This document includes highlights of information received by the Ladue Schools Board of Education at the Jan. 21, 2020 Special Board Meeting. This is an unofficial record. Official minutes of each Board meeting are posted on the district website and are available for viewing at the Administrative Center after the Board approves them, typically two weeks after the meeting.
Board President’s Remarks
Board President Carolyn Jaeger announced that filing for Board of Education candidacy for the April 7 election closed at 5 p.m. that day. Three positions are open and only three candidates filed: incumbents Andy Bresler, Carolyn Jaeger and Kisha Lee. Pursuant to state law, the district is not required to hold an election if the seats are not contested.
INFORMATION ITEMS
On November 1, 2019, the district issued Requests for Qualifications for construction management companies to assist the district in refining the plans and costs for renovating the district’s K-4 elementary schools and Ladue Middle School. Six companies responded by the Dec. 3, 2019 deadline and these proposals were analyzed and interviews were conducted by select Board of Education members, district administrators, as well as consultants from Building Resources Studio (BRS). From this analysis, two companies were selected for further review: McCarthy Building Companies, Inc. and S. M. Wilson & Co.
The purpose of this Special Board Meeting was to give these two companies an opportunity to present information to the entire Board of Education, and for the Board to have an opportunity to ask questions. A final recommendation and vote by the Board are anticipated to be made at the next Board of Education meeting on Jan. 27, 2020.
Also on Jan. 27, 2020, the administration will make recommendations (and the Board will vote) on which architectural service company(s) will be used to refine the designs for these potential projects. At this time, the Board is contemplating a bond referendum in April 2021. The resulting bond issue would be anticipated to fund the majority of the project. However, the Board of Education is also considering the use of existing district funds, as well as private donations via a Ladue Education Foundation capital campaign, in order to reduce the funding requested of taxpayers through the bond referendum.
UPCOMING MEETINGS
Tentative Agenda Items for Business Meeting Jan. 27, 2020:
The following Board of Education meeting will be a Board Business Meeting on Jan. 27, 2020, in the Ladue Horton Watkins High School Multipurpose Room, 1201 S. Warson Road, at 6 p.m. Tentative agenda items for that meeting include the following.
CONSENT
- Budget Adjustments
- City of Ladue/District Resource Officer Agreement
- Annual Renewal of Agreement to Participate in PEGS
ACTION
- Recommendation for a construction management company and architectural services
- Meet and Confer Report and Recommendations
INFORMATION
- Elementary School Presentations - Old Bonhomme Elementary School and Reed Elementary School
- Summer School Programs Update
