Board approves routine grants, donations, contracts and programs; motions carried largely unanimously
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Summary
The board voted 4-0 on a package of routine items including release warrants, school fundraisers and trips, grant award notifications (including a 21st Century Community Learning Centers grant of $254,500), Foodlink MOU, MTSS amendment, architectural services with Mangini Associates, and professional services agreements such as SmartTag and ActVNet.
At its meeting the Farmersville Unified board approved a slate of routine consent and business items by unanimous or near-unanimous votes. Highlights recorded in the meeting transcript include:
- Approval of release warrants dated 12/04/2025 for $572,889.42 and 12/11/2025 for $625,892.01 (consent calendar).
- Approval of a 21st Century Community Learning Centers grant award notification and associated ASSETS allocation totaling $254,500.
- Ratification of a Foodlink memorandum of understanding and approval of an MTSS school subgrant amendment (California Sums Initiative Phase 3).
- Approvals of donor items and student activities: donations from Don Gummy (Hester Fall Festival), Panda Express (Junior High ASB), and Pittman Water LLC (FFA chapter jackets); multiple school fundraisers and field-trip approvals including a Visalia Fox Theater trip and Monterey Bay Aquarium field trip.
- Business and facilities items: ratification of an architectural services agreement with Mangini Associates Inc. for a multipurpose/cafeteria project at Farmersville High School (noted to be a cafeteria per bond terms), approval of a drinking-water-for-schools grant contract, and approval of a SmartTag professional-services agreement to support bus routing and logistics. The board discussed reducing the price on the ActVNet safety platform from $50,000 to $36,000 plus $12,000 per year and approved the item as presented.
- Workforce and program approvals: authorization of a Title I schoolwide program and approval of a student mental health grant (S184H250097); a separate teacher residency and Impact Teacher Credential Program agreement with Tulare County Office of Education was also approved with funding noted from Title I/II for intern stipends.
Most motions were moved by board members and recorded as carried with four yes votes (Alice Lopez, Merced Zamora, John Alvarez, Freddy Espinosa). Several items were informational or scheduled for later action (for example, the high-school sports presentation was removed from the agenda).
