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Board approves multiple contracts, capital projects, calendar changes and supplemental pay recommendations
Summary
At its March 3 meeting the Davidson County Board of Education approved a series of vendor contracts, facility projects, school trips, calendar revisions, and parameters for a state teacher supplement and a local pre-kindergarten supplement.
The Davidson County Board of Education on March 3 voted to approve a package of contracts, capital purchases, calendar revisions and personnel-pay parameters during a meeting that included several routine consent items and public comment.
Key approvals included: Reality Works equipment purchases for Ledford High School’s career and technical agriculture program; contracts for contracted special-education staffing (Emergis and Soliant Health) and a memorandum permitting Alight Behavioral Therapy to provide ABA services in schools; capital projects including replacement of the Davis-Townsend Elementary School roof and purchase of two maintenance vans; an E-rate-funded Wi‑Fi upgrade for the district’s access points; multiple school trip approvals; and revisions to school calendars due to recent inclement weather. Board members also adopted criteria for the distribution of state teacher-supplement funds under House Bill 259 and approved a local supplement to include the district’s 18 pre-kindergarten teachers, at a local cost of $37,997.83.
Most motions were approved by voice vote with no recorded opposition.
Votes at a glance
- Reality Works (CTE) purchase — Motion: approve purchase of hands-on agriculture learning tools for Ledford High School using CTE grant funds; amount: $44,397.51; outcome: approved.
- Emergis Healthcare Staffing service agreement — Motion: approve service agreement to identify EC teacher and part-time speech-language pathologist; cost not to exceed $78,000; funding: Medicaid exceptional-children funds; outcome: approved.
- Soliant Health service agreement — Motion: approve service agreement for an EC teacher at West Davidson High School; cost not to exceed $37,000; funding: Medicaid; outcome: approved.
- Alight Behavioral Therapy MOU — Motion: approve memorandum to allow privately contracted ABA providers to deliver services in schools; outcome: approved.
- E-rate Wi‑Fi infrastructure replacement (Encore Technology Group) — Motion: approve replacement of 1,107 access points and one switch; total cost: $1,679,583.26; funding: USAC (80%) and North Carolina Department of Public Instruction (20%); outcome: approved.
- Davis-Townsend Elementary roof replacement (LaFave Construction) — Motion: approve roof replacement bid; amount: $1,202,700; funding: capital outlay and state lottery funds; outcome: approved.
- Purchase of two Ford commercial cutaway vans for Maintenance Department — Motion: approve purchase on state contract; cost: $131,526.40; funding: local capital outlay; outcome: approved.
- Reality Works CTE equipment (Ledford High School) — Motion: approve purchase of equipment paid with CTE Agriculture Education Program grant funds; amount: $44,397.51; outcome: approved.
- School trips and extracurricular travel — Motions: approve North Davidson High School Air Force Junior ROTC trip to Washington, D.C.; North Davidson baseball trip to South Brunswick High School Easter tournament; North Davidson cheer camp trip to NCA camp at NC State; outcome: approved.
- Calendar revisions for inclement weather — Motions: approve changes to the 2024–25 traditional school calendar and Davidson Early College/Yadkin Valley Regional Career Academy calendars (convert snow days to remote instruction or annual leave, add optional teacher workdays); outcome: approved.
- Teacher supplement (House Bill 259) criteria and local pre-K supplement — Motion: approve state allotment distribution criteria for eligible certified instructional support (state funds totaling $2,572,600) and to use $37,997.83 in local funds to provide the same supplement to 18 district pre-K teachers; outcome: approved.
- Memorandum of Understanding with Davidson County Department of Social Services — Motion: approve MOU regarding foster-care student supports and best-interest-determination meetings; outcome: approved.
Most motions were presented by district staff during the consent and operations sections; none of the items above prompted recorded roll-call tallies in the transcript. Staff noted funding sources for each purchase or contract when presented to the board and said some purchases use external grant or state funds to reduce local-cost impact.
Board members asked routine clarifying questions on vendor selection, funding sources and scheduling for installation or receipt of equipment.
