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Flour Bluff ISD trustees approve purchase of 220 interactive classroom displays
Summary
At its Dec. 16 special meeting the Flour Bluff ISD Board approved buying 220 Newline interactive flat panels; the minutes list one amount in the agenda and a slightly different amount in the motion record. The purchase was approved 6-0.
On Dec. 16, 2025, the Flour Bluff Independent School District Board of Trustees voted to approve the purchase of 220 Newline interactive flat panels for classroom use. The motion to approve was made by Trustee Jerry Hooper and seconded by Trustee David Gerlach; the motion carried 6-0.
The agenda description for the item lists the recommended purchase amount as $397,929.00; the recorded motion in the minutes lists the amount as $397,959.00. The minutes do not provide an explanation for the discrepancy. Presenters for the item are listed as C. Steinbruck, T. Molina, N. White and M. Salinas in the meeting materials; no fuller names or contract terms appear in the minutes.
Board approval authorizes the district to proceed with the purchase as presented. Trustees present for the vote were Shirley Thornton, Jerry Hooper, Jennifer Welp, David Gerlach, Dr. Steven McClure and Jeanie Blankenship-Paluseo; Dr. Jim Needham was absent. The item appears in the official minutes as a consent/agenda action and is recorded in the board vote tally as unanimous in favor.
