On Monday night, the Lakeland School Board approved Roy May Heating & Air Conditioning Co. Inc. for HVAC installations at Lakeland Elementary School this summer.
The company was the lowest qualified bidder and will install new all the new classroom units and the larger cafeteria units for $69,224. The work will be scheduled in coordination with the schools reroofing project this summer.
The board also approved the 2016-17 salary schedule with step increases for administrators, teachers and staff at Lakeland Elementary School and Lakeland Middle Preparatory School.
Douglas W. Burris, senior vice president and partner with the Renaissance Group architectural firm in Lakeland provided a brief aerial film, showing progress at the middle school site.
In other business, the board approved by majority vote:
- Custodial and lawn maintenance contracts with Community Rehabilitation Agencies of Tennessee (CMRA). Both contracts can be viewed on the agenda and minutes page for the school board at lakelandk12.org/about/board/agendasandminutes/. (See the May 2 work session files.)
- Amendments to the 2015-16 and 2016-17 budgets.
- Early adoption of the Governmental Accounting Standards Board (GASB) Statement 74.
- School fees. For next school year at Lakeland Elementary, the fees will be $45, technology; $9, fourth-grade recorder; $8.50, class T-shirt; maximum of $15 per student for kindergarten through third-grade field trips; and a maximum of $50 per student for fourth- and fifth-grade field trips.
- Textbook fines. For next school year at Lakeland Elementary, fines will be up to $4 for damage that is beyond normal use but which uses the textbook still reusable without repair (such as highlighting, underlining, marking, and slight tearing). Fines are up to $5 for damage that requires minor repair, such as binding damage or heavy marking on the pages or binding. The fine is the full price of the book if it’s lost or damaged to the extend it can’t be reissued.
- Minor amendments to the existing policy that permits the enrollment of employees’ children in the LSS district so the policy also includes Lakeland Middle Preparatory School.
- A 2016-17 Coordinated School Health Grant application.
- Plans for a summer retreat on middle school programming.
- An amended calendar for school board meetings. Amendments were routine adjustments to better fit meeting dates around holidays. March, July and October will omit work sessions and have business meetings only.
The board also carried over two agenda items to the June meeting: A substitute teacher policy and discussion/action on the 2016-17 differentiated pay plan.
School board member Geoff Hicks was not present at the meeting.
