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Board approves bedside instruction contracts, senior trips and two new JDHS clubs
Summary
The board approved professional services contracts for bedside instruction and home instruction, authorized JDHS out-of-state senior-class and academic trips, and approved two new Type C clubs for the 2026–27 school year.
The Springfield Board of Education on May 11 approved a set of education-program contracts and extracurricular items recommended by the School Administration, Academic Programs and Athletics Committee.
The board approved contracts for bedside instruction and home instruction to support students unable to attend school due to medical needs; vendors and amounts listed in the packet include Teacher Tutors, LLC (bedside instruction contract ceiling moved from $30,000 to $45,000) and listed providers for specific short-term bedside services. The packet lists account numbers for service funding and approximate service durations.
The board also approved two out-of-state field trips for Jonathan Dayton High School: a June 4, 2026, trip to the Museum of Mathematics and Yankee Stadium tied to a JDHS mathematics curriculum activity, and a June 1, 2026, senior-class trip to Hershey Park, Pennsylvania. The district additionally authorized two new Type C clubs at JDHS for 2026–27: Tri-M Music Honor Society and Make Our Schools Safe (M.O.S.S.).
Mrs. Laura Gamarekian moved approval of items 7–10 and addenda item 23; Mrs. Wishna seconded. The board adopted the grouped items by roll call without recorded opposition.
The packet notes one bedside-instruction vendor engagement of approximately eight to 12 weeks and other short-term home-instruction arrangements. Funding and account codes for each service are included in the meeting materials.
