Board approves district bills; purchases include Chromebooks, audio equipment and classroom display replacements

The Brandon Valley School District 49-2 board approved bills and claims after a finance presentation that highlighted technology purchases, construction payments and other vendor invoices.

Mr. Lundberg told the board the district had authorized a High Point Networks purchase of 232 Chromebooks for $143,098 and listed a Midstates Audio invoice of $96,480 for high school commons video wall equipment. He said Brenda Ballard is covering the video wall equipment costs "under 200,000." Lundberg also identified a First Dakota Indemnity workers' compensation payment for $144,445 and referenced payments to Pesca Construction for work at the new elementary (transcript uses variant spellings for the school name).

Lundberg described a proposed $300,000 contract with 2 Trees Technologies to replace aging classroom smart boards with newer display technology in the middle and high schools, citing that many existing boards are "10 to 12 years old" and parts and repairs have become a recurring problem.

Board members asked technical questions about device life and deployment; after discussion the chair asked for a motion to approve bills and claims as presented, and the motion passed by voice vote.

Note on transcript figures: one payment to 'Pest Construct' (Pesca Construction) appears in the transcript as $111,228,348; that figure appears anomalous in context and may be a transcription error. The article reports the numbers as presented by district finance staff and flags the larger figure for verification with district accounting records if exact totals are required.