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Votes at a glance: board approves curriculum purchases, software renewals, food service contract and employee agreements
Summary
At the meeting the board approved multiple procurement items, software renewals, a food-service contract renewal with Aramark, and two multi-year employee contracts; nearly all items passed unanimously.
The Wayne-Westland Community School District Board of Education approved a number of procurement and contract items during the meeting, most by unanimous roll call. The board handled these items largely through routine motions after committee review; the finance committee had discussed many of them at a public June 5 committee meeting.
Key approvals included:
- Middle school science pilot resources from Savvas Learning Company, not to exceed $41,446.08, to be paid from the general fund (approved 7-0). - Middle school ELA classroom novel sets, not to exceed $28,000, charged to the general fund (approved 7-0). - Elementary math curriculum (i-Ready K–5) including student workbooks, teacher editions, digital access and manipulatives for five years, not to exceed $817,636.13; charged partly to grant/other and partly to the general fund (approved 7-0). - Renewal of Studies Weekly social studies subscription for K–5 at a cost not to exceed $28,195.24 (approved 7-0). - Technology renewals and subscriptions: Mozille Manager renewal for iOS/Mac ($49,500, renewing 06/20/2025–06/20/2026), Incident IQ renewal ($40,333.67), Inform K12 licensing ($45,449, renewing 07/01/2025–06/30/2026), Fortinet cybersecurity renewal ($32,523.96), and Mitel phone-system licensing ($35,029) (all approved 7-0). - Renewal of the district’s food service management contract with Aramark Education for fiscal year 07/01/2025–06/30/2026; board discussion referenced an MDE procurement process and modest per-meal fee increases tied to inflation; motion approved 7-0. - Authorization to give formal 1-year notice to withdraw from MAISL (joint risk pool) effective 07/01/2026 to allow time to transition; staff said a new vendor quote was approximately $116,000 less annually than current renewal and that legal review would occur before final change (motion approved 7-0). - Approval of employee bargaining-unit contracts: WESA contract (term 07/01/2025–06/30/2028) and BOSS contract (same term), both approved 7-0. - Staff-recognition and appreciation dates for 2025–26 (approved 7-0). - A one-year license and subscription renewals for various systems supporting operations, as presented by the executive director of technology and innovation (approved 7-0).
Board members and staff repeatedly noted that these items had been discussed at the June 5 finance committee meeting, which the presenter said was open to the public. Costs are summarized as presented at the meeting; funding sources were listed in the packet or noted by presenters (commonly the general fund). The transcript contains roll-call votes for each item, nearly all recorded as unanimous (7-0).
See the actions list below for individual motion language, cited costs and the roll-call tallies recorded in the meeting transcript. Individual purchase orders, contracts and final vendor terms were not detailed in the meeting beyond the amounts and funding accounts cited.
