Board approves consent agenda including grant awards for mental health, CLSD, pre-K and Cliff innovation-zone funding and community donations

The Silver Consolidated Board approved its consent agenda, which included checks written in September, several grant awards, budget adjustments, and community donations.

Director of Finance Michelle McCain reported checks for September totaling $3,354,632.38 and presented multiple grant-related bars for board approval:

• A Title I comprehensive school-improvement (CSI) reallocation: La Plata’s previously awarded grant had $38,390 remaining and the district accepted the re-award to use for continuing CSI activities. • CLSD (Career and Leadership School Design) funding: Additional reimbursements were awarded to support salaries and benefits for staff already hired under CLSD; McCain said the district expects additional awards to carry salaries through the school year. • Wellness-room pilot funding: The district received an award to support staff positions that provided mental-health services after other federal mental-health funds expired; McCain described it as a staff-salary continuation mechanism. • Pre-K initiative indirect-cost adjustment: The district received permission to apply indirect cost for a governor-initiative pre-K award, generating a modest administrative reimbursement to operations. • Innovation-zone grant: Cliff School was awarded $200,000 to continue a CTE/on-the-job training program.

McCain also listed community donations received since the last meeting — checks and gifts ranging from $50 to $1,500 from local businesses and organizations to support athletics and other programs — and explained a bond-fund reallocation to cover growing professional-services charges related to project design.

The board approved the consent agenda on a voice/roll-call sequence; no board member opposed the items that were presented.