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U-46 expense proposals set for board vote May 15

By Seth Hancock
  The Board of Education in School District U-46 is set to vote on $4.1 million in expenditure proposals at its upcoming meeting on Monday, May 15.
  The items were presented on May 1.
  The largest item was a three-year contract renewal with Istation for its literacy intervention resource. It was among seven total curriculum and instruction contract renewals that will all be paid for through the education fund, if approved.
  Other contract renewals include with Houghton Mifflin Harcourt for fifth and sixth grade science resources ($421,990), two with Savvas for K-12 science and planetarium resources ($240,199) and social studies resources ($143,075), two with National Geographic for K-12 science and planetarium resources ($84,000) and for NatGeo social studies resources ($56,250) and one with TurnItIn, LLC for its text matching tool ($$58,991).
  Additional contracts, all education fund, include with Follett School Solutions for its library management system ($174,938), one with EBSCO for advanced research databases ($115,300) and one with Journal Storage for databases ($9,885).
  A bid from Pala Supply Company will cost $1.2 million, from federal funds, for elementary supply kits.
  “We plan to order 21,449 supply kits for all of our U-46 students Kindergarten–6th grade,” the proposal states. “Kit supplies were determined by teachers across U-46.”
  With Celtic Environmental, the district is asking for $283,200 (operations and maintenance fund) for asbestos abatement at the Dream Academy and Central Schools Program where renovations are taking place.
  The proposal states that “in order to facilitate the work, the asbestos-containing materials (ACMs) need to be removed by a licensed environmental contractor.”
  The district is asking for $68,492 (federal funds) for the literacy program LitCamp from Scholastic, Inc. and $37,590 (operations and maintenance fund) with Armstrong Relocation to move furniture from classrooms and offices at Streamwood’s Tefft Middle School during fire alarm replacement and ceiling/lighting/insulation projects.
  Additionally, the board will vote on a resolution allowing a law firm to intervene for the district when property owners appeal a property value assessment with the state’s Property Tax Appeal Board.