DFES Furniture Installation Update
December 5, 2017
Furniture Inventory and Installation Process
With the news of us getting furniture for the first time in thirty years it is important that I share with you all the process of inventory as determined by our district's purchasing department.
- Our new furniture was purchased through magnet funds. Once we shared this information with purchasing they requested that we inventory furniture in 1st through 5th grade classrooms.
- This inventory included: all student desks, teachers desks, teacher chairs, all tables (kidney, round, trapezoid, rectangular, etc).
- Once all furniture was inventoried Mr. Epting sent this information to our purchasing department. The purchasing department placed all inventory items to be sold on govdeals.com to find a buyer(s). The inventoried items went on bid for a 15 day period in November. This was a necessary process so that we could adequately prepare for removal of excess furniture to our district warehouse if items were unsold.
- There was a buyer that purchased all student chairs and a second buyer that purchased all tables in each classroom.
- The buyer who purchased all classroom tables will pick up these items from our school on Saturday, December 16th.
- The buyer who purchased all student desks has until Wednesday, December 20th to pick up those items.
- It will be necessary that all student desks, teachers desks, and tables are clean and clear of any items by the end of the day school day Friday, December 15th.
- Just a reminder that boxes are currently located in each planning center and are available if needed. If more boxes are required please make Mr. Epting aware.
- We anticipate our new furniture to be delivered Thursday, December 21st and Friday, December 22nd. Some items will be assembled prior to delivery while most items will be assembled during the week of December 25th.
- The delivery and installation team will not organize furniture as we recognize it will be necessary for you all to organize as you see fit. Once I have an idea of installation completion you all will be notified. As of right now unfortunately I do not have that timeline. The good news is installation will be complete before students return January 3.
- Please be aware that due extremely limited storage space we will not be able to house in personal furniture items.
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