The Fox C‑6 Board of Education on March 25 approved a set of curriculum adoptions and license renewals, including a middle school science adoption of Amplify, an amended K–5 Amplify English language arts purchase adding materials for self‑contained and co‑teacher special education classrooms ($309,878.34), a one‑year renewal of the MySci elementary science license ($135,450) and a two‑year renewal of Edmentum Apex online learning for $165,000.
The board approved Charter Communications for district Internet service after competitive bids under the federal E‑rate program; staff cited better reliability with Charter despite a modest price difference versus AT&T.
FEA announced donations in the board’s honor and to the district care closet after recent storms; a public commenter urged the board to refine budget projection methods after earlier conservative forecasts led to policy actions the commenter said were unnecessary.
Fox C‑6 adjusted extracurricular stipends to raise freshman coach pay and add assistant coaches for girls wrestling after notable team growth at both Seckman and Fox High Schools.
Fox C‑6 approved United Petroleum to replace fuel pumps and dispensers; transportation staff said tanks passed recent testing but replacement of buried tanks could cost about $1 million to $1.5 million when required.
Superintendent Paul Frigo and student ambassadors reported on recent student activities, scholastic awards, kindergarten enrollment eligibility, Read Across America events, National School Social Worker Week, maintenance appreciation and a governors proclamation recognizing school board service.
At its March 4, 2025 meeting the Fox C‑6 School District Board of Education approved the purchase of 330 iPad devices, at a cost of $106,920, to support kindergarten assessments and classroom learning. The devices will be funded from the districts technology budget and deployed in sets of 30 per elementary school.
The Fox C-6 School District Board of Education voted to adopt Amplify version 3 for kindergarten through fifth-grade English language arts after two years of classroom pilots and a multi-tiered professional development plan.
The Fox C‑6 Board of Education approved the district assessment plan for the 2024–25 school year at its Feb. 4 meeting after a presentation by the district’s director of data and accountability.
Assistant superintendents Dustin Bain and Tammy Cardona presented spring MAP and NWEA results showing district-level gains and cohort improvements, while board members questioned implementation capacity for data-driven professional learning communities and called for more secondary-level intervention resources.
