October 14, 2025 at 5:30 PM - Regular Meeting of the Board of Education
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1. Call to Order
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2. Roll Call and Determination of Quorum
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3. Moment of Silence, Pledge of Allegiance – Mission
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4. Public Expressions
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The public may comment only on any item appearing on this agenda, subject to the following restrictions: statements to the Board of Education by members of the public are limited to no more than three (3) minutes for each speaker unless altered by the presiding officer, with the approval of the board and, collectively, no more than 15 minutes are allowed for public expressions unless permitted by a majority vote of the board.
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5. Superintendent's Report
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5.A. District Update by Mr. Aaron Collins, Superintendent/CEO
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5.B. Presentations/Recognitions
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5.C. Financial
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5.C.1. Treasurer's Report for the month of September 2025 — Jeremy Cowley, Associate Superintendent
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5.D. Dates of Upcoming Events [Administration]
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5.E. Board Member Reports
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6. Board Reports for Review (no action required):
David Martin, Deputy Superintendent Jeremy Cowley, Associate Superintendent, Innovation & Knowledge Management Dr. Romel Muex-Pullen, Associate Superintendent, Quality & Strategy Management Dr. Robyn Miller, Senior Director, Operations Dr. Ronald Grant, Senior Director, Business & Finance Dr. Kayleen Wichert, Senior Director, Instructional Quality & Workforce Engagement Jessica Martinez-Brooks, Senior Director, Strategic Communication and Engagement |
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7. Motion, discussion and possible vote to approve or disapprove the Minutes of the September 9, 2025, Regular Board Meeting. [Administration]
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8. Motion and possible vote to approve or disapprove the Consent Docket Item(s):
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[The following matters may be approved in their entirety by the Board upon motion made, seconded and passed by a majority vote of the Board members. However, upon request by any Board member, any one or more of said matters will be removed from the consent docket and acted upon separately.]
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8.A. Transfer of funds, in the amount of $138,539.26 from the Activity Fund to the General Fund account for the month of September 2025.
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9. Motion, discussion and possible vote to approve or disapprove the following General Business Item(s):
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9.A. Approve the 2026 Schedule of Regular Board of Education Meetings. Unless otherwise indicated, all regular meetings of the Board of Education begin at 5:30 p.m. in Room K, District Center, 1900 Springlake Drive, Oklahoma City, OK 73111. (Attached) [Administration]
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9.B. Resolution for school board elections for Board Office No. 2; Board Office, No. 5; and Board Office No. 7, as well as payment of all expenses related to school board elections as required by Oklahoma County Election Board, for a general election on Tuesday, April 7, 2026, and, in the event of a primary election, on Tuesday, February 10, 2026. (Attached) [Administration]
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9.C. Revised Policies for adoption (reviewed by the Board Policy Committee September 8, 2025). (Attached) [Administration]
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9.D. Memorandum of Understanding between Oklahoma Department of Career Technology and Education (ODCTE) and Metro Technology Centers for the Adult Education and Family Literacy (AEFL) program to establish a process to provide career education and skills training to eligible recipients of the Department of Human Services (DHS) effective July 1, 2025, to June 30, 2026. [Student Affairs & Workforce Development]
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9.E. Declare a list of equipment as surplus and no longer of use to the District, and to instruct the Superintendent to dispose of this item in a legal manner.(Attached) [Operations]
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9.F. Certificate and Order to Oklahoma County Clerk and Asst. Treasurer for Ronald L. Grant Jr., Asst. Treasurer. [Business & Finance]
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10. Motion, discussion and possible vote to approve or disapprove Personnel Items [Human Resources]
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10.A. Employment of the persons listed below:
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10.A.1. Probationary
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10.A.2. Regular Full-Time (employees completing probationary employment):
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10.A.3. Part-Time, Adjunct Faculty & Business & Industry Services Division: [Attached]
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10.B. Release/Resignation/Retirement of:
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10.C. Revised Job Titles and/or Job Descriptions [Reviewed by Personnel Committee 9-18-2025]
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11. Motion, discussion and possible vote to approve or disapprove the following Encumbrances and Purchasing Items:
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11.A. FY2026 Encumbrances PO #2601555- PO #2602106
General Fund $ 709,887.45 Building Fund $ 892,905.84 Bond Fund $ 744.92 Register Total $ 1,603,538.21 [Business & Finance]
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11.B. Encumbrance to Krueger International (KI) in the amount of $47,749.00 for the purchase of chairs and tables for the STEM lobby. Contract # OT0036575 University of Oklahoma, p-22000-22, Quote # 25JLF-763982/C.[Instruction]
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11.C. Encumbrance to Durante Construction, Inc. in the amount of $ 27,973.45 for the additional scope of work headwall units and cabinets located in the Health Careers Center.[Instruction]
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11.D. Encumbrance to UDT for warranty, service and support, antivirus, and web filtering for network firewalls and switches, with a total amount of $187,346.27. These items will be purchased through Oklahoma State Contract # C-2502/OSRHE/OneNet.[IT]
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11.E. Encumbrance to NIDA Corporation in the amount of $52,599.00 for the purchase of six NIDA model 130St three-position electrical trainers and all accessories and licenses needed for student interactive training. These trainers are aligned with the trainers used in the full-time aviation programs at Southeast High School. Purchase is funded by the approved 2nd year funding of the Career Tech High Growth Grant program.[Instruction]
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11.F. Encumbrance to Harris Ellis Equipment Co. in the amount of $40, 519.61 for the purchase of an alignment and diagnostic system for use in the Automotive Service Program at South Bryant Campus. Purchase was funded through Perkins funding.[Instruction]
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11.G. Encumbrance to Banner Fire Equipment Inc. in the amount of $43,035.00 for the purchase of bunker gear for the Fire Service/EMT Program at South Bryant Campus. Purchase funded through Perkins funding.[Instruction]
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11.H. Renewal of PowerSchool license, our student information system (SIS) for the FY26 academic year in the amount of $29,966.23.[IT]
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12. New Business
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[New Business is any matter not known about or which could not have been reasonably foreseen prior to the time of posting. 25 Okla. Stat. §311 (A) (9).]
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13. Adjournment
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Notice of this Regular Meeting was received by the Oklahoma County Clerk at 9:18 a.m. on October 17, 2024. The date, time, location and agenda for this meeting were posted on Metro Tech's external website as well as posted on the north and south entrances of the District Center, located at 1900 Springlake Drive, Oklahoma City, OK., in accordance with the Oklahoma Open Meeting Act. Notice that there was a location change of the Regular Meeting was received by the Oklahoma County Clerk at 2:09 p.m. on September 15, 2025.
Revisions have been made to Item 10. B, changing Matthew Botone’s status from "Termination" to "Resignation," and updating Romel Muex-Pullen’s status in Item 10. B to "Without Pay and Benefits."
Revisions have been made to Item 10. B, changing Matthew Botone’s status from "Termination" to "Resignation," and updating Romel Muex-Pullen’s status in Item 10. B to "Without Pay and Benefits."