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Rockingham County School Board approves copier contracts and student insurance, votes to remove two challenged books
Summary
At its May 12 meeting the Rockingham County School Board awarded a $98,859 copier contract split between Ricoh and Canon, approved a voluntary student accident insurance vendor, and voted to remove two supplemental books after a content-review committee report and board debate.
The Rockingham County School Board on May 12 approved several routine purchases and took action on two challenged supplemental books.
Chair Hurst called the meeting to order and, after agreeing the consent agenda, the board heard a presentation of a competitive bid for copier replacements. Mark Klozinski, who said he was representing Steve Reed in the presentation, told the board that two vendors responded and that staff recommended splitting units between Ricoh and Canon; he said the total purchase price is $98,859. Superintendent Dr. Shiflett recommended awarding the bid to the lowest five‑year cost vendor, which the board approved by voice vote (recorded 5-0).
The board also approved a recommendation from Justin Moyers, the division chief financial officer, to name the low‑bid vendor for voluntary student accident insurance that parents may purchase to allow participation in VHSL activities; Moyers said the district does not pay premiums and will host a link on the district website for families. The motion to accept the recommended vendor was approved by voice vote (recorded 5-0).
In content-review business, Superintendent Dr. Shiflett reported the content review committee's findings on two supplemental titles and recommended retaining Perfect by Ellen Hopkins and retaining Tweak by Nic Sheff (committee determinations as read into the record). A board member moved to remove Perfect, citing multiple flagged pages; the mover said there were "53 different pages" with instances of explicit material and offered that list to the public on request. After discussion and a second, the motion to remove the title was approved by the board. The board then debated Tweak; the mover referenced a number of flagged pages in the first 100 pages and, after a second and brief discussion, the motion to remove that title also passed.
The board recorded these votes and concluded the action items portion of its agenda before moving to information reports.
The meeting adjourned after routine committee reports and superintendent remarks; the board noted the next regular business meeting will be Thursday, May 29, following a retiree reception earlier that evening.
