The Pleasant Valley School Board approved sending a survey to students, parents, faculty and staff regarding their opinions of the Pleasant Valley School Cafeteria and School Nutrition Program. The food on the school cafeterias is provided by Whitson’s Culinary Group.

Under contracts, the school board approved payment to Coyle, Lynch & Company CLC for work the company did for the school district. The payment is for four jobs not to exceed $10,000 each and one job not to exceed $7,000. School board director John Gesiskie asked what this work involved, and Tammy Smale, the business manager, replied it was for research they did in regard to some appeals filed by taxpayers.

The school board also approved advertising for sealed bids for propane fuel, and an agreement between the school district and Future Business Leaders of America to establish a scholarship fund.

The school board approved the following items during its meeting on Thursday.

• IDEA — Part B, Use of Funds Agreement between Pleasant Valley School District and Colonial Intermediate Unit 20, from July 1, 2025 to Sept. 30.

• SNEN Services LLC — Annual Inspection and maintenance of freezers and coolers across district, $8,500 per year plus labor rate up to $172.50 per hour plus trip rate of $95, from July 1 to June 30, 2029.

• Frontline Education renewal — Human capital management, professional learning, collaboration and learning resources, and absence and substitution management, term from July 1 to June 30, 2027, $111,779.80.

• Bruce George Paving and Excavating — Extension for snow removal for PVE, PVI and Polk schools, July 1 to June 30, 2029, $150 per truck, $180 per loader, $180 per dozer, $180 per 8-foot snowblower, $180 per trucking of snow;

• Mobile Ag. Ed. Science Lab — The lab will provide workshops from Oct. 12 to 16 at PVI, $2,400 to be paid from Title I funds.

• IntegraOne — HP Aruba wireless access points, five years of network central subscription and hardware warranty, $76,309, eRate cost is $61,047.20, PVSD cost is $15,261.80.

• IntegraOne — HP Aruba wireless networking switches, cabling and connections with five years of Aruba central switch class 2 foundation and installation, $180,030, eRate cost, $144,024, PVSD cost, $36,006.

• ESS Northeast — Addendum substitute monitors, not to exceed $14.41 per day per substitute, Feb. 9 to end of contract.

• Explore Learning — School Gizmos Science Department licenses for high school, July 1 to June 30, 2031, $28,065.38 to be paid from Ready to Learn grant.

• GlowForge — Laser printer, $9,294, Ready to Learn grant.

• School Outfitter — Purchase 12 study pods for PVMS, cost $4,915.56, Ready to Learn grant.

• FluxSpace — Purchase 30 Matata digital microscopes, $ 8,099.70, Ready to Learn grant.

• Steps to Literacy — Purchase 410 Pack-N- Read bags (set of 5) for PVES, $9,025.12, Ready to Learn grant.

• PC University — Purchase 30 Codex R2 PCs for PVHS STEM lab, $74,970, Ready to Learn.

• Johnson Controls — Install door prop alarms in PVIS and PVES, $4,859.96 to be paid from JUUL settlement proceeds.

• Integra One — Purchase of 300 new HP Fortis G1m11 Touchscreen Chromebook plus Google licenses, $79,500, Costars contract.

— Kristine Porter