The USD 480 Board of Education met on Monday evening at East Campus. After approving the Consent Agenda, the Board approved the Canvas renewal in the amount of $65,240.18. The Board then approved the bid from Contract Paper Group in the amount of $26,871.60 for copy paper for the District.

The Board gave approval for five staff members to attend LETRS Facilitator Training for a total of $14,825.00. The training will be held at Garden City on July 22-25. Once trained, the LETRS Facilitators would train other district teachers.

The bid from Davis Pest Control was approved for Pest Control Services in the District in the amount of $19,160.00 as was the Professional Development for Teach Like A Rock Star for $10,500.

At the meeting the Federal Programs Consultant Contract with Vicki Ansley was approved, and the Board approved creating the position of Director of Recruitment and Education. One Special Education teacher position for MacArthur Elementary and 4 paraprofessional positions were also approved for the Special Education Department.

A wrestling mat was approved from AK Athletic in the amount of $10,638.87 as the current mat is over 20 years old. Printer Ink for the District died for lack of a motion.

The LINQ ERP contract for 2025-2026 was approved in the amount of $73,692. This is the same amount as 2023-2024 and 2024-2025.

The Board approved the quote from JJB Transportation in the amount of $10,410.75 to replace the door on one of the activity buses and the quote from TCP in the amount of $129,636.12 was approved for new timeclocks.

A Payment for the Rainscreen was also approved.