July 14, 2025 at 6:30 PM - Regular Board Meeting

1. Call to order and roll call

2. Consent agenda: All the following items concern reports of routine nature.
      a.  2024-2025 Payroll Change Orders, Report & Encumbrance GF#50011,50016,50021,50022,50023,50056,50057 BF#50002,50003,50004
           2025-2026 Payroll Change Orders, Reports & Encumbrance GF #50000-50006 BF#50000-50001 CN#50000-50001
      b.  General Fund Change Orders, Report & Encumbrances 
      c.  Building Fund Change Orders, Report & Encumbrances 
      d.  Child Nutrition Change Orders, Reports & Encumbrances #19
      e.  Bond Fund Change Orders, Reports & Encumbrances
      f.   Sinking Fund Change Orders, Report & Encumbrances 
      g.  Building Bond Fund #34 Change Orders, Report & Encumbrances #1-3
      h.  Transportation Fund #35 Change Orders, Report & Encumbrances #1
      i.  Treasurer's Report.
      j.  Activity Fund Report.
      k. Minutes of the June 9th, 2025 regular meeting & June 12, 2025, special meeting 

3. Public Comments:  BED-R
In order to assure that persons who wish to appear before the Board of Education may be heard and, at the same time, conduct its meetings properly and efficiently, the Board adopts, as policy, the following procedures and rules pertaining to public participation at Board Meetings:

4. Discussion, motion, and vote to approve/not approve to accept bids for buses.

5. Discussion, motion, and vote to approve/not approve to accept bids for elementary playground equipment. 

6. Discussion, motion, and vote to approve/not approve PO#1 for buses from 2025 Transportation Bond Fund #35. 

7. Discussion, motion, and vote to approve/not approve PO #3 for playground equipment from 2025 Building Bond Fund #34. 

8. Discussion, motion, and vote to approve/not approve designating the American Heritage Bank, Yale, Oklahoma for the following school business accounts: General Fund, Sinking Fund, Child Nutrition Fund, Building Fund, and Activity Funds for the 2025-2026 school year.

9. Discussion, motion, and vote to approve/not approve Rocky Kennedy, Superintendent, as Purchasing Agent for Yale Independent School District, Authorized Representative for all Federal programs including E-Rate and Child Nutrition, and Designated Custodian for the General Fund, Building Fund, Child Nutrition Fund, Sinking Fund, Activity Funds, all state programs, and all other school programs and activities not listed for the 2025-2026 school year with a surety bond for at least $100,000.00 as required by law.

10. Discussion, motion, and vote to approve/not approve Tammy Huff as Minutes Clerk and Encumbrance Clerk for the 2025-2026 school year with a Surety Bond for at least $1,000.00 for Minutes Clerk and $100,000.00 Surety Bond as the Encumbrance Clerk.

11. Discussion, motion, and vote to approve/not approve Sara Pitts as Activity Funds Clerk, Deputy Minutes Clerk, School Treasurer, and Child Nutrition Director with a Surety bond of at least $100,000.00 for the 2025-2026 school year. 

12. Discussion, motion, and vote to approve/not approve to authorize the school district treasurer to deposit interest earnings from the Building Fund and Child Nutrition Fund into the General Fund.

13. Discussion, motion and vote to approve/not approve of the school district treasurer to deposit interest earnings from CDs back into the account(s) that funds originated from. 

14. Discussion, motion, and vote to approve/not approve to accept the child nutrition bid from Campus Smart-US Foods/Premier and will piggyback on Edmond Public Schools for our cafeteria needs for the 2025-2026 school year. 

15. Discussion, motion, and vote to approve/not approve to accept the child nutrition bid from Hiland Dairy for the milk bid for the 2025-2026 school year. 

16. Discussion, motion, and vote to approve/not approve the 2025-2026 City of Yale School Resource Officer (SRO) contract.  

17. Discussion, motion, and vote to approve/not approve of using 1086 hours and 166 calendar days for the school calendar during 2025-2026

18. Discussion, motion, and vote to approve/not approve the authorization to pay the FY2026 allocation of statewide alternative education academy program funds to the local education (LEA) for the cooperative. 

19. Discussion, motion, and vote to approve/not approve the 2025-2026 Minimum Salary Schedule.

20. Discussion, motion, and vote to approve/not approve the 2025-2026 Career Tech Ag Ed Minimum Salary Schedule.

21. Discussion, motion, and vote to approve/not approve the 2025-2026 Extra Duty Schedule.

22. Discussion, motion, and vote to approve/not approve the guidelines for virtual students to participate in extracurricular activities. 

23. Discussion motion, and vote to approve/not approve the YPS Therapy Dog Policy.

24. Discussion, motion, and vote to approve/not approve the YPS Therapy Dog Acknowledgment and Consent Form for the 2025-2026 school year. 

25. The board to convene into executive session to discuss the following items pursuant to (25 O.S. Section 307 (b) (1).
a. Discuss Adjunct Personnel requirements
b. Discuss hiring Adjunct Personnel
c. Discuss hiring paraprofessional(s)
d. Discuss contracts for 2025-2026 11 & 12 mo personnel 
 

26.  Board to reconvene into open session. No other items were discussed and no vote was taken according to Oklahoma Statutes. Persons in executive session were:

27. Discussion, motion, and vote to approve not approve the Adjunct Personnel Requirements.

28. Discussion, motion, and vote to approve/not approve hiring Kacey Burk as an adjunct teacher for the 2025-2026 school year on a temporary contract. 

29. Discussion, motion, and vote to approve/not approve hiring Taedra Brown as Paraprofessional for the 2025-2026 school year. 

30. Discussion, motion, and vote to approve/not approve hiring Danielle Foshee as a paraprofessional for the 2025-2026 school year. 

31. Discussion, motion, and vote to approve/not approve the contract for Emily Nickell, Elementary Principal and Extra Duty contract for the 2025-2026 school year.  

32. Discussion, motion, and vote to approve/not approve the contract for Curtis Michael Moore, JH/HS Principal and extra-duty contract for the 2025-2026 school year. 

33. Discussion, motion, and vote to approve/not approve the contract for Victoria Griffin, District Counselor, Alt. Ed and Gifted Talented Liaison for the 2025-2026 school year. 

34. Discussion, motion, and vote to approve/not approve the contract for Mitchell Fuss, Ag Ed Instruction for the 2025-2026 school year. 

35. Discussion, motion, and vote to approve/not approve the contract for Tammy Huff, Encumbrance Clerk and Minutes Clerk for the 2025-2026 school year. 

36. Discussion, motion, and vote to approve/not approve the contract for Sara Pitts, Central Office Assistant, Treasurer, Act. Funds Clerk & Child Nutrition Director for the 2025-2026 school year. 

37. Discussion, motion, and vote to approve/not approve the contract for Corey Brown, Custodian for the 2025-2026 school year.

38. Discussion, motion, and vote to approve/not approve the contract for Jason Brown, Maintenance and Mowing for the 2025-2026 school year.

39. Discussion, motion, and vote to approve/not approve the extra-duty contract for Rocky Kennedy, Principal for the 2025-2026 school year. 

40. Administrative Reports

41. New Business

42. Adjournment