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Ridgefield board approves several contracts and curriculum items; many votes carried without roll-call tallies
Summary
The board approved policy 1250 establishing student board representatives, adopted SAS High School Physical Science, and renewed contracts for custodial and food services and awarded roofing work; minutes and roll-call vote details were not read into the public record for several motions.
The Ridgefield Board of Directors approved a series of administrative and procurement items after public comment and staff presentations.
Actions approved included:
- New board policy 1250 to allow two student representatives from grades 9–11 to serve as nonvoting student board members for one-year terms; the board authorized a short application timeline for this first-year selection.
- Adoption of SAS Physical Science for grades 9–12, a seven-year adoption with total cost presented as $45,657. District staff described the review process: teacher committee recommendation, IMC review, public access for community review (demo logins), and limited survey feedback.
- Renewal of custodial services with ABM Industries for the 2026–27 school year (contract includes a 2.5% rate increase and adds the new Sunset Ridge campus).
- Renewal of food service management with Compass Group/Chartwells for 2026–27; the renewal includes a 3.8% CPI-based increase in cost-per-meal permitted under federal nutrition contracts.
- Award of roofing work (auxiliary gym and weight room at Ridgefield High School) via Garland Roofing, using a purchasing cooperative; the lowest subcontract bid included was approximately $765,285 (exclusive of sales tax).
- Approval of a standard annual resolution delegating athletics participation authority to WIAA.
Board members moved and seconded each item; for several motions the chair called for "All in favor say 'I'" and the minutes recorded the result as "Motion carries" or "Oppose. Same call," but the transcript did not include full roll-call vote tallies by name. Where the record omits named roll-call tallies, the board packet and recording should be referenced for exact counts if needed.
What happens next: contracts will be executed consistent with procurement rules, the district will post application instructions for student board representatives and will proceed with curriculum implementation steps for SAS Physical Science.
