Rolla Board of Education Meeting - July 16th, 2026

The Rolla Board of Education meeting, identified in the title as July 16, 2026, included approval of consent agenda items A–F. Procurement-related items included a Team Builders Academy contract for administrative-team professional development and a community connections event, plus tire and oil bids. The oil bid recommendation was not the lowest bid because it involved a different product and service package; the district said it wanted to return to Certified after problems with another provider. The transcript does not provide contract or bid amounts. The board also approved continuing UMR as the district’s health insurance provider, keeping the employee-only base-plan rate at $550 per month for the coming plan year; the stated $216.82 administrative-fee figure was described as a worst-case estimate, not a final rate. Principal coverage for ancillary benefits will continue without rate changes.

Under the long-range facilities update, the board approved change order No. 6 for $31,824.93 and change orders Nos. 19, 21, and 25 totaling $18,101.06; the district said insurance had agreed to cover the costs. Updates covered early-childhood facility work and the softball field renovation, with project firms including Archer Elgin, Honer, KNS, and Turf Mark mentioned. The board also approved the K–12 literacy plan, which includes ongoing curriculum and instructional-resource implementation, but no specific new literacy purchase or amount was presented. No additional contract award or capital-project appropriation was identified in the discussion.