Quitman ISD trustees approved the purchase of 291 Chromebooks from IT Director Colby Bridges for the next school year at a cost of $108,617.45.

Bridges presented the numbers concerning the Chromebooks.

“We will be getting 137 Chromebooks for the high school, 69 for junior high and 85 for the elementary er Club donated $2,406.60 for Lady Bulldog basketball travel expenses. school. We have to recycle the Chromebooks. Last year there were only 15 seniors who did not want their Chromebooks,” Bridges said.

“We have a really good retention rate.”

The board approved Bridges’ request for $108,617.45 to purchase the Chromebooks.

A pair of donations were accepted by the board. Quitman Elementary School received $4,817.38 from the QISD Education Foundation.

The Quitman Athletic BoostAn interlocal agreement with Region 10 was approved.

“This is strictly for the food service, for purchases; they now have a little bit bigger area to cover,” financial administrator Kari Wilson said.

In another matter, the board approved an interlocal cooperation agreement with Wood County for ad valorem tax collections.

“This is the agreement where the county collects our taxes for us. It is in the amount of $34,524, which is an increase of $564 over last year,” Wilson said.

Superintendent Chris Mason presented a book order for elementary and secondary campuses.

“We make sure every book fits our standards before ordering. There is no price involved,” Mason said.

The board approved the book order. In the superintendent’s report, Mason acknowledged recent successes by Quitman students.

He praised the cross country and volleyball teams for advancing past district competition, the football team’s opportunity to make the state playoffs and the band program for earning straight Division I ratings and returning to Class 3A area marching competition.