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Board approves deferred‑maintenance amendments, vendor agreements and a calendar revision
Summary
The Kearney School District Board approved amendments and vendor contracts for deferred‑maintenance work, testing and software services and revised the 2024‑25 academic calendar to add an April 21 make‑up day; approvals were taken by voice vote.
The Kearney School District Board approved a series of action items including construction and design amendments, hazardous‑materials testing, software renewals and a revised 2024‑25 academic calendar. All items on the action agenda were approved by voice vote; no recorded opposing votes were announced in the meeting transcript.
Key approvals: the board approved Amendment No. 9 with Newkirk Novak to oversee six deferred‑maintenance projects funded through the district's 2022 bond; Amendment No. 16 with DLR Group for architectural design to tie a middle‑school wall into roof and window structures (projected as a summer 2025 project); and an agreement with OCCU Tech for hazardous‑materials testing (including asbestos) required before renovation or demolition work at Dogwood, Hawthorne and Kearney Elementary.
The board also approved a renewal with Panorama for universal screening and a data warehouse to support academic and social-emotional decision-making; agreements with Provisioned Data Solutions and Quality Network Solutions; and a pilot agreement with Frontline to test a human capital analytics layer on the district's HR platform for three months at no cost.
A small commercial arrangement was approved: a royalty agreement with OhioPile that will return a percent of quarterly net sales back to the district for locally branded merchandise sold through the vendor's national channels.
As a final action, the board approved a revision to the 2024‑25 academic calendar to make April 21 a school day to meet state attendance requirements. Administration said the district surveyed parents and staff and received roughly 92% support for using April 21 as the make-up day. Officials reminded the board that the state clarified allowable AMI days and that further calendar revisions remain possible depending on future inclement weather.
Votes at a glance: each motion (Newkirk Novak Amendment 9; DLR Amendment 16; OCCU Tech agreement; Panorama renewal; Provisioned Data Solutions; Quality Network Solutions; Frontline pilot; OhioPile royalty agreement; and calendar revision) was moved and seconded and approved by voice vote. The transcript does not record individual roll-call tallies for these items.
