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Board approves multiple curriculum adoptions and MHS weight‑room equipment purchase
Summary
Trustees approved several multi‑year instructional‑materials purchases funded by EMAT and authorized a purchase‑over‑$50,000 for MHS weight‑room equipment in partnership with Promax/BSN; McGraw Hill geometry figure was unclear in the transcript.
At its May 12 meeting Montgomery ISD trustees approved multiple instructional materials purchases and authorized replacement equipment for McGomery High School weight rooms.
Instructional materials: District staff presented four action items funded from state instructional allotment (EMAT funds). Trustees approved the following purchases as presented:
- Reading Horizons (one‑year adoption for K–5 reading supports): $134,390. - Savis K–Algebra 1 math adoption (three‑year purchase): $577,915. - Social Studies Weekly K–5 (three‑year purchase): $114,745.
Staff also presented a McGraw Hill adoption for geometry and Algebra II. The figure stated on the agenda was not clearly recorded in the meeting transcript; the board approved the adoption as presented and the transcript lists an unclear amount for McGraw Hill.
MHS weight‑room equipment: Staff recommended replacing two aging weight rooms at McGomery High School and presented Promax (partnering with BSN) as the preferred vendor for extraction, flooring and new racks to improve safety, space usage and warranty alignment. Trustees voted to approve the purchase‑over‑$50,000 motion for the MHS weight‑room equipment; board discussion emphasized safety, timelines (installation targeted for late July/early August or fall break) and vendor warranty/coordination benefits.
Each item on the agenda was moved, seconded and approved in separate votes. The transcript records motions and subsequent "that motion carries" declarations for each action; explicit vote tallies by named trustees were not recorded in the meeting transcript.
Trustees discussed logistics for removing old equipment (vendor pickup at no charge per staff remarks), warranty alignment and minimal disruption to summer athletics.
