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Board approves contracts, trips, donations, gifted plan and bus disposals
Summary
The board approved a package of routine items including vendor and service contracts, field trips (band, girls' basketball, girls' bowling), a $650 donation in Kroger gift cards, a local gifted identification plan and disposal of older buses; personnel items and minutes were also approved.
The Little Miami Board of Education approved a set of routine business items at its Nov. 18 meeting, including vendor and service contracts, student travel requests, donations, the district’s gifted-identification plan and disposal of older buses.
Contracts: Treasurer/staff described a purchase-order budget item for CentOS-related supplies and uniforms listed as $260,000 yearly (the transcript describes that figure as the purchase-order amount budgeted). The board also approved two contracts with the Warren County ESC for special-education and intervention services, an EMIS data-support contract with Gail Crombie (noted in the meeting transcript as 'not to exceed $34.20' — amount as recorded in the minutes), and vocal-coaching services with Gina Sheldon at the high school. After brief discussion about year-over-year increases in EFC (therapy/specialist) rates, the board approved the listed contracts by roll call.
Field trips and extracurricular travel: The board approved the marching band’s spring-break trip to perform in the Magic Kingdom parade at Walt Disney World in Orlando; a Jan. 17 girls' basketball trip to the Hoosier Gym in Kingston, Indiana; and travel for a girls' bowling team member to Indianapolis on Nov. 30.
Donations and personnel: The board accepted a donation of $650 in Kroger gift cards for families in need and approved personnel items that included an announced retirement: Eileen Frederick will retire Aug. 1 after 33 years at Little Miami.
Bus disposal: The board approved disposal of 2007-model buses with odometer ranges noted in the record; staff said usable parts would be retained for future use and the district expects to receive about $450 per bus from the selected vendor.
Votes at a glance: The transcript records roll-call approvals for the listed contract package, donations, trips, personnel packet and bus disposal; one vote on the minutes included an abstention from the member who was not present at the prior meeting.
Sources: Little Miami Board of Education meeting transcript, Nov. 18, 2025.
