Agenda Item
Meeting Date:
3/27/2025 - 6:00 PM  
Category:
Purchasing  
Type:
Action  
Subject:
13.31 W.E.B. Dubois Summer Leadership Academy Purchasing Reference 10050  
Strategic Plans:
Priority 3.4
3.4 Establish an array of ongoing and diverse opportunities for staff, parents, students, and partners to plan for strategies to connect learning to students’ lives and promote student learning in the community.
 
Enclosure:
Extraordinary Unspecifiable Services Form  
File Attachment:
10050 WEB DuBois EUS.pdf
 
Summary:
WHEREAS, the Newark Board of Education desires for students to participate in the W.E.B. DuBois Scholars Institute, which provides leadership, scholarship, and advance academic services in science, technology, engineering, mathematics, reading, writing, ethics and race/ethnicity for select students in grades seven through eleven; and WHEREAS, the District is authorized to enter into an agreement for extraordinary unspecifiable services in accordance with NJSA 18A:18A-5a (2); and WHEREAS, the recommendation of award for term contract was reviewed and approved by Mary Harvey, Director of Student Support Services.  
Funding :
Subject to availability of funds. 20-20-280-100-320-410-000-000 20-20-xxx-xxx-320-xxx-xxx-xxx  
Recommendation to the Board
NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED that the Newark Board of Education accepts and approves the award of term contract for the W.E.B. Dubois Summer Leadership Academy from June 22, 2025 through July 26, 2025 as follows: W.E.B. Dubois Scholars Institute, Princeton, NJ at a cost not to exceed $187,500.00  
Approvals:
Recommended By:
Signed By:
Sherelle Spriggs - Director Support Services
Signed By:  
Ty-Shanique Addison - Principal Fiscal Analyst
Signed By:  
Mary Leigh Harvey - Director
Signed By:  
Carolyn Granato - Assistant Superintendent
Signed By:  
Yolonda Severe - Deputy Superintendent
Signed By:  
Valerie Wilson - School Business Administrator
Signed By:  
Roger León - Superintendent
 
Vote Results:

Original Motion
Member Daniel Gonzalez Moved, Member Josephine Garcia seconded to approve the Original motion 'NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED that the Newark Board of Education accepts and approves the award of term contract for the W.E.B. Dubois Summer Leadership Academy from June 22, 2025 through July 26, 2025 as follows: W.E.B. Dubois Scholars Institute, Princeton, NJ at a cost not to exceed $187,500.00'. Upon a Roll-Call Vote being taken, the vote was: Aye: 7 Nay: 0 Abstain: 1.
The motion Carried 7 - 0
   
Helena Vinhas     Yes
Allison K. James-Frison     Yes
Kanileah Anderson     Yes
Crystal Williams     Abstain
Daniel Gonzalez     Yes
Hasani Council     Yes
Vereliz Santana     Yes
Josephine Garcia     Yes