# November 10, 2026 Governing Board Meeting


**Body:** BSD Communications
**Date:** November 09, 2026
**Jurisdiction:** SLED

**Tags:** Education, Information Technology, Grants & Funding, Regulatory Compliance


The November 10, 2026, BSD Communications governing board meeting included several procurement and funding matters. The board unanimously approved the consent agenda after directing staff to investigate concerns raised about two district-office consulting contracts, including questions about billing limits, insurance coverage, subcontracting, and incomplete scopes of work. A separate public comment urged the district not to discard 410 HP Chromebooks and instead solicit resale offers; no separate decision on that request was recorded. The board also unanimously approved an $800,000 not-to-exceed Champions contract, funded through ELOP grants, and approved a process for vetting educational technology vendors and related contracts. Vendors and services described included Amplify, Clever, HPar, Seesaw, and Grammarly; contract amounts were not stated. The process is intended to review student-data privacy and vendor terms, and includes a SITE membership cost that was not specified.

The board received the five-year developer-fee report, which cited a $4.1 million ending fund balance, about $290,000 in recent revenue, and $100,000 in expenditures for the reported year. The district also received a $3.21 million grant from BCE to support more than 20 teachers in programs including music, physical education, performing arts, world languages, and early intervention. Other discussion included school assessment results, intervention services, and concerns from parents and educators about educational technology use, privacy, screen time, and family input; the technology plan itself was not an agenda item for board action.

**Source:** BSD Communications