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Board approves Chromebooks, sidewalk repairs, Bobby Floyd residency and other routine business
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Summary
The board authorized purchase contracts (900 Chromebooks from Extech, Park Enterprise sidewalk/parking repairs at ~$308,000), approved an artist residency with Bobby Floyd funded via community grants and boosters, and ratified curriculum, trips and MOUs for calamity/online learning.
At its Feb. 17 meeting the Marion City Schools board approved a series of contracts, curriculum items and overnight trips.
Technology and facilities: The board authorized an agreement with Extech Partners for 900 Chromebooks (450 for kindergarten touch-screen devices and 450 for high school use) based on price quotations; it also approved Park Enterprise as the low bidder for sidewalk restoration and parking-lot mill-and-repair work (bid reported at about $308,000).
Arts and curriculum: The board approved an independent-contractor residency contract with musician Bobby Floyd — funded through a mix of Marion Community Foundation grant dollars and booster support — to provide assemblies, workshops and in-school performances (the first session is scheduled Feb. 18). It also approved a three-year TeachTown adoption for special-education SLC classrooms (pilot earlier this year was $15,000).
Trips, membership and MOUs: The board approved overnight student travel (Harding business students to Columbus and JROTC to Fort Knox), confirmed OHSAA membership for the 2026–27 school year, and approved an MOU with the Marion Education Association modifying calamity-day language to link make-up expectations to instructional hours and district remote-learning guidance.
Donations and consent items: The board accepted multiple donations supporting athletic programs and robotics. The consent agenda, which included personnel items conditioned on background checks, was approved in a single motion.
Vote summary: Each contract, trip and curriculum adoption was moved, seconded and approved on recorded roll calls during the meeting.
