MSD Martinsville board approves multiple facility contracts, technology upgrades, grants and donations

The MSD Martinsville Schools Board of School Trustees approved a package of facility contracts, technology upgrades, program accounts, grants and donations during its regular meeting (date not specified) at the district Central Education Center. Board members voted to award partial roof contracts, accept E-rate-funded firewall replacement, move to a new district virtualization platform, approve food/nonfood bid awards for 2025–26, establish a girls wrestling ECA account and accept multiple grants and donations.

The action items began with approval of a district firewall replacement to be paid in part through the federal E-rate program; board presenters said the district would receive an 80% discount under the E-rate for that purchase and that the current firewall’s one-year license runs through 04/15/2025. The board approved the purchase by voice vote; no roll-call tally was recorded in the meeting transcript.

The board approv…