plan: Board adopted the staffing plan for 2025'26 as presented by administration (mover: Rick Harn; second: Aaron Pondrum). Motion passed; exact tally not specified.
- Waynesville Career Center course additions: Board approved new courses and updates for the 2025'26 school year (mover: Andy Anderson; second: Rick Harn). Motion passed; exact tally not specified.
- FY25 spring surplus list: Board declared listed items as surplus property as presented (mover: Mike Keeling; second: Andy Anderson). Motion passed; exact tally not specified.
- Election results / swearing in: Board certified the official school board election results as presented and welcomed returning members; the meeting included the swearing in of two recently elected candidates (mover: Charles Quinn; second: Mr. Lercher). Motion passed; exact tally not specified.
- High‑school football scoreboard: Board approved the agreement with BSN Sports and granted notice to proceed on the scoreboard purchase (mover: Aaron Pondrum; second: Rick Harn). Motion passed; exact tally not specified.
Other routine approvals included minutes, consent agenda items and a variety of recognitions presented without substantive board debate; all motions reported in the minutes passed by show of hands and the meeting record did not publish numeric vote tallies.
Board action: closed session After the public business, the board voted to enter closed session under RSMo 610.021, citing section 1 (legal actions), section 3 (hiring/firing/disciplinary or promotion of employees) and section 13 (individual personnel records/performance ratings). A roll call was conducted and the board moved into closed session.
Context and next steps Administration will proceed with contract negotiations and final contract documents for Liberty Elementary bid package 2 following the award; the district reported intent to bring final contract documents back to the board for approval at the May meeting and to begin construction in August 2025. The high school HVAC work and other construction phases were presented as forthcoming projects with dates and limited‑access windows that administration said it will refine and communicate to staff and families.
Notes on recordkeeping Where the meeting record used show‑of‑hands votes the minutes state the motion passed and do not list roll‑call tallies; the motions above reflect the movers and seconders named during the meeting. Exact numerical vote counts were not specified in the transcript.
