At its Sept. 2 regular meeting, the Morgan County Board of Education granted the Morgan County Career & Technical Center (MCCTC) permission to accept a $337,090 bid for a greenhouse at Central High School, to seek bids for an Oakdale STEM lab and for a greenhouse at Petros Joyner School, and to deny and re-bid the current greenhouse bid at Wartburg Central Middle School. The board voted unanimously on those items. On Aug. 5 the board also voted to grant MCCTC permission to accept RT Builders’ $398,000 bid for a STEM lab at Coalfield School and a separate $49,000 RT Builders bid for a STEM lab at Sunbright School.
Why it matters: the votes move forward capital and instructional-technology projects designed to support career-technical and STEM instruction across multiple Morgan County schools. The greenhouse projects and STEM labs are intended to expand hands-on learning space for students participating in MCCTC programs.
The board approved the motions as discrete items. On Sept. 2, the motion to accept the $337,090 greenhouse bid for Central High School passed on a motion by Jonathan Dagley and seconded by Kasey Perkins (vote: Dagley Yea; Ben Jackson Yea; Perkins Yea; Kayron Rogers Yea; Mickey Tucker Yea; Billy Ward Yea). The board separately authorized MCCTC to advertise a bid for an Oakdale STEM lab (mover: Kasey Perkins; seconder: Kayron Rogers) and to accept a motion to allow bidding for a greenhouse at Petros Joyner School (mover: Mickey Tucker; seconder: Billy Ward). The board also voted to deny the current bid for the Wartburg greenhouse (mover: Jonathan Dagley; seconder: Kasey Perkins) and then approved permission to re-bid that project (mover: Kayron Rogers; seconder: Jonathan Dagley). Those votes were unanimous.
Board members noted the projects in both August and September meetings but did not make additional public findings on contractors beyond the bids recorded in the packet. The Aug. 5 motions to accept RT Builders’ bids for Coalfield and Sunbright were carried by unanimous vote (mover and seconder recorded in the Aug. 5 minutes). The board did not record additional debate in the meeting minutes provided.
Clarifying details: the Central High greenhouse acceptance references ISM funds; the Coalfield STEM lab bid approved Aug. 5 was for $398,000 and the Sunbright STEM lab bid was for $49,000; the Sept. 2 greenhouse acceptance listed a $337,090 amount. The Wartburg project was denied and authorized for re-bid; the motion language specified only permission to rebid, not award. The board packet included a separate bid-results sheet for greenhouses dated Aug. 25, 2025 that lists at least one vendor (Prospiant) and alternate pricing, but the board motion on Sept. 2 approved acceptance of the $337,090 bid as recorded in the agenda item.
What’s next: MCCTC was authorized to proceed with accepting or seeking bids as stated; further contract awards or change orders would return to the board if required by district procurement rules or funding stipulations.