At their June 9th meeting, the Johnston County Board of Education approved a number of contracts for curriculum and instruction for the 2020-2021 school year.
The following expenditures were approved:
Elementary and Secondary Education
NWEA MAP Contract Renewal-benchmark assessment & progress monitoring ($280,900)
Lexia Contract Renewal
K-8 literacy support & PD – ($347,900.00)
High School Intervention Resource – ($26,500)
Panorama Student Success (5 schools) and district-wide SEL student, staff, family survey platform Renewal ($98,750)
HMH Into Reading – elementary ELA curriculum ($2,003,075.16 over 2 years – year 2 of 2 payment $1,001,537.58) Renewal
HMH Arriba la Lectura K-5 Dual Language ( $128,531.18 over 2 years – year 2 of 2 payment $64,265.59) Renewal
JCI Science Kits K-8 ($343,800.00) Renewal
Pearson Math K-5 Investigations ($352,174.57) Renewal
HMH Do the Math Grades 1-5 Intervention and Do the Math Now! Grades 6-8 Intervention ($328,678.31 over 3 years – year 2 of 3 payment $125,000) Renewal
Pearson My Perspectives – secondary ELA curriculum $1,106,200.64 (payment 2 of 2)
Pearson Connexus Renewal $300,000 ($216,875 for contracted services and additional reserve funds for Certified Online Teachers; final year of contract)
Federal Programs (Exceptional Children’s Department)
Invision Services Inc. $100,000 (teaching services for visually impaired Students)
John E. Sexton & Associates, Inc. $100,000 (audiological services for students with hearing disabilities)
Johnston County Industries $379,453.00 (OCS vocational training services)
Johnston Psychiatric Associates, P.A. $260,000.00 (TLC therapeutic services)
Kinetic Physical Therapy and Wellness, Inc. $200,000.00 (occupational therapists)
Kinetic Physical Therapy and Wellness, Inc. $2,400,00.00 (speech-language therapy services)
Maxim Healthcare Services, Inc. $185,000.00 (nurses)
New Language/Clear Message, LLC $175,000.00 (interpreting/transliteration services and Sign Language Interpreting services for hearing impaired students)
The school board attorney reviewed all the contracts before approval.
