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Hammond board approves grants and contracts; administrative handbook revised with one abstention
Summary
At its Aug. 20 meeting the board approved multiple grants and contracts (including a $371,000 USDA fruit-and-vegetable grant and a $550,000 dairy contract) and voted to remove automatic administrator step increases; most motions passed unanimously or by clear majorities.
The School City of Hammond board approved a slate of grants and contract renewals during its Aug. 20 meeting.
Key approvals and outcomes: - Indiana dual-language immersion pilot grant (2024–25): $14,000 — motion approved (aye). - Hammond Education Foundation ACORN grants for Hammond Central High School — motion approved (aye). - USDA Fresh Fruit and Vegetable Program Grant: $371,000 — motion approved (aye). - Community Eligibility Provision renewal (free breakfast and lunch program): approved 5–0. - Contract with Alpha Baking Company (whole grain products): $78,713 — approved 5–0. - Contract extension with Pleasant View Dairy (dairy products): $550,000 for the year — approved 5–0. - SmartSense by Digi (refrigerator/freezer temperature monitoring): $3,500 — approved 5–0. - Administrative handbook revision (removes automatic step increases for administrators): approved 4 in favor, 1 abstention.
Motions were moved and seconded from the trustee bench as recorded in the meeting minutes; the board also approved prior executive-session minutes (vote recorded as 4 in favor, 1 opposed) and school-board minutes with one abstention during the meeting. Trustee Blake King highlighted an accounts-payable docket of $3,347,881.83 and payroll of $4,515,872.42 and said he will pursue follow-up on procurement and audit questions.
The board did not discuss in detail the full procurement history for every contract at the meeting; trustees asked for further financial detail on the district's larger recurring systems and flagged a forthcoming conversation on forensic review.
