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GRPS board approves purchasing agenda after debate over 16 weapon-detection units
Summary
After a lengthy discussion about outsourcing and school safety, the Grand Rapids Public Schools board approved the purchasing agenda as presented; a motion to remove the item for 16 walk-through detection units failed in a recorded vote.
The Grand Rapids Public Schools Board of Education on March 15 approved its purchasing agenda after members debated whether to remove a line-item for 16 walk-through weapon-detection units.
Board member José Rodríguez moved to remove the 16-unit purchase from the purchasing agenda, saying the district could not proceed without a collective-bargaining agreement: “Porque primero tiene que haber una carta de de acuerdo entre lo que es Grand Rapids, escuelas públicas, y la unión, y no lo hay” (because first there must be a letter of…
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