Livingston Parish School Board authorizes multiple bid advertisements, ratifies trash contract and approves personnel contracts

The Livingston Parish School Board on Feb. 24, 2025, approved a slate of procurement actions for the 2025–26 school year, ratified a two-year trash-collection agreement with Waste Management (with options for two one-year extensions), adopted budget revisions through committee reports and approved several personnel contracts including a performance-based assistant principal contract at Denham Springs High School.

The actions, taken during a regularly scheduled meeting that opened with roll call and moved through routine business, included authority to advertise bids for child nutrition categories (disposable products, fresh produce, ice cream products, milk and milk products and purchased foods), renewals of a branded pizza bid, fuel for parish fuel stations, equipment for Doyle High School’s ProStart kitchen, custodial and food-service warehouse stock, and weight-room equipment for Denham Springs High School. The board also ratified RFQ 25-02 for trash-collection services and approved the renewal of administrators’ performance-based contracts effective July 1, 2025, through June 30, 2028.

Why it matters: The procurement and contract approvals set purchasing and service arrangements that affect day-to-day school operations, food services, transportation fuel, maintenance supplies and athletic facilities for schools across Livingston Parish. The personnel approvals determine leadership assignments at specific schools for the coming school years.

Most significant actions and details

- Procurement authorizations: The board granted the superintendent authority to advertise multiple bids for the 2025–26 school year, including child nutrition categories (disposables, fresh produce, ice cream, milk and milk products, purchased foods), branded pizza renewal, fuel for Livingston Parish Public Schools fuel stations (Bid 25-05), ProStart kitchen equipment for Doyle High School (Bid 25-10), custodial supplies for warehouse stock (Bid 25-11), food-service disposables for warehouse stock (Bid 25-12) and weight-room equipment for Denham Springs High School (Bid 25-13).

- Trash collection: The board ratified RFQ 25-02 and accepted a two-year contract recommendation with Waste Management, including options for two additional one-year extensions under the same terms. A Waste Management representative thanked…