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Votes at a glance: board approves multi-year contracts, curriculum purchases, transportation and kindergarten technology
Summary
At the June 11 meeting the Downingtown Area School District board approved a large consent agenda that included multi-year transportation services, curriculum and assessment purchases, technology purchases for full-day kindergarten and a series of staffing and vendor contract renewals.
At its June 11 meeting the Downingtown Area School District board approved the consent agenda and a series of contract and procurement items the administration presented during committee and at the meeting.
Key approved items included a six-year student-transportation agreement with George Kraft, Jr. & Sons Inc.; adoption and purchase contracts for curriculum and assessment resources; technology purchases to support the full-day kindergarten rollout and other building upgrades; and multiple personnel- and service-contract renewals.
The board voted to approve a six-year transportation services agreement described in staff materials as covering 2025-26 through 2030-31 that staff presented with an estimated aggregate contract figure of $9,604,715. Board members clarified that the per-bus rate is fixed under the agreement but that the district is not locked into a set number of buses if future routing or walking-route programs reduce the fleet.
On curriculum and instructional materials,…
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