Fort Worth school trustees approved more than $108 million in purchases during their July 22 meeting.
The school board signed off on contracts providing free ACT and Advanced Placement tests for high schoolers; supplies for pre-K students; and a bevy of contracts for school building improvements.
Big ticket items include:
- $73.1 million for upgrades voters approved in the 2021 bond, including contractors for renovations at E.M. Daggett, Meadowbrook and Jean McClung middle schools as well as for asbestos abatement at Wedgwood Middle School.
- $21.1 million in an annual electricity agreement with Direct Energy Business.
- $1.9 million for the digital learning platform i-Ready aimed at helping kindergarten through eighth graders in reading and math.
- $1.6 million for alternative shuttle services for students in special education.
- $1 million for Measures of Academic Progress tests, which track academic growth through assessments at the beginning, middle and end of the school year.
Jacob Sanchez is education editor for the Fort Worth Report. Contact him at jacob.sanchez@fortworthreport.org or @_jacob_sanchez.
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Jacob Sanchez is education editor for the Fort Worth Report. His work has appeared in the Temple Daily Telegram, The Texas Tribune and the Texas Observer. He is a graduate of St. Edward’s University….
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