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Board ratifies $34,000 Head Start computer purchase and approves marching‑camp payment
Summary
Trustees ratified a $34,000 purchase order using Head Start funds to replace 22 staff desktop computers at Irene C. Cardwell Elementary and approved a $25,995 purchase for the Del Rio High School Queen City Bells camp, both ratified because purchases were processed to meet deadlines or program needs.
The board on July 27 ratified a $34,000 purchase order to Weaver Technologies to replace 22 staff desktop computers at Irene C. Cardwell Elementary using remaining Head Start grant funds. Administration said the purchase was completed prior to board approval because of grant deadlines and the board ratified the action.
"They purchased 22 staff computers, so we went ahead and allowed that purchase prior to approval of the Board meeting," Amy Childress said, explaining the time‑sensitive use of grant funds. Childress also asked the board to ratify a $25,995 purchase order to Marching Auxiliaries Inc. for Del Rio High School’s Queen City Bells program to attend a dance camp in San Antonio; the board approved both ratifications.
Childress told trustees that the desktop replacements are intended to replace older teacher computers and were funded from Head Start and reserved TTA money; the marching camp payment uses student activity funds raised by the program.
