Agenda - West Essex Regional School District / Overview

West Essex Regional Board of EducationFINANCE – July 15, 20138. To accept, as per West Essex Regional Board of Education Policy and Regulation#7230, the donation of services, valued at $850, from Keyboard Consultants forinstallation of SmartBoards in the West Essex School District.9. To accept, as per West Essex Regional Board of Education Policy and Regulation#7230, grants totaling $8,668.09 from the West Essex Education Foundation tobe used for the following: $61.07 for the purchase of a Canon Canoscan scanner for use in English 9classes. $742 for the purchase of an IPAD and selected APPS for use in ReadingComprehension 8 and Multi-Sensory Reading 8 classes. $1,589 for the purchase of a SMART Response PE Interactive ResponseSystem for use in 7 th Grade Science classes. $1,478.02 for the purchase of a Shake Table, Geoblox Plate TectonicsModels, Geology Demonstration Kit, and Orbital Planetarium for use in the7 th Grade Science classes. $2,000 for the purchase of four (4) IPAD’s for use in two middle schooland two high school self-contained classrooms. $600 for the purchase of WeBWork Online Homework software for use inCalculus Honors and AP Calculus AB classes. $400 to cover costs associated with the participation of the Robotics clubin the “Rocket America” competition. $649 for the purchase of a SMART Document Camera for use in AP,Honors and CPA Chemistry classes. $649 for the purchase of a SMART Document Camera for use in AP,Honors and CPA Physics classes. $500 to cover expenses associated with the fundraising “BroadwayShares” production.10. To approve the following resolution binding the West Essex Regional SchoolDistrict to purchase electric generation services through the Alliance forCompetitive Energy Services (“ACES”) bid:WHEREAS, the Alliance For Competitive Energy Services (hereinafterreferred to as “ACES”), an alliance composed of the New Jersey School BoardsAssociation (hereinafter referred to as “NJSBA”), the New Jersey Association ofSchool Administrators, and the New Jersey Association of School BusinessOfficials, will from time to time during the Effective Period as defined below solicitbids from electric power suppliers for electric generation services through anenergy aggregation program in which NJSBA will act as Lead Agency of theACES Cooperative Pricing System #E8801-ACESCPS in accordance with the“Public School Contracts Law”, N.J.S.A. 18A:18A-1 et seq., and the ElectricDiscount and Energy Competition Act, N.J.S.A. 48:3-49 et seq. (“EDECA”) and theregulations promulgated thereunder; andWHEREAS, the West Essex Regional School District is a Participatingmember of the ACES Cooperative Pricing System and is eligible thereby to obtainelectric generation services for its own use through one or more contracts to be4