Recent actions by school boards in Northeast Michigan.

∫ The Alpena Public Schools Board of Education’s Property Committee on Monday learned the committee overseeing the district’s bond-funded renovations had reviewed the design budget for changes at Ella White Elementary School.

Trustee Steven Donajkowski, who serves on both committees, said the district is on track with its plans and the amount allotted for Ella White. He said bids for Wilson, Besser and Lincoln elementaries are expected in January and the committee will review those on Jan. 12.

Associate Superintendent for Business and Operations Mary Lyon recently shared with the full Board of Education that its insurance company paid the district $37,873 for 146 Chromebook laptops and 719 carrying bags damaged by mold when they were stored last summer at Thunder Bay Junior High School. She said the money would be put in the district’s long-range technology fund for future Chromebook purchases.

Lyon also told the board Trane Technologies, the company upgrading infrastructure as part of another bond-funded project, offers a 0.5% discount if invoices are paid within 10 days. She said the discount has saved the district $13,092 and those funds stay in the district’s capital energy fund. The money could be used to offset repairs for the heating and cooling equipment that needs replacing at the district’s Central Office, used by Northeast Michigan Community Service Agency, she said.

The APS board will meet at 5:30 p.m. today via the videoconferencing software Zoom. Visit Zoom.com to join the meeting and enter the meeting identification 830 2778 7131 and the password 122334.