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Board approves policy conversions, contracts, donations and student resource adoptions
Summary
At its April 27 meeting the Crown Point board approved conversion to ISBA policy language, textbook/resource adoption (partly foundation-funded), a three-year ParentSquare contract worth $202,382.67, vendor consolidations for benefits, meal-price increases and multiple donations and cooperative contracts, each by unanimous voice vote.
Crown Point — The Board of School Trustees approved a cluster of routine and programmatic actions on April 27, voting unanimously on policy conversions, resource adoptions, tech and vendor contracts and several donations.
What the board approved (votes recorded as voice votes, all carried 4–0):
- Policy conversion (5.01): The board approved a set of ISBA policies to replace corresponding Neola policies (ISBA 6250; ISBA 33340; ISBA 7030; ISBA 6120; ISBA 6130; ISBA 1103, etc.), following administration recommendation. The motion to waive second reading and adopt the ISBA language passed.
- Textbook and resource adoption (5.02): The board approved an elementary single-book approach for 2026–27; part of the purchase will be paid for by a grant from the Crown Point Community Foundation and the remainder from the education fund.
- ParentSquare contract (5.03): The board approved a three-year renewal of ParentSquare Engaged Premium for 2026–2029 at a total cost of $202,382.67 to continue district communication (email, text, app alerts).
- Donations (5.04, 5.05): The board accepted a $5,000 donation from the Bulldog Wrestling Club for wrestling mats and $6,108.08 from the Crown Point Music Boosters for instruments and music stands.
- School meal pricing (5.06): The board approved a price increase for the 2026–27 school year: a 10¢ increase across most categories and a 20¢ increase for middle-school breakfast. New prices announced included elementary breakfast $1.80, middle/high breakfast $1.90; lunches: elementary $2.65, middle $2.85, high $3.20, Trinity and St. Mary's $3.75.
- Food-to-school cooperative contract awards (5.07): The board approved cooperative contract awards for food service distribution for 2026–27; vendors named included Gordon Foodservice (primary), Commercial Food Systems (secondary), Dairy Farmers of America (dairy), Schenkel's and Alpha Baking Company (bread).
- Life and AD&D insurance consolidation (5.08): The board approved consolidating life and AD&D coverage into Madison National Life, which administration said will lock rates through Dec. 2029 and save roughly $14,000 across the corporation.
Board context: Administrators framed these items as part of routine procurement and program-management functions; several approvals note the goal of operational efficiency and maintaining services to students. Most items were presented with supporting details (costs, funding sources, vendor names) and passed by unanimous voice vote.
What happens next: Individual contracts and purchases will be executed per administration timelines; the ParentSquare subscription covers 2026–2029 and the insurance consolidation becomes effective June 1 under the plan presented.
Sources and limitations: Motion texts and some vendor details were read into the record; vote tallies were reported as voice votes (4–0) without roll-call names recorded in the transcript.
