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Southmont board approves consent agenda, $300 preschool tuition, boiler and tennis-court bids
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The Southmont School Board approved its consent agenda and several actions 7–0, including raising preschool tuition from $295 to $300 per month, awarding a local company the boiler and air-handler replacement contract, and approving plans for new tennis courts with shade and lighting.
The Southmont School Board voted unanimously to approve its consent agenda and a package of routine and facilities-related items at the meeting, including a $4-per-month increase in preschool tuition and several capital-project bids.
During the meeting the board approved the consent agenda by voice vote, which the chair recorded as "motion carries 7 to 0." The board also announced total claims and payroll for the month of $1,522,616.23.
On an item labeled "for action," the board approved increasing preschool tuition from $295 per month to $300 per month for the next school year. The motion was made and seconded and carried on a 7–0 vote.
The board also approved bids for mechanical work and outdoor facilities. The district awarded the boiler and air-handler replacement contract to Hay Bush Mechanical, a local company, after staff said the firm submitted a substantially lower bid. District staff said the work is expected to prevent winter heating problems.
Separately, the district approved a plan to resurface and upgrade tennis courts with a post-tension concrete surface, a shade structure, lighting and additional concrete work; staff explained the post-tension concrete is intended to extend the courts’ useful life to three decades and reduce long-term maintenance costs.
Personnel actions approved or reported during the meeting included the hiring of Amy Flitter as an essential-skills teacher at Newmarket Elementary and Pamela Myers as an elementary teacher at Walnut. The board also announced the upcoming start of Loretta Young as the district’s new school psychologist.
Board members and staff framed the measures as routine steps to support operations and student services. "We're going to have Hay Bush Mechanical do them," a district staff member said when presenting the mechanical contract. "They came in way lower than everybody else, and we're just excited to have our new boilers and air handlers this way."
The meeting concluded with routine announcements about upcoming events and then adjournment.
Next procedural steps: staff will oversee implementation of the approved contracts and communicate the preschool tuition change to families with updated handbooks and advance notice, according to district remarks at the meeting.
