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Votes at a glance: Fox C-6 board approves technology purchases, contracts and budget adjustments
Summary
At its Feb. 20 meeting the Fox C-6 Board approved several procurement and budget items including a Chromebook purchase for 2025–26, a district contract for campus asphalt work, a digital assessment tool purchase using current-year funds, and budget and bill payments.
The Fox C-6 School District Board of Education approved a package of purchases, contracts and budget adjustments at its Feb. 20 meeting, voting on several items after brief presentations by staff.
Notable actions recorded in the meeting minutes include:
- Step Up Digital assessment tool: The board approved purchasing the Step Up Digital Missouri assessment and teaching tool using the current fiscal year’s curriculum budget rather than next year’s allocation. Tracy Haggerty explained that surpluses in some accounts allowed the purchase to be expedited; the motion to approve spending this year’s funds was made by Todd Scott and seconded by an unidentified board member and carried. The district said the tool includes teacher and student proficiency scales and supports common assessment alignment.
- Budget adjustments: The board approved recommended budget adjustments, including grant-related entries and capital lease defeasance items. The motion was made by Travis Littner and seconded by Michael Myers; the board voted to approve the adjustments.
- Payment of bills (Group A): The board approved routine bill payments presented as Group A. Board members raised a question about optional rental insurance charges and whether district insurance might cover some rented equipment; staff said they would investigate.
- Fox campus asphalt contract: The board approved a contract with Ford Asphalt after staff said contract wording had been revised and reviewed. The motion carried.
- Chromebook purchase for 2025–26: The board approved the purchase of 1,970 Acer Chromebooks to support the district’s 1:1 device rollout for incoming sixth graders and high school distributions. Finance staff said the district had planned for the purchase in its budget request and will request a similar allocation next year. The purchase will be made through the state contract with CDW-G.
- Policies: The board accepted a group of policies for first reading (MSBA recommendations except for JHDF, which was revised for accuracy). Trustees asked questions about petition thresholds and ID/badge language; staff said questions about statutory thresholds would be vetted with legal counsel and clarified that students are not required to carry district-issued badges.
Most motions in this package were acted on with brief Q&A and carried without recorded opposition. Where specific vote tallies or dollar amounts were not stated on the public record during the meeting, the minutes record the motions as carried and note that staff will return with additional details when appropriate.
