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Wallkill Valley board approves bills, transportation contracts and special-education placements
Summary
The board approved a manifest of bills totaling $1,341,369.14, awarded student-transportation services to DW Clark and Sons with specified per-bus rates, and approved several Child Study Team placements with specified costs for the 2024–25 year; the minutes list cash balances and other certifications.
At its Aug. 27 meeting the Wallkill Valley Regional High School Board approved a set of routine but material finance and operations items, including the manifest of bills, transportation contracts, facility repair work and special-education placements.
The board approved the manifest of bills for July 12–Aug. 23, 2024 totaling $1,341,369.14 and accepted the Board Secretary's and Treasurer's reports showing cash balances of $2,401,935.57 (June 30) and $3,462,614.88 (July 31). The minutes record these approvals as roll-call votes; specific tallies are not specified.
On transportation, the board approved joint ESY route contracts and accepted the low bid for district student transportation services, awarding the contract to DW Clark and Sons, Inc., at a per-bus cost of $380.00 for four hours with a $110.00 hourly adjustment. Several summer ESY route costs are shown in the minutes (examples: $8,000 and $2,380 for listed ESY routes and dates).
The Child Study Team placements approved included student #2425009 into the ERI program at a cost of $38,672 for 2024–25; student #2425010 into a general-education placement at $20,169; student #2425011 to Windsor School at a total cost of $147,105 (regular-year tuition $81,090; ESY $13,515; extraordinary services $52,500); and student #2425012 ESY and regular-year placements with costs listed ($14,636.25 for ESY to Lakeland; $70,677 for the Montville regular-year placement). These expenditures were approved as part of the finance items.
Facilities and procurement items included Change Order #9 to the auditorium renovation (install two steel railings, a net change of $2,160) and awarding a parking lot repair contract to Vaugh Sealcoating and Paving for $30,250.
Board members approved the FY2025 ESEA application and allocation amounts for federal entitlements (Title I $81,780; Title IIa $14,255; Title IV $10,000) and identified staff whose salaries will be charged partly to those entitlements. Where the minutes record vote approvals, the roll-call outcome is noted but specific vote counts were not provided in the published minutes.
The board also approved a range of other finance, policy and procurement items on the agenda; the Rowan SREP contract appointment and other actions were recorded elsewhere on the agenda.
