The Kent City Schools Board of Education approved a package of routine procurement and personnel items at its regular meeting and completed governance business including the appointment of a new board member.

On procurement, the board approved a resolution to purchase two 77-passenger conventional buses through the Ohio Schools Council cooperative (recommended vendor: Meijer’s equipment). The board also approved cooperative roofing contracts (Tremco/Teamcraft recommended for natatorium sections with a 30-year warranty) and authorized disposal of surplus property (including an older laptop and a Valpar toolkit) to be posted on publicsurplus.com.

The board approved a ParentSquare web-hosting and site design contract to consolidate district alerts and website management, citing cost and integration with existing alert systems.

On student services and personnel, the board approved an agreement with Maxim Healthcare Services to provide a licensed practical nurse (LPN) for a medically fragile preschool student who will ride the bus and attend school with the student until the medical situation resolves and in-district or Akron Children’s staff resumes service. The board also approved field-placement/affiliation agreements to accept teacher candidates from partner institutions.

Governance actions included the election of a president and vice president to serve the remainder of 2025 and the appointment of the top vote-getter from a recent election, PJ Herrera, to fill a board vacancy; the appointee took the oath of office during the meeting. Board members recessed to executive session to discuss personnel matters and later adjourned. No substantive dissent or roll-call defeats were recorded in the transcript excerpts provided; motions were moved, seconded and approved by roll call.

The board asked staff to provide additional background where requested (for example, counts of field-placement agreements over prior years) and confirmed there would be no action items when the board reconvened after executive session.