April 13, 2026 at 6:30 PM - Owasso Board of Education Regular Meeting
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I. Call to Order and Roll Call
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II. Discussion and possible action to reorganize the officers of the board of education in accordance with 70 O.S. Section 5-119
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No Action(s) have been added to this Agenda Item.
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III. Special Recognition/Pledge of Allegiance - Ms. Tyler Martin, Caroline Roberts and George Knowles
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IV. Special Recognition - Ms. Tiffani Cooper - National Merit Finalists: Ty Elias, Austin Yowell, Addison Welbourn, Sean Gunter, Mallory Sepulveda
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V. Special Recognition - Ms. Tiffaini Cooper - Academic All State: Ty Elias, Mallory Sepulveda
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VI. Reports to the Board
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VI.A. Superintendent - Dr. Margaret Coates
Discussion:
Dr. Coates shared information regarding upcoming legislation. The District Leadership Team had an opportunity to participate in a Zoom meeting with Speaker of the House, Representative Kyle Hilbert. They were able to ask questions and hear his perspective on what's happening in our legislature.
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VI.B. Teaching and Learning - Mr. Mark Officer
Discussion:
Mr. Officer shared information about the Senior Conference that took place last week. It is an opportunity for students to attend various breakout sessions and hear motivational information from a keynote speaker.
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VI.C. District Services - Mr. Kerwin Koerner
Discussion:
Mr. Koerner reported there are several projects going on throughout the district. There will be a new loop road at Bailey Elementary for drop off and pick up and reduce the amount of traffic on 96th Street. The Ag fence is almost complete and the tennis courts are being resurfaced.
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VI.D. Continuous Strategic Improvement (CSI) - Goal Area #1 Ram Achievement and Enrichment - Mr. Mark Officer
Discussion:
Mr. Officer stated the Professional Learning Communities will be ongoing during the spring. All 6th graders have registered and completed the Individual Career Academic Plan, which will follow them through 12th grade and provide opportunities for them to expand their skills that match their interests.
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VII. Comments from the Public Regarding Agenda Items
Each individual will have five (5) minutes to share their remarks related to the specific agenda item identified by the individual when signing up to speak. Board members will not respond to public comment or answer questions posed during public comment. The total time allotted to comments from the public regarding the agenda will not exceed fifteen (15) minutes.
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There were no comments from the public regarding agenda items.
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VIII. Consent Agenda: Board to consider and take possible action on the following consent agenda items. (Dr. Coates)
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No Action(s) have been added to this Agenda Item.
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VIII.A. Minutes of March 9, 2026 Regular Meeting
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VIII.B. Teaching and Learning
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VIII.B.i. Out of State Student Activity Trips
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VIII.B.ii. License agreement with World Book for district access to Online World Book for the 2026-2027 school year at a cost of $9,260.16, as outlined in the attachment and authorize the Superintendent or designee to execute the license agreement
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VIII.B.iii. Contract with Junior Achievement for Owasso Public School Elementary 5th grade students to attend JA BizTown for the 2026-2027 school year at a cost of $22,500.00, to be paid by school sites as outlined in the attachment and authorize the Superintendent or designee to execute the Contract
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VIII.B.iv. Agreement with Tulsa City-County Health Department for The School Health Program for the 2026-2027 school year at a cost of $ -0-, as outlined in the attachment and authorize the Superintendent or designee to execute the Agreement
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VIII.B.v. Agreement with University of Tulsa to provide instruction of student teachers completing their student teaching portion of teacher preparation for the 2026-2027 school year at no cost, as outlined in the attachment and authorize the Superintendent or designee to execute the Agreement
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VIII.B.vi. Agreement/Contract with Spears Travel for travel arrangements for OPS employees for the 2026-2027 school year with a fee schedule, as outlined in the attachment and authorize the Superintendent or designee to execute Agreement/Contract
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VIII.B.vii. Memorandum of Understanding with The Tristesse Grief Center, Inc., a/k/a The Grief Center to provide school-based grief support for students and faculty for the 2026-2027 school year at no cost, as outlined in the attachment and authorize the Superintendent or designee to execute the MOU
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VIII.B.viii. Agreement with Horizon: Digitally Enhanced Campus for student access to Edgenuity curriculum and Edmentum Exact Path Core content for the 2026-2027 school year at a cost of $138,300.00, as outlined in the attachment and authorize the Superintendent or designee to execute the Agreement
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VIII.B.ix. Memorandum of Understanding with Oklahoma State University for student interns for the 2026-2027 school year at a cost of $ -0-, as outlined in the attachment and authorize the Superintendent or designee to execute the Memorandum of Understanding
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VIII.B.x. License contract renewal quote with Vocabulary.com to access learning platform, teacher tools, vocab jams and detailed reporting for the 2026-2027 school year at a cost of $25.000.00, as outlined in the attachment and authorize the Superintendent or designee to execute the license contract renewal quote
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VIII.B.xi. License Quote with Imagine Learning for 10 Purpose Prep Concurrent user licenses for Owasso High School for the 2026-2027 school year at a cost of $3,300.00, as outlined in the attachment and authorize the Superintendent or designee to execute the Quote License
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VIII.B.xii. Contract with Amira for the Tutor license platform for the 6th-8th students for the 2026-2027 school year at a cost of $10,140.00, as outlined in the attachment and authorize the Superintendent or designee to execute the Contract
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VIII.B.xiii. Contract with Amira for the Assessment platform for the 6th-8th students for the 2026-2027 school year at a cost of $-0-, as outlined in the attachment and authorize the Superintendent or designee to execute the Contract
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VIII.B.xiv. Contract with Amira for the K-2 and 3-5 Suite platforms for the K-5 students for the 2026-2027 school year at a cost of $-0-, as outlined in the attachment and authorize the Superintendent or designee to execute the Contract
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VIII.C. Technology
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VIII.C.i. Quote from Classlink Inc. for renewal of licensing and support of account provisioning, rostering and analytics services for the 2026-2027 school year at a cost of $39,215.10 as outlined in the attachment and authorize the Superintendent or designee to purchase
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VIII.C.ii. Quote from TeamViewer Germany GmbH Inc. for renewal of licensing and support of remote connections software for the 2026-2027 school year at a cost of $10,995.00 as outlined in the attachment and authorize the Superintendent or designee to purchase
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VIII.C.iii. Contract with PowerSchool for renewal of licensing and support of the district student information system and related services for the 2026-2027 school year at a cost of $87,510.54, as outlined in the attachment and authorize the Superintendent or designee to execute the agreement
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VIII.C.iv. Contract with PowerSchool for renewal of licensing and support of Enrollment Express and eCollect forms for the 2026-2027 school year at a cost of $35,010.00, as outlined in the attachment and authorize the Superintendent or designee to execute the agreement
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VIII.C.v. Quote from VIP Technology Solutions Group for renewal of licensing of ESET AntiVirus solution for the 2026-2027 school year at a cost of $21,500.00, as outlined in the attachment and authorize the Superintendent or designee to execute the agreement
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VIII.C.vi. Estimate from CDW Amplified for renewal of licensing and support of Little SIS for Classroom at a cost of $3,925.00 and Gopher Sheets Add-On at a cost of $2,820.00 for the 2026-2027 school year as outlined in the attachment and authorize the Superintendent or designee to purchase
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VIII.C.vii. Agreement with ImageNet Consulting for renewal of licensing and support of LaserFiche platform for the 2026-2027 school year at a cost of $6,880.00, as outlined in the attachment and authorize the Superintendent or designee to purchase
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VIII.C.viii. Quote from ImageNet Consulting for renewal of services and support of CoreFax Cloud centralized printing and faxing platform for the 2026-2027 school year at a cost of $4,860.00 annually, as outlined in the attachment and authorize the Superintendent or designee to purchase
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VIII.C.ix. Quote from Gaggle for renewal of safety management services for the 2026-2027 school year at a cost of $55,440.00, as outlined in the attachment and authorize the Superintendent or designee to purchase
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VIII.C.x. Quote from Transfinder for renewal of services and support of bus routing software and related applications for the 2026-2027 school year at a cost of $13,325.00, as outlined in the attachment and authorize the Superintendent or designee to execute the agreement
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VIII.C.xi. Contract with SherpaDesk, DBA BigWebApps, for renewal of licensing and support of SherpaDesk online ticketing system for the 2026-2027 school year at a cost of $9,751.00, as outlined in the attachment and authorize the Superintendent or designee to execute the agreement
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VIII.C.xii. Agreement with Brightly Software Inc, for renewal of licensing and support of School Dude - Event Essentials Pro subscription for the 2026-2027 school year at a cost of $13,823.99, as outlined in the attachment and authorize the Superintendent or designee to execute the agreement
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VIII.C.xiii. Quote from Informatics Holding Inc. for renewal of licensing and support of WASP inventory barcode system for the 2026-2027 school year at a cost of $4,675.00, as outlined in the attachment and authorize the Superintendent or designee to purchase
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VIII.C.xiv. Quote from Marcia Brenner Associates for renewal of licensing and support of Report Creator PowerSchool plugin for the 2026-2027 school year at a cost of $1,536.00, as outlined in the attachment and authorize the Superintendent or designee to purchase
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VIII.C.xv. Quote from Freund Resources for renewal of licensing of sqlReports software for the 2026-2027 school year at a cost of $576.00, as outlined in the attachment and authorize the Superintendent or designee to purchase
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VIII.C.xvi. Quote from Samsara Inc for renewal of licensing and support of bus tracking platform software for the 2026-2027 school year at a cost of $19,656.00, as outlined in the attachments and authorize the Superintendent or designee to execute the agreement
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VIII.C.xvii. Quote from RAS Technology Consultants Inc for renewal of licensing of PSCB Custom Reports software for the 2026-2027 school year at a cost of $1,150.00, as outlined in the attachment and authorize the Superintendent or designee to purchase
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VIII.C.xviii. Quote from Keeper Security for renewal of licensing and support of Keeper Enterprise password manager for the 2026-2027 school year at a cost of $1,266.00, as outlined in the attachment and authorize the Superintendent or designee to execute the agreement
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VIII.C.xix. Quote from Integrated Register Systems Inc for renewal of licensing and support of Intouch Online Receipting system for the 2026-2027 school year at a cost of $9,650.65, as outlined in the attachment and authorize the Superintendent or designee to execute the purchase
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VIII.C.xx. Quote from Dell Direct Sales L.P for renewal of licensing of Microsoft 365 access for the 2026-2027 school year at a cost of $57,744.16, as outlined in the attachment and authorize the Superintendent or designee to purchase
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VIII.C.xxi. Quote from Solarwinds for renewal of licensing and support of network monitoring tools for the 2026-2027 school year at a cost of $4,164.62, as outlined in the attachment and authorize the Superintendent or designee to purchase
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VIII.C.xxii. Quote from Knowbe4 for renewal of licensing of PhisherER Plus and Security Awareness Training software for the 2026-2027 school year at a cost of $27,558.12 as outlined in the attachment and authorize the Superintendent or designee to purchase
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VIII.C.xxiii. Contract with CRW Consulting Inc. for renewal of Category 1 and Category 2 ERATE consulting services for the 2026-2027 school year at a cost outlined in the attachment and authorize the Superintendent or designee to execute the contract
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VIII.C.xxiv. Quote from Instructure, Inc for renewal of licensing and support of Parchment for the 2026-2027 school year at a cost of $13,315.05, as outlined in the attachment and authorize the Superintendent or designee to purchase
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VIII.C.xxv. Quote from United Systems for renewal of licensing and support of Filewave Mobile Device Management system for the 2026-2027 school year at a cost of $23,017.44, as outlined in the attachment and authorize the Superintendent or designee to execute the agreement
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VIII.C.xxvi. Quote from United Systems for renewal of licensing and support of Lightspeed Web Content Filter and Lightspeed Classroom Management systems for the 2026-2027 school year at a cost of $76,200.00, as outlined in the attachment and authorize the Superintendent or designee to execute the agreement
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VIII.C.xxvii. Quote from United Systems for renewal of licensing of Aerohive/Extreme network appliances and wireless access points for the 2026-2027 school year at a cost of $56,060.00 as outlined in the attachment and authorize the Superintendent or designee to execute the agreement
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VIII.C.xxviii. Quote from United Systems for renewal of support of DELL S-Series Switches for the 2026-2027 school year at a cost of $14,266.78, as outlined in the attachment and authorize the Superintendent or designee to execute the agreement
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VIII.C.xxix. Quote from United Systems for renewal of Fortinet Firewall licensing and support services for the 2026-2027 school year at a cost of $60,358.38, as outlined in the attachment and authorize the Superintendent or designee to execute the agreement
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VIII.C.xxx. Quote from United Systems for renewal of licensing of Aruba network appliances and wireless access points for the 2026-2027 school year at a cost of $25,143.10 as outlined in the attachment and authorize the Superintendent or designee to execute the agreement
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VIII.C.xxxi. Contract with Artlist for renewal of the Motion Array Content License Agreement for the 2026-2027 school year at a cost of $6,413.00 as outlined in the attachment and authorize the Superintendent or designee to execute the contract
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VIII.D. Finance
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VIII.D.i. Purchase orders (encumbrances) and changes to encumbrances for March 2026
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2025-2026 General Fund #1457-1618 (Vendors) $130,899.50
2025-2026 General Fund Net Change Orders $126.47 2025-2026 Building Fund #94 (Vendors) $5,000.00 2025-2026 Bond Fund 31 #359-386 (Vendors) $394,449.83 2025-2026 Bond Fund 04-BOK #11-21 (Vendors) $672,386.93 |
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VIII.D.ii. Activity Financial Report for March 2026
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VIII.D.iii. Activity Account Budgets
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VIII.D.iv. Quote from Clearwater Enterprises for renewal of natural gas supplier agreement for the 2026-2027 fiscal year at a cost of $0.06/MMBtu above sellers' cost
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VIII.E. Human Resources
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VIII.E.i. Transitions
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IX. Teaching and Learning - Mark Officer
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IX.A. Board to consider and take possible action on the proposed edits, changes, and additions to Policy #5.37, as outlined in the attachment
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No Action(s) have been added to this Agenda Item.
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IX.B. Board to consider and take possible action on the Provider Agreement with the Ottawa Tribe for Barnes Elementary tribal subsidy for the 2025- 2026 school year at a cost of $-0-, as outlined in the attachment and authorize the Superintendent or designee to execute the Provider Agreement
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No Action(s) have been added to this Agenda Item.
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IX.C. Board to consider and take possible action on the Agreement with Vamonos Tours for the OHS Spanish Student Group Trip to Costa Rica for the 2026- 2027 school year at a cost as outlined in the attachment and authorize the Superintendent or designee to execute the Agreement
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No Action(s) have been added to this Agenda Item.
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X. District Services - Kerwin Koerner
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X.A. Board to consider and take possible action on the Guaranteed Maximum Price (GMP) amendment to the existing AIA contract with Nabholz Construction Corporation for the 5th Grade Center civil package
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No Action(s) have been added to this Agenda Item.
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X.B. Board to consider and take possible action on the Guaranteed Maximum Price (GMP) amendment to the existing AIA contract with Lowry Construction Services for the 8th Grade Center building and remodel project
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XI. Technology - Dr. Michelle Baker
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XI.A. Board to consider and take possible action on the Quote from United Systems for the purchase of Fortinet FG-3001F Firewall / FortiAnalyzer / FortiManager, installation, and management at a cost of $257,379.46, as outlined in the attachment and authorize the Superintendent or designee to execute the Quote
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No Action(s) have been added to this Agenda Item.
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XI.B. Board to consider and take possible action on the Quote from ePlus for the renewal of VMWare Cloud Foundation at a cost of $88,704.00, as outlined in the attachment and authorize the Superintendent or designee to execute the Quote
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XII. Finance - Phillip Storm
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XII.A. Board to consider and take possible action on the Treasurer's Report for March 2026
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XII.B. Board to consider and take action on a resolution determining the maturities of, and setting a date, time and place for the sale of the $23,500,000 General Obligation Building Bonds of the School District
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XII.C. Consider and Approve an Agreement for Bond Counsel Services with Hilborne and Weidman
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XII.D. Board to Consider and Take Possible Action on Temporary Appropriations for 2026-2027
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XII.E. Board to Consider and Take Possible Action On Substitute Bus Aide Pay Scale
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XIII. Human Resources - Lisa Johnson
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XIII.A. Board to consider and take possible action on a resignation agreement between the District and child nutrition manager Patricia Sundberg and to authorize the Board President to execute the resignation agreement on behalf of the district
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No Action(s) have been added to this Agenda Item.
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XIII.B. Board to consider and take possible action on a resignation agreement between the District and teacher Tracie Nowotny and to authorize the Board President to execute the resignation agreement on behalf of the district
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XIV. Executive Session
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XIV.A. Vote to convene into executive session for the purpose of discussing the hiring of one Special Education Director authorized by Okla.Stat.Tit.25§307(B)(1)
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No Action(s) have been added to this Agenda Item.
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XIV.B. Statement of Executive Session Minutes
Discussion:
During the executive session, the members of the Board of Education who were present were Stephanie Ruttman, Rhonda Mills, Neal Kessler, Brent England and Frosty Turpen. Also present during the executive session was Mr. Mark Officer and Dr. Margaret Coates. During the executive session, board members discussed the hiring of one Director of Special Education. Nothing else was discussed, and no votes were taken. This will constitute the minutes of the executive session. |
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XIV.C. Acknowledge return to Open Session
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Acknowledge return to Open Session at 7:38p.m.
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XV. Board to consider and take possible action to hire an individual as the Director of Special Education
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No Action(s) have been added to this Agenda Item.
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XVI. New Business
Discussion:
There was no New Business.
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XVII. Comments from the Public Regarding Non-Agenda Items
Each individual will have five (5) minutes to share their remarks related to the specific non-agenda item received in writing by the board minutes clerk seven (7) days prior to the board meeting date. The total time allotted to comments from the public regarding non-agenda items will not exceed fifteen (15) minutes. |
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XVII.A. Frank Blair
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XVII.B. Landon Mortimer
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XVIII. Vote to Adjourn
Discussion:
Motion to adjourn at 7:46p.m.
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