School Board Rejects Bids On Fairview Parking Lot Improvements

Huntsville, TN (2011-12-08) With prices nearly twice the estimated cost of the project, the Scott County Board of Education has rejected a pair of bids on an improvement to the parking lot at Fairview Elementary School.

Meeting in regular session Thursday night, the Scott County Board of Education voted 6-0 to reject two bids received by the County Finance Committee for improving the parking lot at Fairview Elementary School. As proposed the improvements would provide a second connection between the parking lot and the highway; however, both bids received on the project were nearly twice the estimated cost. Last month, the County Finance Committee received bids from First Place Finish, Inc. and Rogers Group. The bids, $19,910.00 and $26,791.00 respectively, were double the estimated $10,000 estimated cost. In its motion to reject the bids, the Board also voted to rebid the project.

In other business Thursday night, the Board:

· Accepted bids from Tour Coordinators of Oneida for the Scott High senior trip to New York, NY and the middle school Beta club trip to Gettysburg, PA and Washington, D.C.;

· Granted permission to the school’s technology department to file necessary paperwork to apply for E-Rate services funding for the period July 1, 2011 to July 30, 2012;

· Declared a truck from the Transportation Department as surplus and authorized the Finance Director to sell it;

· Accepted a $27,500 LEAPS Grant to provide after school and summer programs for Scott High School students;

· Approved on second reading amendments to several policies, including 4.603 – Promotion and Retention; 6.202 – Home School; 6.304 – Student Discrimination/Harassment & Bullying/Intimidation; 5.202 – Separation Practices for Non-Certified Employees; and 5.109 – Evaluations; and,

· Approved budget amendments to the General Purpose and IDEA Part B Special Education and Preschool budgets.