The Colonial School District Board of Education approved a bid award for the John G Leach project and advanced routine consent items at its Jan. 13 meeting, while construction staff reported progress on referendum projects and a county permit for stadium lighting.

Board business began with the presiding officer calling the meeting to order and honoring the late former board member Leo McGee Sr. After routine roll call and the pledge of allegiance (recited by Dr. Virginia Shepler), the board moved to adopt the published agenda; the presiding officer said the motion was recorded as moved by Mr. Law and seconded by Mr. Handy and approved by voice vote.

Updates and action items included a request from Dr. Menzer that the board consider the John G Leach bid awards included in the packet. Miss Smith moved to approve the John G Leach bid award as presented; a second was recorded and the presiding officer announced approval by voice vote. The transcript records the outcome as 'Leach is approved.' No roll-call vote or numerical tally is included in the meeting record provided.

Construction and referendum updates were delivered by Drew (construction/operations). He said the packet restated slides from a recent construction review-committee presentation and identified the John G Leach item and the Wayne Penn Athletic Complex as major elements of the first-year referendum projects. Drew also reported that the county approved a special-use permit for stadium lighting, a permitting milestone he said helps keep the stadium project on schedule.

The board approved the consent agenda — described in the meeting as routine personnel and business-office actions along with minutes and student placements — on a voice vote the presiding officer attributed to a motion by Dr. Dorsey and a second by Chris Smith. The transcript does not provide a roll-call tally for that vote.

Meeting minutes and materials distributed in the board packet were referenced for details of the bid awards and construction slides. The transcript uses two spellings for the project name appearing in the record ('Leech' and 'Leach'); the motion in the meeting recorded approval with the wording used by the presiding officer, "Leach is approved." The district packet referenced during the meeting was not included in the transcript, so specific contract amounts, contractor names, and award schedules are not specified in this record.

The meeting moved to other routine business and then adjourned after a closing motion recorded as moved by Ted Laws and seconded by Carlos. The presiding officer declared the meeting closed.

What’s next: Materials in the packet (slides, bid award documents and construction schedules) were cited as the primary sources for project detail; the board noted no further formal action in this transcript beyond the approvals recorded.