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Brush board approves grants, curriculum spending, personnel and policy items in routine vote slate
Summary
At a regular meeting, the Brush School District board unanimously approved a package of items including preschool tuition, Head Start grant, $66,054.27 for science curriculum resources, staff contract templates and personnel lists, a teacher-apprenticeship salary schedule, a health-insurance bank account (Fund 64), and a food-service spend-down plan.
The Brush School District RE-2J Board of Education approved a slate of action items during its regular meeting, including grant approvals, curricular purchases, personnel recommendations, insurance-fund changes and policy movements.
Key votes (motion text is from the meeting record):
- Preschool tuition: The board moved to increase preschool tuition to $708.75 full-time and $393.75 part-time for 2026–27; roll call was unanimous (Mrs. Hess; Mr. Holdren; Mr. Miller; Mrs. Stone; Mr. Tatangelo; Mr. Chart).
- Head Start grant approval: The board moved to approve the Head Start grant application for 2026–27; approved by unanimous roll call.
- Science curriculum purchase (agenda item 9.3): The board approved purchase of middle-school and high-school science curriculum resources for $66,054.27 as recommended by the curriculum council and DAC; unanimous roll call.
- Staff contract templates and staff recommendations (9.4–9.7): The board approved staff contract templates for 2026–27, the district staff personnel list and personnel report as presented, and the teacher-degree apprenticeship salary schedule; votes recorded as aye and carried.
- Tolling agreement extension & mediation appointment (9.8–9.9): The board authorized the superintendent to execute an extension of a tolling agreement with Selective Insurance Company not to exceed three months to continue processing hail damage claims, and appointed Paul Chard as the board representative for the RMCC MDZ mediation; both motions passed unanimously.
- Health insurance bank account (9.10): The board authorized opening a new bank account at Bank of Colorado for health-insurance funds (Fund 64) to isolate insurance costs for the proposed self-funded plan.
- Food service spend-down (9.11): The board approved a food-service spend-down plan to use federal and related funds that otherwise must be spent or returned; a board member provided a public explanation of the use-it-or-lose-it nature of those funds during the discussion.
- CEI contract for strategic planning (9.12) and policy approvals/advancements (9.13): The board approved the CEI strategic-planning contract to be paid with EASI grant funds and granted final approval or advancement for a group of policies to third reading as listed in board materials.
All votes were recorded by roll call and, where shown in the record, were unanimous. Several items were presented with no discussion; staff noted follow-up steps for implementation and reporting where appropriate.
