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Board approves consent agenda, hires, contracts and SRO memorandum of understanding
Summary
The board approved the consent agenda, accepted several resignations, approved 13 licensed hires, awarded a one-year food-service contract, approved adult meal price increases, set construction management fee for Dayspring Elementary and approved an SRO MOU with the city (50/50 salary-and-benefits split).
At its June meeting the Siloam Springs Board of Education carried a series of routine and operational votes, approving the consent agenda and multiple staffing and contracting items.
Votes recorded at the meeting included approval of the consent agenda (personnel transfers and listed packet items) and acceptance of several licensed resignations. The board approved the hire of 13 licensed staff, including positions in speech pathology, special education, elementary and high-school teaching assignments and assistant band director roles.
On procurement and budget items, the board approved a one-year rebid award to Gold Star for food and paper goods (approximately $1.462 million) after the vendor's initial renewal proposal exceeded the allowable increase. The board also approved an increase in adult meal pricesraising adult breakfast from $2.60 to $3.00 and adult lunch from $4.85 to $5.00to ensure adult meals cover full cost and are not subsidized by federal reimbursements for student meals.
For a planned Dayspring Elementary project, the board approved a construction-management fee structure negotiated with the contractor: a 5% construction management fee, with a $40,000 pre-construction flat fee payable if the district elects to abandon the project prior to a guaranteed maximum price.
Finally, the board approved a memorandum of understanding with the city to provide school resource officers for the 2026-27 school year on the same parameters as prior agreements: a 50/50 split of salary and benefits for the same number of SROs the district has previously used.
All motions that were presented for approval carried following the standard "all in favor/aye" confirmation recorded in open session. No roll-call tallies by name were provided in the meeting transcript.
Next steps: hires and pending contracts will be administered by district staff; the Dayspring project will return later with a guaranteed maximum price if the district proceeds.
