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LCSD1 trustees approve up to $100,000 in health textbooks and $412,000 intercom/PA replacement at Alta Vista
Summary
The district board approved a textbook purchase not to exceed $100,000, a $412,000 fee proposal with DC Sound Systems (dba National Speaker and Sound) to replace Alta Vista's intercom/PA system (including a 10% contingency), and administrator professional contracts for 2025–26 and 2026–27.
The Laramie County School District #1 Board of Trustees on April 27 voted to approve purchases and personnel actions, including a textbook acquisition and a contract to modernize an aging intercom/PA system at Alta Vista.
Trustees moved and seconded a resolution to purchase Essential Health Skills textbooks and related teacher resources and online access from Goodheart-Willcox (GWW Publishing) for secondary health courses for a price not to exceed $100,000; the motion passed on a voice vote.
Separately, the board approved a fee proposal with DC Sound Systems doing business as National Speaker and Sound for Alta Vista’s intercom and public-address replacement. The motion described a base amount of $356,000 plus an additional $56,000 for additional divisions of work, for a total of $412,000, and included a 10% contingency for governmental fees and requirements. Superintendent Dr. Newton framed the purchase by describing recent communication failures and high-pitched feedback in the building during a recent wind-related incident and said the replacement is intended to modernize aging equipment.
The board also approved administrator professional contracts for the remainder of the 2025–26 school year and for 2026–27 and directed that those administrators be placed on the appropriate step of the salary schedule; that motion was approved by voice vote.
Why it matters: The intercom replacement addresses a specific safety and communications vulnerability at Alta Vista documented during a recent emergency; the textbook adoption and administrator contracts affect curriculum resources and staffing operations. The transcript records voice votes for approval; no roll-call tallies or individual member votes were provided in the meeting record.
Other procedural action: The board later voted to recess into an executive session to consider possible long-term suspensions, expulsions, personnel matters and receive legal advice.
What the transcript shows and does not: The transcript contains the motions, vendor names and dollar amounts recorded above. It does not include a roll-call vote or named vote tallies in the public record for the motions described.
