The Pleasant Valley School Board approved the purchase of additional furniture for the middle school for more than $10,000, and payment of a furniture bill for nearly $20,000 for the high school.

The furniture consists of desks, chairs, cubbie-style cabinets and a table from Premier Environments in Bethlehem at a total cost of $29,540.88.

School board director John Gesiskie asked for clarification on the furniture purchase. He wanted to know if the furniture for the high school was from the previous order, which had been approved, and that now the bill was received.

“We already knew that was coming?” he asked.

The school district’s business manager, Tammy Smale, said it was, and that it is for rooms at the high school that will be finished within the next couple weeks.

“There is additional, a small amount of additional middle school furniture, that Dr. Howard reviewed at the district planning meeting on June 25,” Smale said.

Rae Lin Howard is the assistant superintendent for the school district, but was not present for the school board meeting on July 24.

“The majority of this is for the high school furniture,” Smale said.

There are three invoices.

The first invoice is for cubbie-style cabinets for the middle school. It includes six cubbie cabinets for the cafeteria and library for $5,974.56; one rectangular activity table for $402.30; and 40 chairs for the library for $4,428. The total is $10,804.86, and will be paid for using a Ready to Learn grant.

The second invoice consists of four high school library teacher chairs for a total of $1,790; two middle school teacher chairs for $895; one Esports teacher chair for $447.50; and two additional Esports teacher chairs for $895. The total cost is $4,027.50, and will be paid from a bond ($1,790) and the Capital Reserve fund ($2,237.50).

The third invoice is for a total of $14,708.52. It includes 12 desks for the high school library and television studio in four different styles.

One group of four desks costs a total of $444.96; another set of four desks is $2,304.72; a third set of four desks costs $2,555.28; and the fourth set of four is $3,261.60.

The invoice also includes eight desks for the middle school television studio in four different styles: two desks for $222.48; two desks for $1,152.36; two desks for $1,277.64; and two desks for $1,630.80; and four Esports desks for the television studio.

Each of the four desks is a different style and cost $111.24; $473.58; $524.88; and $748.98. These items will be paid for from a bond ($8,566.56) and the Capital Reserve fund ($6,141.96).