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Board questions vendor transparency for Just Right Readers; staff says purchase is grant‑funded recurring material
Summary
Vice Chair Kearney and others asked whether the district’s recurring purchase of Just Right Readers represents a conflict because a former employee is now a company vice president; Renko said the purchase is a recurring materials buy tied to a grant and the program provides parent-education packets and board books for early-learning centers.
The committee reviewed an item to approve purchase of Just Right Readers literacy packs. Vice Chair Kearney said she found online that a former district employee (Brandy Berry) is now vice president of the vendor and asked for transparency about working with vendors that employ former district staff.
Renko (speaker 11) said the purchase is a recurring materials buy tied to a grant…
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