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Board approves concrete overlays, K–12 visual-arts curriculum, compensation plans and Smart Pass software extension
Summary
In a series of voice votes the board approved concrete overlays for two high-school parking lots, adopted a K–12 visual-arts curriculum with equipment requests, approved a support-staff pay plan (one recorded opposed), accepted a transportation plan, and authorized a Smart Pass scheduling/hall-pass software extension for secondary schools.
The Fort Zumwalt Board recorded multiple formal approvals in the meeting, taking action on capital work, curriculum, compensation and a district-wide software extension.
Concrete overlays: Construction staff recommended accepting bids for North High and West High concrete overlays and declining the Mid Rivers Elementary package pending re-bid. The board approved the North High and West High recommendations by voice vote.
K–12 visual-arts curriculum: Elementary and secondary curriculum teams presented a newly written K–12 visual-arts curriculum, a K–5 progression and a common rubric. The board approved the curriculum and associated equipment/resource requests by voice vote.
Compensation actions: The board approved a support-staff pay plan for 2026–27 designed to raise entry wages and remain regionally competitive; the transcript records Dr. Treat as a recorded opposed vote on that item. The board also approved the transportation staffing and pay plan that increases certain stipends, aims to reduce contracted early-childhood routes, and adds a longevity step; that item was approved by voice vote as recorded in the transcript.
Smart Pass scheduling/hall-pass software: East High principal Dr. Ashley Vaughn described pilot use of Smart Pass, including hall-monitor dashboards, recurring passes for clinic/medication, encounter-detection, an emergency 'shut-down' mode and reporting tools. The board approved a Smart Pass software extension for secondary schools by voice vote.
Votes and procedure: Most approvals were taken by voice vote; where the transcript records explicit opposition (support-staff pay plan) that dissent is noted below. The transcript generally does not include full roll-call tallies, so detailed counts are not available from the record.
Next steps: For concrete overlays, staff will proceed to contract execution for the approved high-school projects; Mid Rivers will be re-bid next summer. For curriculum and equipment, departments will coordinate procurement and implementation. For compensation and transportation, HR and transportation will implement pay changes in accordance with the adopted schedules. For Smart Pass, IT and school leaders will proceed with district rollout for secondary schools.
