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Darien board approves Darien Foundation grant for ViewSonic panels and $75,000 transfer for decodable books
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Summary
The board unanimously approved a consent agenda that included a contemplated Darien Foundation gift to supply 40 ViewSonic interactive panels to Darien High School and a $75,000 budget transfer to buy decodables for elementary classrooms.
The Darien Board of Education unanimously approved its consent agenda on April 28, which included minutes, a March financial report, a proposed budget transfer and a contemplated gift from the Darien Foundation to support classroom technology at Darien High School.
The board had earlier moved to amend the meeting agenda to add the “contemplated gift from the Darien Foundation in the amount of $172,000” to the consent agenda; that amendment was seconded and approved unanimously. Board members later read the consent agenda, which listed the gift as funding for 40 ViewSonic interactive flat panels for Darien High School. During consent-agenda discussion, the business manager recommended a single $75,000 transfer (approximately $15,000 per elementary school) from public tuition savings to purchase decodable phonics texts for kindergarten through grade 2 classroom libraries.
A motion to approve the consent agenda was made and seconded (recorded in the transcript as Sarah moved and Joanna seconded), and the chair called the vote; the chair stated the motion passed unanimously. Board members thanked the Darien Foundation for the gift and administration for its work implementing the reading resources.
The vote to approve the consent agenda constituted formal approval of the listed items; no individual roll-call tallies were recorded in the public transcript. The minutes and budget-transfer materials will be reflected in the district record and the administration will proceed with the planned purchases and donor acceptance process.
