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District to discuss CTE equipment purchases

ELLY GRIMM • Leader & Times

The USD 480 school board will have a full agenda to take on at its next meeting Monday evening starting at 6:30. The meeting will be in Room C107 in the Liberal High School East Campus.

Up first for the board will be a request for the purchase of CTE equipment. 

“These supplies are approved for use in our CTE classes, specifically the journalism, digital media, and photo imaging classes,” the agenda information noted. “Students will utilize the cameras and lenses to learn the basics of photography (shutter speed, exposure, ISO), photo editing, and creating media with photos.  We are down to three working cameras with enrollments in these classes being at more than 200 students.  The new lenses are updated with today's technology, allowing increased shutter speeds and the ability to take higher quality indoor or athletics photos.”

Up next for the board will be discussion of the purchase of copiers. 

“USD 480 has three copiers that will  exceed the 2 million mark.  The quote received from Southern Office is a Sourcewell contract (National Bid) allowed by KS Statute 12-2903.  The price per copier is $11,275 for a 75-page per minute copier with finisher,” the agenda information noted. “The copier at Seymour Rogers Middle School, currently at the 1,965,000 mark, is needing service calls at least once a week. Another copier at Seymour Rogers Middle School, currently at the 1,780,000 mark, will exceed the 2 million mark by the end of the school year. The copier at LHS, currently at the 1,980,244 mark, will exceed the 2 million mark by the end of the school year. The plan will be to order all three copiers at this time and replace the copier needing service every week as soon as the copiers are shipped and the other two copier will be replaced at the end of the school year.  Southern Office will hold the two copiers until the end of the school year.”