March 29, 2024

School district to consider technology purchases

Hazard mitigation plan to be presented

Consideration of another technology item is one of the items on the agenda for Monday’s Newton Community School District’s Board of Education meeting.

The NCSD board is set to meet Monday at 6:30 p.m. in the E.J.H. Beard Administrative Center’s board room. That recently completed board room is equipped with interactive projection technology — the same type of projectors the board will consider purchasing as one of the meeting’s action items.

A cost of about $2,300 per projectors was mentioned on the agenda for Monday’s meeting. In July 2015, the board approved about $309,000 worth of technology purchases, including Apple iPads, desktop computers and 765 Google Chromebooks at a cost of $141,000.

Technology Supervisor Dan Sloan and Director of Business Services will make a presentation about the potential purchases of projectors.

Another action item will be the consideration of adopting a multi-jurisdictional hazard mitigation plan. Isaac and Jasper County Emergency Management Agency Coordinator Jim Sparks will present on that subject.

Bread and milk bids for 2016-17 will be considered, with an annual contract possibly to be awarded.

The board will also hold first readings on revisions to the 700 series of board policies. Those policies govern food service and transportation issues.

The list of board agenda items is short, as it often is at this time of year. There are only are only a handful of action items, and there are no discussion items on Monday’s agenda.

Department supervisors — Cristy Croson from food service, Curt Roorda from transportation, Jack Suttek from maintenance and Sloan from technology — will all give reports Monday.

The board’s next meeting is set for July 25 at 6:30 p.m. That meeting will be preceded by a 5:30 p.m. board learning workshop on a specific topic.

The Berg Complex Bond Committee is set to meet July 21 at 6:30 p.m. at the E.J.H. Beard Center.

Contact Jason W. Brooks at 641-792-3121 ext. 6532 or jbrooks@newtondailynews.com