Centennial SD committee approves personnel moves, contracts, bus replacement and routine purchases

The Centennial School District Board of School Directors voted on a slate of personnel actions, purchases and contracts at its committee of the whole meeting Tuesday, Jan. 28, and approved a replacement bus to replace a vehicle that was totaled in a collision.

The item bundle included approval of the agenda and the personnel agenda (terminations, retirements, resignations, authorizations to employ, leaves, change-of-status actions and mentor-teacher assignments); overnight conference requests for music students and staff; purchase of musical instruments and library books; replacement of HVAC controllers at McDonald Elementary; a three-year fire-equipment inspection and maintenance contract; and the award of a bid for a 30-passenger bus to replace a totaled vehicle. The board also approved a 2025–26 Act 1 accelerated budget opt-out resolution setting the district's inflation index at 4.0 percent (a procedural action that does not itself raise taxes above that cap).

Why it matters: several of the approvals commit short-term district funds or ongoing contracts (fire inspections, HVAC maintenance) and authorize travel or…