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Depew board ratifies transportation contract, awards capital contracts and honors state‑champion girls bowling team
Summary
At its April 21 meeting the Depew board ratified a collective‑bargaining agreement with the district’s transportation union, authorized capital project contracts and accepted donations and personnel appointments; the board also recognized the girls varsity bowling team as state champions.
The Depew Union Free School District Board of Education on April 21 ratified a four‑year collective‑bargaining agreement with the Depew Transportation Employees Association (DTEA), approved immediate notices to proceed for capital contractors and accepted several donations and personnel appointments.
The board ratified the DTEA agreement, covering July 1, 2026, through June 30, 2030, after the union ratified the agreement on March 13, 2026, according to the superintendent’s recommendation recorded in the transcript. The motion carried; the transcript does not record individual roll‑call vote tallies.
Contract awards and capital work The board authorized Young and Wright Architectural to prepare and issue a notice to proceed to Enorus Group and IBC Engineering Incorporated so those firms may begin work immediately while final contracts are completed. The board also approved a contract (vendor name was garbled in the transcript) for replacement of temperature controls at the middle school as part of the capital outlay work; members clarified the correct fiscal year reference during the discussion.
Donations, hires and program approvals Board members accepted several donations, including teacher‑supply kits from the Kids In Need Foundation (partnering with the Burger King Foundation) and $5,044 from the American Online Giving Foundation for Academy of Finance supplies. The board approved personnel appointments and welcomed new substitute teachers, aides and other staff.
Recognition and student reports Before the business agenda, the board heard building updates from student representatives at the high school, middle school and Kauga Heights elementary; students previewed spring events, testing dates and community activities. Athletic director Bob Scatillis and Coach Ray Cooper introduced and congratulated the girls varsity bowling team for winning the state championship; Coach Cooper noted Emma Felton won an individual state title as well.
What the record shows A sequence of motions on contracts, appointments, program approvals, facility waivers and surplus declarations were moved, seconded and recorded as carried; the transcript contains the motions and the chair’s acknowledgments but not detailed roll‑call vote records for each item.
