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Mercer County Board approves consent agenda including multiple textbook adoptions and service contracts
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Summary
At its April 13 meeting the board approved a consent agenda that included textbook adoptions spanning K–12 subjects (combined multi‑year costs reported for adoptions), a $57,000 GEAR UP professional development contract, an elevator maintenance award to TK Elevator, and renewal of supplemental athletic insurance.
The Mercer County Board of Education approved a consent agenda April 13 that included multiple instructional-material adoptions and service contracts.
Superintendent staff presented itemized adoptions and contract amounts during the consent agenda. Notable entries included a recommended health textbook adoption for middle and high school with a life‑of‑adoption cost cited at $247,335 funded through the excess levy; a K–8 music adoption totaling $134,316 for the life of the adoption; McGraw Hill personal finance materials at $43,092; and other content adoptions. The superintendent recommended approval of each adoption.
The board also approved contract items funded through grants or levy sources: a GEAR UP Southwest Virginia professional development contract for secondary teachers with an attached contract for $57,000, and continued supplemental student athletic insurance coverage in the sum of $17,009.98 covering the 2026–27 school year. An Omnia Partners contract for elevator preventative maintenance with TK Elevator Corporation was recommended for award; administration noted a 5% price increase for those services compared with the prior year.
Board members voiced no objections and carried the consent agenda by voice vote. The superintendent said adopted materials will be available to administrators and that funding is from the excess levy or specified grant sources as described in the board memos.
