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Board moves multiple procurements, grants and partnerships forward in committee; approvals taken at regular meeting
Summary
At the Feb. 26 Allentown School District meetings the board advanced or approved a package of items: modular classrooms (moved to regular meeting), procurement approvals for servers and signage, acceptance of a Verizon Innovative Learning Schools grant, vendor contracts (Tyler/HR & payroll systems), a McGraw Hill professional-learning contract, a naming of a softball field, participation in a J‑1 international teacher program (no district fee), and authorization to advertise bids for a new K–8 facility and a $15M PSFIG HVAC grant application.
The Allentown School District board used its Committee of the Whole and regular meeting on Feb. 26 to advance a broad set of operational, technology, facilities and programmatic items.
Key motions and approvals in committee and at the regular meeting included:
- Modularity purchase (sonia sotomayor): Committee moved the request to purchase 10 modular classrooms at a cost not to exceed $1,600,000 to the regular board meeting for final action.
- Technology and servers: The board approved procurement items related to a districtwide digital-transformation strategy (Tyler Technologies for finance/payroll and other integrated human-capital/timekeeping systems) and authorized the purchase of a Dell PowerEdge…
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