Review Agenda Item
Meeting Date: 12/18/2024 - 5:30 PM
Category: OFFICE OF TEACHING AND LEARNING
Type: Action
Subject: 17.2 Digital Resources for Yonkers Public Schools
District Goals:
Goal 1 Student Achievement
Strengthen academic outcomes and graduation pathways through culturally responsive and sustaining curriculum and instruction.
Enclosure
File Attachment:
2024-2025-Price Agreement.pdf
Appendix B.pdf
Capstone.pdf
One More Story.pdf
OverDrive.pdf
Scholastic.pdf
TeachingBooks.pdf
BOCS-Digital.pdf
Rationale: Capstone-NYS Cont. #PC69921/$21,596.40
One More Story-SOLE SOURCE VENDOR/$15,289.20
OverDrive-NY Reads-SORA/$2,500.00
Teaching Books-SOLE SOURCE VENDOR/$1,536.00
Scholastic Bookflix-Trueflix-Sole Source Vendor/$36,584.00
TERM: 2024-2025 School Year
TOTAL AMOUNT OF PURCHASE ORDERS: Total expenditures shall not exceed for digital resources $77,505.60.
SCOPE: Renewal of digital services from the last school year. Vendors listed continue to provide digital platforms expanding resources supporting academic programming for teaching and learning. The District of Yonkers will have access to each of these digital platform educational resources for school year 2024-25.
Funding: Capital Fund - 130.5999.B25N01.1000.B2050/B5241CN110887.B25N01.B2530A2618 ($75,000.00)
Categorical Automation Aid-490.5241.25J134.2610.B2520 ($2,505.60)
Resolution: WHEREAS, some vendors listed above are Sole Source Vendors that may be used by the Yonkers Public Schools under the current Yonkers Board of Education Policy and New York State General Municipal Law, and

NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED: that the Board of Education hereby approved the use of these vendors to provide digital resources for the 2024-2025 fiscal year.

AND BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED: That the total expenditures pursuant to this award shall not exceed a total dollar amount of $77,505.60 for digital resources.
Approvals:
Recommended By:
Signed By:
Dr. Cynthia Palmer - Director of Library Services
Signed By:
Dr. Daisy Rodriguez - Associate Superintendent
Signed By:
Christopher Carvalho - Director
Signed By:
Bob Cacace - Commissioner
Signed By:
Tom Collich - Purchasing Director
Signed By:
Finance Department - Finance Reviewer
Signed By:
Elizabeth Janocha - Deputy Commissioner
Signed By:
John Liszewski - Commissioner
Signed By:
Matthew Gallagher - Corporation Counsel
Signed By:
Anibal Soler, Jr. - Superintendent of Schools
Vote Results:

Original Motion
Member Rosemarie Linton Moved, Member Sheila Greenwald seconded to approve the Original motion 'WHEREAS, some vendors listed above are Sole Source Vendors that may be used by the Yonkers Public Schools under the current Yonkers Board of Education Policy and New York State General Municipal Law, and

NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED: that the Board of Education hereby approved the use of these vendors to provide digital resources for the 2024-2025 fiscal year.

AND BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED: That the total expenditures pursuant to this award shall not exceed a total dollar amount of $77,505.60 for digital resources.'. Upon a Roll-Call Vote being taken, the vote was: Aye: 8 Nay: 0.
The motion Carried 8 - 0
   
Dr. Rosalba Corrado Del Vecchio     Yes
Kevin Cacace     Yes
Sheila Greenwald     Yes
Gail Burns     Yes
Rosemarie Linton     Yes
Amjed Kuri     Yes
Felix Rios     Yes
Lawrence Sykes     Yes