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Sunnybrook board approves multiple personnel actions, renewals and a $1.57 million track contract; travel request fails
Summary
The Sunnybrook SD 171 board approved retirements, resignations, FMLA requests, a milk contract renewal and furniture purchases, and voted to award a $1,570,500 track construction contract; a motion to send two members to the NSBA conference failed.
The Sunnybrook School District 171 Board of Education approved a series of personnel actions, contract renewals and procurement items during its March 18 meeting, and awarded a construction contract for a middle-school track project.
Motions approved by roll call included acceptance of multiple retirements and resignations as presented, the extension of an employee's FMLA leave with an expected return date listed in the record, approval of a milk contract renewal with Prairie Farms, and a purchase of classroom desks and chairs for Heritage. The board also approved non-renewal of specified teacher contracts for the coming year and approved several teacher team assignments and hires.
A motion to authorize two board members to attend the National School Boards Association annual conference in San Antonio (April 10–12, 2026) failed on a recorded vote after multiple board members voted "no," with members citing rising travel costs and a desire for accountability about post-conference reporting.
The board voted to award the 2026 Harrison Middle School track project to the lowest responsible bidder, named in the record as Abby Construction Company, Inc., in the amount of $1,570,500; the motion passed on roll call.
Several personnel items were taken up in sequence and recorded with verbal roll-call responses; when specific expected return dates or effective dates were provided in the motions, they were included in the record. The board announced a motion to move into closed session later in the agenda to discuss appointments and personnel matters.
