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School board adopts 2025 millage rates, approves multiple procurement awards including routing services contract
Summary
The Lafourche Parish School Board adopted its 2025 millage rates and approved a set of procurement actions, including a three‑year routing services agreement with First Student for $203,999 and several vendor awards for food, milk and limestone; a bus driver urged the board to consider training drivers for routing tasks.
At its May 7 meeting the Lafourche Parish School Board adopted the 2025 millage rate resolution and approved a package of procurement and contract actions recommended by board committees.
The millage resolution levied the district’s 2025 taxes on the assessment roll, covering constitutional mills and a set of dedicated millages for maintenance, retirement obligations, safety, salaries and debt service. The board adopted the resolution by motion; the transcript records "motion carries" but does not include a roll‑call tally in the public record provided.
On procurement, the board authorized advertising for frequently purchased equipment and supplies for the 2025–26 fiscal year and approved awards of multiple low bids and vendor selections for school food, milk and janitorial products for the upcoming year. The board also accepted a low bid from PCO Construction Company for hurricane‑item miscellaneous repairs totaling a base bid of $314,000 plus design fees (total shown in the meeting as $349,195) and approved Grama Isle Shipyard for limestone deliveries at specified per‑ton prices.
For transportation, the board authorized the superintendent to enter a three‑year routing services agreement with First Student for $203,999. During public comment, Tammy Rivera, who identified herself as a bus driver, urged the board to consider training existing drivers to perform routing and data‑entry tasks rather than outsourcing: “Have y’all ever considered maybe possibly just training some drivers…instead of just paying another company,” she said.
Other business included approval to designate the Daily Comet as the official journal for fiscal year 2025–26 and the board’s appointment of James Gougier to replace Tony Duway on the Board of Commissioners for Special Education District No. 1 to serve the remainder of the term expiring May 2025.
Where the meeting record indicates approved motions, the transcript records “motion carries”; specific vote counts or roll‑call tallies were not recorded in the transcript excerpts provided.
