Votes at a glance: audit contract, meal pricing, RFPs and other board actions

The Teton School District Board of Trustees recorded a series of procedural and procurement decisions during the meeting. Key formal actions and approvals on the record included the following:

Audit contract: The finance committee recommended Quest for the district's audit work following a review of two bids; the board moved to accept the finance committee's recommendation to enter into a five-year contract subject to annual review, satisfactory negotiation of terms and availability of funds.

Child nutrition pricing: Administration recommended a 25-cent increase for lunch and breakfast in specified grade bands to meet USDA Paid Lunch Equity (PLE) requirements. The changes presented would bring elementary lunch to $3.70, middle-school lunch to $3.95, elementary breakfast to $2.70 and secondary breakfast to $2.95; the board approved the recommendation.

Sidewalk snow removal RFP: Trustees authorized staff to rebid a one-year sidewalk snow-removal contract with clarified service language and directed staff to refine scope and days of service before final award.

Driver education: Trustees approved an increase in the driver education fee to bring the program toward breakeven. (Transcript numbers appear as a rise from $150 to $2.25; that numeric value in the transcript appears garbled and has been flagged for administrative confirmation. See clarifying details.)

RFQs/RFPs for capital work: Administration reported limited RFP response for certain complex projects and recommended issuing RFQs for architect/CMGC services with potential staging across summers; trustees voted to release the RFQs for the two projects listed in the packet.

Personnel and other motions: The board approved an employee leave request for the 2026–27 school year, discussed and moved ahead on a coaches/advisers salary schedule developed by the compensation committee, and scheduled additional approvals and first readings (employee professional conduct policy) for a future meeting.

Vote formality: Where roll-call tallies were not recorded in the transcript, votes were recorded by voice as "Aye" or unanimous; specific named votes occurred in some items (for example, Trustee Tom Baker was recorded as voting "Aye" on the RFQ motion). The board moved to enter executive session later in the meeting to handle personnel matters and took additional action afterward.

What happens next: Several procurement awards and the policy revision will be finalized or voted on at a subsequent meeting (audit award, security camera procurement, and policy adoption are scheduled for follow-up). Administrative staff were asked to refine RFP language and confirm price and scope details.