Board approves consent items including E-rate RFPs and a $4,000 grant for Cadet Corps communications
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Summary
The board approved the consent agenda, including RFPs for the district's high-school data infrastructure and wireless access-point upgrades under E-rate, and heard that Rosewood High’s Cadet Corps received a $4,000 Air Force Research/Rocket Lab grant for radios and CERT communications equipment.
The Southern Kern Unified School District board approved routine consent items that included procurement steps for technology upgrades and accepted a small grant for emergency communications equipment.
Staff explained a Request for Proposal (RFP) for the district high-school data infrastructure (part of the district's E-rate projects). A staff member said E-rate covers a large share of the network and Internet costs — roughly 85–90% depending on the specific project — and that the district will post the RFP and return in the new year with the recommended winning bid for board approval.
In a separate notice on the consent calendar, staff reported Rosewood High School’s early college campus Cadet Corps and CERT program received a $4,000 grant from Air Force Research/Rocket Lab to purchase handheld and ham radio equipment, licensing support and field harnesses to expand emergency communications capability in remote or disaster situations.
The consent agenda, including those items, was approved by voice vote.
