SCHOOL BOARD TABLES $56,000 PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT CONTRACT

We told you last week about the school board's plans to contract with Bloomboard Inc. for professional development needs.

At the July 18 school board meeting, Assistant Superintendent Kevin Walston explained that Bloomboard would replace Teachscape, a program that had been used but was being discontinued by its managers.

Bloomboard Inc. would cost about the same at $56,000.

Walston said the district had reviewed several options for replacement and chose Bloomboard because "we had seen it as a tremendous opportunity " to "satisfy our PD needs."

But after Board Member Johanna Wright questioned the lack of input or review of the program, the board tabled it until the Aug. 22 meeting.