September 9, 2024 at 7:00 PM - Harrah Board of Education Regular Meeting
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Call to Order/Roll Call to Establish a Quorum
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Others Present: Paul Blessington, Superintendent, and Leslie Hobaugh, Minutes Clerk
Visitors Present: Marsha Nation, Shawna Keene, David Hairell, Mike McAfee, Daniel McComb, Troy Skorkowski, Guy Worth, and Gary Bolling. Others may have been present but did not sign the register or the signatures were unreadable. |
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Principal/Director Reports
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Consent Agenda
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Minutes of the August 12, 2024 Regular Board Meeting
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General Fund #197 to #290, payroll #50212 to # 50251, change orders and financial summary
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Building Fund #1
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Child Nutrition Fund #17 and financial summary
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Activity Fund Summary Report, Activity Requests and Transfer Requests
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Treasurer's Report
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Monthly Comparison Report
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Superintendent's Report/Announcements
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Student Enrollment
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Dropout Remediation Report - David Hairell
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David Hairell, Harrah High School principal, reported that the high school had 15 dropouts. There are currently six (6) of those fifteen (15) students attending the high school alternative school. Middle school had zero dropouts. The high school remediated 6 students in science, math, or reading.
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Region 6, Fall Meeting - Sept. 26, 2024 - 3 hours 5:30-8:30
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Kevin McBrayer and Mr. Blessington will be attending.
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Items to be Considered by the Board
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Discuss and take possible action on the school surplus properties located at 20660 Walker Street and 20670 Walker Street.
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Discussion:
Marsha Nation presented the bids on the two surplused properties. Only one bid was received for the old administration building for full price, $152,000. Marsha recommended we accept this bid. Three bids were received for the old cottage building: $20,000, $39,000, and $70,100. Marsha recommended the board accept the highest bid of $70,100.
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Discuss and take possible action to contract with United Systems for IT services for the 2024-2025 school year.
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Representatives from United Systems presented the contract for IT Services for the 2024-2025 school year. We are going from a "proactive" contract to a "managed" contract, therefore, the cost will be $341.51 per month less than last year.
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Discuss and take possible action regarding the SRO contract(s) for the 2024-2025 school year.
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Chief Burns presented the 2024-2025 SRO contract. The contract increased $.24 per hour to $36.26 In addition, the board emphasized the need for a second SRO for the district. Chief Burns is going to begin looking for an additional officer.
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Discuss and take possible action on the 2024-2025 Estimate of Needs as prepared by our district auditor.
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Mr. Blessington recommended the board approve the 2024-2025 Estimate of Needs. He highlighted some of the figures from the report prepared by the auditor. The cash fund balance in the General Fund as of June 30, 2024, was $5,393,590.38 which was down $1,225,706.52 from last year. The 2024-2025 legal appropriation amount is $22,546,008.87. The cash fund balance in the Building Fund as of June 30, 2024, was $5,328,932.65 which is up $736,925.28 from last year. The legal appropriation for 2024-2025 is $5,842,438.69. The cash fund balance in the Child Nutrition fund as of June 30, 2024, was $964,872.44 which is up $203,152.24 from last year. The 2024-2025 legal appropriation is $2,039,316.00. The legal appropriation amounts are what the district is allowed by law to spend.
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The board will discuss and take possible action on sanctioning the Harrah Kickers Club, HHS Track and Field Booster Club, and Harrah Homerun Club for the 2024-2025 school year.
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Vote to convene or not to convene into executive session pursuant to 25 O.S. Section 307 (B)(1) to discuss the employment of those employees listed on Exhibit A and B and the extra duty assignment.
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Acknowledge return to open session. Executive session compliance statement.
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The Board will discuss and vote to accept or reject to employ as adjunct teachers Braden Carter and Brianna Godfrey for Intermediate Mathematics, and Shelby Sherrill for Science for the 2024-2025 school year as listed on Exhibit A.
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The Board will discuss and vote to accept or reject to employ support personnel and substitutes for the 2024-2025 school year as listed on Exhibit B.
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The board will discuss and take possible action to approve the extra duty assignment Eric Foutch, as the high school academic team sponsor for the 2024-2025 school year.
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Discuss and take possible action regarding a change order for the parent loop project at Harrah Middle School.
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New Business (Items not known at the time of Agenda preparation.)
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Announcements
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The Board will vote to adjourn.
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Discussion:
The meeting adjourned at 8:34 p.m.
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