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Butler Board approves $2.24 million in bills, new student-information system contract and personnel hires
Summary
At its Feb. 26 meeting the Butler Board of Education approved bills and payroll totaling $2,235,079.76, ratified open purchase orders, authorized a Realtime student-information system contract for Butler Public Schools, and approved multiple personnel appointments and substitutes.
The Butler Board of Education on Feb. 26 approved its monthly Bills and Claims and Payroll Report totaling $2,235,079.76 and ratified $1,101,915.12 in current-account bills, as well as open purchase orders totaling $923,397.29.
Finance Committee Chair A. Drucker presented FIN motions 69–76, which the board approved by recorded vote. The finance package included transfers and the voiding of outstanding checks dated more than six months. The recorded roll call on the finance motions shows unanimous support where votes were recorded.
The board also approved a contract with Realtime Information Technology for a comprehensive, internet-based Student Information System for Butler Public Schools. The contract lists an implementation fee of $4,000 and an annual 2026–27 SIS fee of $15,400, plus module and ancillary costs (HIB module $2,250; staff evaluation $2,249.03; student growth objectives $676.40; notification services $2,500; registration $250). The Realtime SIS motion was part of FIN 76-26 and was presented by A. Drucker.
Other finance actions approved included a Parent Transportation Agreement (FIN 73-26) for $10,000 to transport one student to the CTC Academy in Oakland, N.J., through June 30, 2026; creation of the DC Education Character Counts Scholarship Grant to award two $750 prizes to Butler High School seniors (FIN 74-26); and an agreement with Silvergate Prep to provide home-instruction services at $45 per hour for the 2025–26 school year (FIN 75-26).
On personnel, the board adopted personnel motions PP 26-26 and PP 27-26, approving instructional and noninstructional hires and substitute appointments. Noted personnel actions include the approval of substitute teachers (Stephanie Mejia; Katelyn Rock; Isabel Fletcher; Rachel Greene), a long-term substitute appointment (Bertha Todd), custodial hires (Joseph Aldama; Shawn Maass), and the resignation of paraprofessional Femi Yussaf. The personnel motions were moved and seconded during the meeting and recorded as carried.
The meeting record shows motions and roll-call votes for these items; procedural motions were moved by board members including J. Karpowich, A. Allison and A. Drucker and seconded by colleagues as noted in the minutes. The board reconvened in public session at 6:30 p.m. after an earlier executive session on personnel and finance.
