Board Meeting Special Session - 10/30/2026

The Mercer County Schools Board of Education held a special session on October 30, 2026. After a student discipline hearing, the board discussed Board Memo 27154, the RFP for legal services. Members said the RFP calls for interviews with the top-ranked firms and discussed whether the district should retain more than one law firm to serve different needs, including specialized matters. The discussion also noted that some legal work is assigned and paid for through the board’s risk organization, and that the proposals used different pricing formats, making costs difficult to compare directly.

The board reached agreement to interview Brewster Morehouse and Bowles Rice, which members identified as the leading firms, but did not approve a contract or make a final selection. Staff were asked to arrange interviews, tentatively by phone on Thursday afternoon, November 5, and the board would consider action after the interviews. No contract amounts or final spending commitments were established. The board also briefly discussed the process for a possible school consolidation or closure study; no related procurement action was taken.