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Blue Valley board approves KASB policy indexes and multiple bond‑funded contracts
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Summary
The board voted unanimously to adopt KASB policy indexes (A–H, with minor counsel edits) and approved several bond‑funded construction and technology contracts — including Apple Inc., Circadia Construction and a Ducellier unit‑price agreement — during the March 9 meeting.
The Blue Valley Board of Education on March 9 approved a package of Kansas Association of School Boards (KASB) policy indexes and multiple vendor contracts and bond‑funded projects.
Board members approved KASB index A and B in the meeting record and subsequently approved indexes C through H (with select rejections and pending minor legal edits). Superintendent Dr. Chapman and staff said redline edits were intended to align district practice with state requirements and to retain a small number of Blue Valley‑specific policies.
“We provided an executive summary,” Dr. Chapman said, noting staff made substantive redline edits where needed and will publish clean and redlined PDFs before the July 1 effective date. Board members asked for a frozen, clean copy to be available for final review prior to implementation.
On procurement and bond‑funded work, the board approved a contract with Apple Inc. for a scheduled five‑year replacement of instructional‑lab devices (staff estimated roughly $1.7 million, funded in bond dollars). The board also approved contracts for construction and asset preservation including Circadia Construction ($1,153,000) for special‑education classroom renovations at Blue Valley Northwest, Universal Construction for foundation repairs ($579,072) and a unit‑price agreement with Ducellier Concrete with a $6,000,000 ceiling to enable rapid repair work as needed.
“We put that on there so that we have board authority to make emergency repairs quickly,” operations staff said when explaining the Ducellier ceiling. The board additionally approved EF Commercial Flooring and a multi‑year apparel procurement agreement with BSN Sports to consolidate athletic apparel purchasing.
All motions as recorded in the meeting passed by unanimous voice vote. Several board members emphasized the difference between bond‑funded projects (capital, not operating) and general‑fund decisions affecting programs such as strings.
Votes at a glance
- Approve KASB Index A: passed (voice vote, unanimous) - Approve KASB Indexes B–H: passed (voice votes, unanimous; some items retained or rejected as noted in meeting materials) - Apple Inc. contract (instructional/CTE devices): approved (unanimous) - Circadia Construction (Blue Valley Northwest special‑ed renovations): approved (unanimous) - Universal Construction (asset preservation): approved (unanimous) - Ducellier Concrete unit‑price agreement (ceiling $6,000,000): approved (unanimous) - EF Commercial Flooring (carpet replacement): approved (unanimous) - BSN Sports (athletic apparel, year 1 of 7): approved (unanimous)
What’s next: staff will finalize contracts, post policy redlines and clean versions to the district website and return in April with fee‑schedule and budget materials for additional board consideration.
