Board approves package of expenses over $10,000 including SRO program and Linebarger payment

The board voted to approve a slate of expense items exceeding $10,000 presented by administration. Among the items approved were: participation in a COPS in Schools program at an estimated cost of $3,883.30 per SRO per month over 10 months (yielding an approximate total between $271,831 for seven SROs and $349,497 for nine SROs); payment to Linebarger Goggan Blair & Sampson, LLP for a fiscal-year 2021–2022 property value study in the amount of $24,709; and renewals of participation in the TASB Risk Fund for Unemployment Compensation ($52,097) and Workers' Compensation ($84,543). The Highland electric-bus item was initially tabled pending legal advice and then approved after executive session.