The school board approved a resolution allowing Chantel, LLC (identified in meeting materials as the wide-area-network contractor) to install cabling on school property at John Kerr and granted authority for the board chair to sign the easement once the document is finalized by legal counsel.

Mister Smith explained the easement was necessary for the contractor to run cables from its nearest access point across district property. He said district counsel drafted a resolution that authorizes the chair to execute the easement following review and finalization by Chantel’s and the district’s attorneys.

Board member Miss Burrow moved to approve the easement resolution; the motion was seconded and approved by voice vote. Meeting materials contain a draft easement for board reference. The board recorded no roll-call tally in the transcript. The board asked no substantive follow-up questions and directed staff to proceed with finalizing the legal documents.

Why it matters: the district said the easement is required to complete the contractor’s wide-area-network contract, which the board approved earlier in the contract process. The resolution delegates execution authority to the board chair to avoid delaying installation while counsel finalizes legal language.

Next steps: legal teams for Chantel, LLC and Winchester Public Schools will finalize the easement; the chair will sign and staff will arrange access for installation as described in the resolution.