MSD BOE Meeting September 28, 2026

The Morris School District Board of Education meeting on September 28, 2026, featured a review of summer facilities work and planning following the September 15 passage of the district referendum. The facilities director reported more than 100 work orders and projects across district schools, including high-school auditorium lighting and an auxiliary gym roof restoration with a 20-year warranty at less than half the cost of a full replacement; middle-school synthetic turf, paving, and classroom renovations; and electrical-panel replacement, plumbing, accessibility, and flooring work at other schools. Some work was completed by district staff and some with contractors, but the transcript provides no vendor names, contract awards, or project costs. The district said referendum improvements will be phased over five summers, with schedules being refined and initial projects prepared for bidding; a public update was planned for October 12.

The finance committee report noted approval of school routes designated hazardous under district policy, a transportation-management stipend under an employment contract, a modest increase in staff-meal rates, a facility-rental fee waiver for the League of Women Voters, and surplus property disposal. The committee also reported eight Morris Education Foundation grants totaling $32,773 and reviewed alignment of staff with ESA, IDEA, and preschool grant funding. These were reported as committee actions or agenda items; the transcript does not establish which were finally voted on by the full board at this meeting. No specific procurement contract award or vendor selection was identified.