Ottumwa Schools - Board Meeting - 6/15/2026

The Ottumwa Schools Board meeting held on June 15, 2026, included several procurement-related discussions and approvals. The board approved the adoption of a new science curriculum after a thorough review and vendor presentations, with plans to implement it in the 2027-28 school year. They also approved the 2026-27 student handbooks with minor updates. A significant procurement decision was the approval of a contract award for the summer meal program to ES Foods, selected as the lowest bidder to provide shelf-stable, USDA-compliant meal kits for students during the summer. Additionally, the board approved the renewal of a three-year Medicaid billing contract with Relay, which includes a new dashboard service to improve billing efficiency. Other topics included policy reviews, school resource officer agreement renewal with a 5% cost increase, and updates on staffing and summer enrichment programs. No specific dollar amounts were disclosed for the meal contract, but the Medicaid reimbursements were noted to be over $900,000 in the previous year, with projections exceeding $1 million for the current year.