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Escambia County school board approves student trips, textbook materials and facility contracts
Summary
At a special meeting the Escambia County School Board approved two student incentive trips, purchased K–12 science teacher resource kits and career-tech equipment, and authorized a flooring contract and personnel recommendations. Funding sources cited included Title I carryover and a supplemental career-tech allocation.
The Escambia County School Board on a voice vote approved its agenda and a set of consent and action items at a special meeting.
Among the consent items the board approved out-of-state trips for selected students: an ACT-incentive trip to Six Flags over Georgia on May 9 for about 160 students and an attendance-incentive visit to the National Naval Aviation Museum in Pensacola on May 14 for roughly 140 students. Board members described the trips as incentives tied to test performance and improved attendance; staff noted the district's chronic absenteeism rate is about 30 percent.
Under action items, the board approved a $32,138.76 purchase of additional K–12 science teacher resource kits and teacher editions from Publishers Warehouse, with the cost paid from Title I carryover funds. The board also approved buying a SMART STAT basic patient simulator with iPad from Pocket Nurse for $19,899.45, paid from a supplemental career-technical allocation to support the health sciences program at the career center. The board authorized a $110,925 contract with Sun Flooring to install vinyl plank flooring in the cafeteria and auditorium at AC Moore Primary School, described as a continuation of prior flooring work; the transcript records the payment source as "ent." (as stated in the meeting record).
Board members approved recommended personnel actions by motion and voice vote.
Votes at a glance - Approve agenda: adopted by voice vote. - Consent: Six Flags trip (Escambia County High School), approved by voice vote. - Consent: Pensacola museum trip, approved by voice vote. - Purchase: teacher resource kits ($32,138.76), approved by voice vote; funding: Title I carryover. - Purchase: patient simulator ($19,899.45), approved by voice vote; funding: supplemental career-tech allocation. - Contract: Sun Flooring vinyl plank installation ($110,925), approved by voice vote; payment source described in record as "ent.". - Personnel recommendations: approved by voice vote.
The meeting record shows motions were made and seconded and decisions were taken by voice vote; the transcript does not record individual roll-call tallies or the names of the members who moved or seconded each motion. The board set a tentative meeting and work session for May 22 to handle additional summer-school hires and closed the special meeting with scheduling notes for upcoming graduations.
