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Board signs off on Sontz textbook adoption and reallocates funds for health supplies, technology and Briarwood repairs
Summary
The board approved Sontz textbook adoptions as part of the consent agenda; staff said the package (grades 3–12 plus workbooks and online materials) runs about $500,000. Separately the board approved budget resolutions shifting money for medical supplies, a technology E‑Rate match and repairs to a flooded Briarwood basement.
The Benton County Board of Education approved the Sontz textbook adoption on the consent agenda and approved budget resolutions that reallocated funds for medical supplies, technology work tied to an E‑Rate match and repairs at Briarwood after a basement flooding.
During discussion before the vote a board member thanked the textbook adoption team and said the adoption covers grades 3 through 12 and includes student texts, workbooks and online materials. The board member estimated the total cost of textbooks and accompanying…
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