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Board pulls two consent items, reports $2.32 million in donations and hears construction update
Summary
The Elm Heights School Board pulled two consent items on student welfare and extracurricular activities to the August agenda, reported $2,324,852.58 in donations, and received a building committee update that the DCC has broken ground and junior school construction is proceeding.
At its June 17 meeting the Elm Heights School Board pulled two items from the consent agenda (student welfare/safety and consideration of a resolution on extracurricular activities) and moved the remaining consent items by voice vote. The board reported receiving $2,324,852.58 in donations to the district.
During committee reports, Hunter told trustees the DCC (district construction/conference center) has broken ground and the junior school second-package (steel) has been released; if the board authorizes the remaining junior-school package in August, construction will proceed. Committee members said milestone pricing aligned with the project budgets and that attention will return to designs for Howard, Cambridge and Woodidge once those authorizations are complete.
Dr. Basher reviewed upcoming calendar items: a special called board meeting on July 13 to finalize personnel recommendations (quorum confirmation), building committee on August 5, trustee training Aug. 6 (dates under review), new-employee introduction Aug. 10, GMP discussions Aug. 12, district convocation Aug. 13, and the regular August board meeting Aug. 19 at 6 p.m. The board announced a short recess before entering executive session under the Texas Government Code.
No formal action was taken on construction beyond the committee report and no votes were recorded on pulled consent items; those pulled items will be placed on the August agenda.
