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Board pulls middle‑school referendum contract from consent agenda after bid protest and court stay
Summary
Operations chair asked the board to remove the middle‑school referendum contract award from the consent agenda after a bidder filed a protest; the clerk said a judge issued a stay and scheduled a hearing for April 6, preventing the district from awarding the contract until the court acts.
The Princeton Board of Education removed an award of a middle‑school referendum contract from the consent agenda after the district received a bid protest and a court stay that prevents the board from taking action until the matter is heard on April 6.
Operations committee chair Susan Kenner asked the board to remove action item 10e2 from the consent agenda because the second‑lowest bidder filed for a court order to disqualify the apparent low bidder. The clerk explained that a judge has issued a stay “preventing us from accepting any awards until that gets decided,” and the hearing was scheduled for April 6.
Why it matters: the removal pauses what would otherwise be a contract award tied to district referendum projects and means the board cannot finalize the contractor selection until the court resolves the protest. Board members said they would discuss the issue and take up the award at the next available meeting after the court decision.
The board proceeded with the rest of the consent agenda after the item’s removal and carried the consent vote. The clerk and operations staff said they will monitor the court case and brief the board when the stay is lifted and any award can be considered.
Next step: the contract award will remain on hold until the court rules. The board indicated it will revisit the award after the April 6 hearing and will not act on item 10e2 while the stay is in place.
