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Centennial SD approves $20,762 pilot purchase of OpenSciEd science kits after board questions ownership and supply delays
Summary
The Centennial School District board approved a pilot purchase of standards-aligned K–8 science kits from Carolina Open SciEd for up to $20,762.81, following questions from a board member about vendor ownership of materials and supply delays related to tariffs.
The Centennial School District Board of School Directors voted 8-1 March 11 to approve a pilot purchase of K–8 science kits from Carolina Open SciEd, with district costs not to exceed $20,762.81.
The pilot will supply materials and digital components intended to help the district test a standards-aligned science curriculum for kindergarten through eighth grade. Board member Michael Martin questioned terms in the vendor contract that say materials remain the vendor's property after the pilot and opposed doing business under those terms.
"I would just prefer not to do business with that company, but that's all," Martin said during discussion, citing paragraph 3 of the contract that he said described the materials as the exclusive property of Carolina Biological Supply Company.
District staff and…
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