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Proposed U-46 expenses scheduled for approval

By Seth Hancock
  The Board of Education in School District U-46 is set to vote on $2.6 million in expenditure items at its upcoming meeting on Monday, April 24. The items were presented on April 10.
  The largest item is a two-year contract renewal from Canvas, the district’s learning management system, costing $1.5 million, from the education fund if approved.
  Also from the education fund is a $60,267 contract renewal with Advancement Via Individual Determination, a “nonprofit college and career readiness system designed to help students develop the skills they need to be successful in college,” the proposal states.
  Various items will be paid by the nation’s taxpayers through federal assistance or grant funds, the largest being an amendment to a service agreement with Right at School ($313,200) and the Boys and Girls Club of Elgin ($270,000).
  “This is an amendment to the existing services agreement between Boys and Girls Club of Elgin and Right at School and School District U-46,” the proposal states. “These organizations will provide parents with extended care options for incoming [first through sixth grade] students participating in U-46 Summer School at the following sites: Clinton Elementary School, Coleman Elementary School, Creekside Elementary School, Sunnydale Elementary School, and Sycamore Trails Elementary School.”
  The other federally funded items include $271,691 with Easterseals Metropolitan Chicago for special education “professional development and coaching support,” $165,928 with Discount School Supply to purchase kindergarten furniture and $35,496 with Automotive Equipment Specialists to purchase an alignment machine for Elgin High School’s automotive program, the proposals state.
  The remaining items are all operations and maintenance fund items, the largest being $96,000 with Celtic Environment, Inc. for asbestos abatement projects as part of bathroom renovations at Elgin’s Channing Memorial Elementary and Kimball Middle School.
  “In order to facilitate the work, the asbestos-containing materials (ACMs) need to be removed by a licensed environmental contractor per county, state, and federal regulations, as the materials will be disturbed,” the proposal states.
  Two projects at Elgin’s Ronald D. O’Neal Elementary School were proposed including asbestos abatement through EHC Industries, Inc. ($37,250) and hallway tile replacement ($35,122). A loading dock concrete repair project at Elgin High School through Abbey Paving ($44,654) and concrete repair at the Independence School for Early Learners in Bartlett with Murphy Construction Services, LLC ($39,300) were proposed.