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Board committee advances consent package of contracts, grade expansions and facilities work to full board; one item opposed
Summary
Academic/finance committee approved items 5.01–5.11 (vendor contracts, grade‑span expansions, facilities and technology contracts, food services and a property sale) to forward to the full board; Board Member Bridal recorded a single opposition on the AdWords Media amendment.
The academic/finance committee voted to advance consent items 5.01 through 5.11 to the full board for final approval. Items included grade‑span expansions at Bagley and Pasteur (5.01), a slate of vendor and vendor‑services contracts used for summer programming and district marketing (5.02), an amendment to a communications/marketing contract with AdWords Media (5.03), multiple facilities and technology contracts (parking lot work, commissioning and cabling; items 5.04–5.07), wireless/hotspot services (5.08), IT assessments (5.09), food distribution with US Foods (5.10) and a real‑estate sale of a district parcel to the City of Detroit (5.11).
Administrators described 5.01 as parent‑driven grade‑span expansions at Bagley and Pasteur to add one grade per year so schools can retain students moving into middle grades;…
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