December 11, 2025 at 6:00 PM - Bixby Board of Education Regular Meeting

Call Meeting to Order/Roll Call

Reports to The Board

Special Recognition

Spartan Spirit Award
Mike Anthony - State Game "Stand In" 
Kari Smith - AP classes and our enrollment improvements

Superintendent's Report - Lydia Wilson

Financial Operations Report - Mike Anthony

Comments from the Public

Speakers must identify themselves.

Each Speaker is given a maximum of three (3) minutes. To ensure fairness for all speakers, this timeline will be strictly enforced. The Board clerk will notify the speaker when they have 30 seconds left. Speakers are expected to end their remarks immediately when the time limit is reached. 

In order to avoid repetitious information, a single spokesperson will be selected by groups desiring to address the board.

Total time allocated to this item is thirty (30) minutes.

Speakers may offer objective comments of school operations and programs that concern them. The Board shall not hear personal complaints unless the proper administrative procedures concerning complaints have been followed.

Speakers may not use profanity at a School Board meeting. Patrons conducting themselves in this manner may be asked to leave the meeting.

The president reserves the right to interrupt this section and move to the next item.

In accordance with provisions of the Oklahoma Open Meeting Act, discussion or action by the Board on an item presented under the "Comments from the Public" agenda topic is not permitted. Board members and administrative staff will not respond to questions from the public. The Board appreciates and will seriously consider all comments made during this time. Proper questions from members of the public may be referred to the Superintendent for later report to the Board.

General Consent Agenda - Discussion and possible board action to approve consent agenda items #1-13. (These items may be approved by one Board motion, unless any board member desires to have a separate vote on any or all of these items.)

Minutes of November 13, 2025 Regularly Scheduled Board Meeting

Activity Fund Summary of Accounts and Transfer Requests

Encumbrances and Change Orders for FY 2026 General Fund, Building Fund, Child Nutrition Fund, Sinking Fund, and Bond Funds 31-39 per attached encumbrance registers

Approval of the following Out of State and/or overnight trip request as presented:

Cheerleading to Ft. Smith, Arkansas, January 2026

8th Grade Band to Branson, Missouri, May 2026

JROTC to Washington D.C., July 2026

Wind Ensemble to Kansas City, Missouri, February 2026

Speech and Debate to Harvard, February 2026
 

Approval of a MOU with ORU for Student Teachers for the 2025-2026 fiscal year.

Medical Leave - Support - High School - 12/3/25 - 3/3/26

Maternity/FMLA - Certified - West Elementary - 2/19/26 - 5/21/26

Maternity/FMLA - Certified - West Intermediate - 12/25/25 - 4/8/26

Medical Leave - Certified - High School - 1/6/26 - 1/28/26

Medical Leave - Support - North Intermediate - 11/3/25 - 12/19/25

FMLA - Certified - Administration - 10/28/25 - 12/15/25

Employment, Resignation, Retirement - Certified Personnel - per attached

Employment, Resignation, Retirement - Support Personnel - per attached

Finance

Discussion and possible board action to approve a contract with Midwest Sports for the 2025-2026 fiscal year. 

Discussion and possible board action to approve a contract with Under Armour for the 2025-2026 fiscal year.

Teaching and Learning

Discussion and possible board action to approve the Bixby Public Schools Pathways in accordance with the OSDE 2030 Graduation requirements and HB3278. 

Discussion and possible board action to approve a secondary change of dates for the Parent Teacher conference in the 2nd semester.

Presentation of the Comprehensive Exit (Dropout Report) and College Remediation Reports. Information only. No action required by the Board of Education.

Discussion and possible board action to approve an agreement with First Educational Resources for an additional Professional Development day on May 28, 2026 at a cost of $5,000 to be paid with Federal Funds.

Discussion and possible board action to approve an additional agreement with Advancing Literacy for additional Professional Development days using Federal Funding.

Discussion and possible board action to approve a visiting author contract with Justin Colon with Central Elementary on March 23, 2026, at a cost of $2,000 plus travel expenses to be paid from site funds.

Discussion and possible board action to approve a contract with Chatterbox Speech Therapy, LLC for speech/language evaluation and therapy services at a cost of $70 per hour per therapist for the remainder of the 2025-2026 fiscal year.

Operations

Discussion and possible board action to approve existing student capacity limits for open transfers pursuant to Board Policy 2108: Grades PK-6, 20 per classroom; grades 7-10, 600 students in each grade level; and grades 11-12, 550 students in each grade level.

Discussion and possible board action to approve a Memo of Understanding with the City of Bixby Police Department to potentially add 1 - 3 new School Resource Officer positions, beginning in the 2026-27 school year. 

Discussion and possible board action to approve a Memo of Understanding with OSU-IT for concurrent enrollment for the 2025-26 school year.

Discussion and possible board action to approve the Memorandum of Understanding with the Muscogee (Creek) Nation for the 2025-2026 fiscal year.

Discussion and possible board action to approve declaring items as surplus to be disposed of according to Oklahoma Statutes.

Human Resources

Discussion and possible board action to approve any resignations submitted after the agenda was posted.

Executive Session

Discussion and possible board action to move into executive session to discuss the purchase and/or appraisal of certain real property (25 O.S. Sec 307(B)(3)).

Vote to acknowledge return to open session.

Statement by Board president of executive session minutes.

Miscellaneous

Discussion, consideration and vote to adopt a resolution declaring the following real estate (the "Property") to be surplus to the needs of the School District and directing that the Property be offered for public sale:  

Lot Two (2) BLOCK One (1), BIXBY WEST, Replat of part of Lot 6, Block 1, Sitrin Center Addition and part of the W/2 of Section 16, Township 17 North, Range 13 East, of the Indian Base and Meridian, an Addition to the City of Bixby, Tulsa County, Oklahoma.


 

New Business

Vote to adjourn