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Rialto Unified board approves $5 million donation, renews vendor agreements including $800,000 contract for support aides
Summary
The board accepted a $5,000,000 donation, approved multiple renewals and purchases (Practical Medical billing $207,213; Scoot Education aides $800,000; award of auditorium chairs $156,442) and ratified contracts for services such as compensatory speech and yearbook/photography vendors at the July 16 meeting.
The Rialto Unified School District Board of Education on July 16 accepted a $5,000,000 donation from Howard Industrial Partners LLC and approved a series of contract renewals and purchases that together reflect the district’s near-term operational and student-support priorities.
During the consent and action calendar the board approved: - Acceptance of a $5,000,000 donation from Howard Industrial Partners LLC (packet, page 74). - A ratified renewal with Practical Medical Education Agency to provide medical billing and electronic health-record support; the amount read at the meeting was $207,213 and staff said the vendor had previously recovered about $3,000,000 for the district’s billable services. - A renewal agreement with Scoot Education to provide instructional and behavioral support aides for 2025–26 at a not-to-exceed cost of $800,000 (to be paid from the general fund). - Purchase/renewal approvals for the Learning Genie platform for preschool and transitional kindergarten teachers (each listed at a not-to-exceed $32,000). - Renewal agreements for compensatory speech services (Savvy Speech Therapy, not to exceed $15,000) and supplemental academic support (Haines Family of Programs, not to exceed $20,000). - An award of bid #2425015 to Sierra School Equipment Company for Rialto High School auditorium chairs for $156,442 (including a $14,222 allowance); trustees clarified the order replaces broken chairs, not all seating.
Board members asked procedural questions about contingency language in future contracts and about budgeting for unpredictable end-of-year special-education costs. Dr. Sonia Scott, executive director of special services, explained many factors can drive late-year invoice increases — billing-cycle timing, overtime for aides at extracurricular events and last-minute requests for Saturday or extended services — and said those costs can be difficult to predict in advance.
Trustees also approved smaller items and renewals on the consent calendar — photography and yearbook vendors, cafeteria-food RFP renewals, and authorization delegations for cafeteria-fund purchase signatories — and ratified denial of liability claims 242527 and 242529.
All votes on the listed contracts and approvals were recorded by roll call during the meeting; trustees who voted were Dr. Stephanie Lewis (presiding), Vice President Martinez, Clerk Edgar Montez, Trustee Evelyn Dominguez and Trustee Dakeira Williams (teleconference). The board scheduled follow-up and outreach to publicize district events and supports, including the Unity Summit on July 25 and community meetings for the superintendent search in August.
Next board meeting: Aug. 6, 2025 at 7 p.m. at the Dr. John Casa Luna Education Center.
