May 11, 2026 at 7:00 PM - Okarche Regular Board Meeting
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Call to order and record attendance.
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Consideration and action on the minutes of the regular board meeting held on April 13, 2026 and the special board meeting held on April 21, 2026.
Action(s):
No Action(s) have been added to this Agenda Item.
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Communication/Public Hearings
Discussion:
Mr. Larry Black addressed the board and spoke about all the success our school has had this year and thanked the staff, Board of Education and Administration for all they do. Mrs. Halli Ford addressed the board about her Art group having 40pcs of art at the State Fair and that 20 were accepted into the state competition and 1 girl made it into the top 13 in the state. She is invited to the State Capitol for a reception. 5 more also received merit awards.
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Administrative Reports and discussion
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Elementary Principal - Chris Roby
Discussion:
House Olympics will be on May 12th. Taps Day on May 13. Prek-1st awards are on May 14th at 1:30pm, 2nd-4th gr awards on May 15 starting at 9, 5th/6th awards and 6th grade promotion will be at 10:30 on May 15. Mr. Roby also handed out to the board the reading and math reports.
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JH/HS Principal - G.W. Parham
Discussion:
FFA milk quality, Jr Sporting Clay won state. Sr Sporting Clay got 3rd. State runner up for FFA Business. HS Boys Golf is currently in the lead at State. Slow Pitch and Boys Baseball won state academic champion, and Baseball won state. Henry M also won state. Baccalaureate went great and we want to thank the Apron Annie's for putting that on. Mrs. K did a great job on the awards assembly today. Semester tests are Thursday and Friday.
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Superintendent - Josh Sumrall
Discussion:
Graduation is Friday, May 15th. Arrive 6:30 for pictures. Mr. Sumrall wanted to recognize all of the state champions we had this year. At the awards assembly today Mr. Sumrall had all students and staff stand up and recognized that every single person plays an important role in the success of our school.
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Financial Report
Discussion:
As of April 30th the general fund has $4.4 million and the building fund has $2.4 million. Mr. Sumrall passed out a financial analysis to the board with a breakdown of expenditures and revenue for this school year. He contacted both county assessors and neither had for sure valuations yet, but Kingfisher did think that we will be about 700,000 lower in valuation for the upcoming school year. That doesn't mean we will be short $700,000. Being conservative, Mr. Sumrall thinks we will carry over about $3.2 million into the next school year in the general fund and $2.4 million in the building fund. Mr. Alig questioned some of the numbers. He is looking for what we are going to get next year and what we expect to expend and where we could save. Mr. Sumrall said with some staff that are leaving if we didn't replace them that is about a $234,000 savings. Mr. Mueggenborg and Mr. Alig went back and forth a bit on what our actual shortfall could be at the end of this year. Mr. Sumrall said we won't know for sure until June 30th. Mrs. Nance asked about the food program and options there. She asked if we have looked at the difference from using the food company to buying our own. Mr. Sumrall said we will look at that and work with the cafeteria on where we can save money.
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Consideration and action on the following consent agenda items:
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General Fund purchase orders : 444-468
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Building Fund purchase orders : 30-31
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Child Nutrition purchase orders : None
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Activity Fund report : Individual summaries attached
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Activity Account transfer of funds
Transfer $489.28 from 830 FFA to 828 FFA Boosters |
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Child Nutrition report : None
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Discussion and possible action on approving temporary appropriations for FY'27. See attached temporary appropriations.
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No Action(s) have been added to this Agenda Item.
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Discussion and vote to convene into executive session to discuss the retirement or Benny Fuller, Traci Fuller, Jacqueline Radford, Robert Barnett, T.J. Harris, the resignations of McKinley (Stilley) Drinnon, Heather Pringnitz, and any other resignations received, the hiring of certified personnel for FY 2026-2027, the hiring of support personnel for FY 2026-2027, approving current employee and Junior High Science Teacher, Kimberly Givens, to teach Forensic Science to High School students as an Adjunct Teacher, current employee, Jaci Geheb, to teach Music to elementary students as an Adjunct Teacher, the hiring of Jillian Wilhelm and Denny Bonewitz as strength and conditioning instructors as Adjunct Teachers, all for FY 2026-2027, the hiring of Summer employees for Summer 2026 and as needed for FY 2026-2027, and extra duty assignments and extra duty pay schedule for FY 2026-2027. 25 O.S. Section 307(B)(1).
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Acknowledge return to open session and that no other items were discussed in executive session other than those outlined in the motion to convene.
Discussion:
Returned at 8:44pm
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Recognition and possible action on the retirement of Benny Fuller, Traci Fuller, Jacqueline Radford, Robert Barnett, T.J. Harris, the resignations of McKinley (Stilley) Drinnon, Heather Pringnitz, and any other employment resignations received.
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Discussion and possible action on the hiring of certified personnel for FY 2026-2027. See Schedule Attachment A.
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Discussion and possible action on the hiring of support personnel for FY 2026-2027. See Schedule Attachment B.
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Discussion and possible action on approving current employee and Junior High Science Teacher, Kimberly Givens, to teach Forensic Science to High School students as an Adjunct Teacher, current employee, Jaci Geheb, to teach Music to elementary students as an Adjunct Teacher, the hiring of Jillian Wilhelm and Denny Bonewitz as strength and conditioning instructors as Adjunct Teachers, all for the 2026-2027 school year.
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Discussion and possible action on the hiring of Summer employees for the Summer of 2026 and as needed for FY 2026-2027. See Schedule Attachement C.
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Discussion and possible action on the extra duty assignments and extra duty pay schedule for FY 2026-2027.
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Discussion and possible action on FFA taking an out-of-state trip for an officer retreat to White River in Flippin, Arkansas, August 6-9, 2026, and an out-of-state trip to Indianapolis, Indiana to attend the National FFA Convention, October 20-25, 2026.
Action(s):
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Discussion and possible action on renewing membership, policy subscription services, employment services (unemployment services), and assemble meetings with OSSBA for FY'27.
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Discussion and possible action on renewing a contract with Angel, Johnston, and Blasingame for school Treasurer services for FY'27.
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Discussion and possible action on contracting with Johnson Controls Fire Protection LP for fire alarm inspections and maintenance, sprinkler inspections and suppression review of fire extinguishers for FY 2026-2027.
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Discussion and possible action to renew a contract with Sylogist Ed to provide student information and accounting software for FY 2026-2027.
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Discussion and possible action on renewing a contract with Mercy Hospital, Kingfisher, Inc., for Physical Therapy Services for FY 2026-2027.
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Discussion and possible action on entering into an agreement with Rider Classroom Spanish, LLC for distance learning Spanish instructional services for the 2026-2027 school year.
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Discussion and possible action on an agreement for USAC E-Rate Consulting for FY 2026-2027.
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Discussion and possible action on an agreement with Edge Sports Fitness for strength and conditioning class services for the 2026-2027 school year.
Discussion:
Mr. Sumrall didn't have a recommendation since they hired Jillian Wilhelm in a previous agenda item. No action was taken.
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Discussion and possible action on a district survey.
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No Action(s) have been added to this Agenda Item.
Discussion:
The OSSBA has a custom survey for $1,100. They discussed the need for careful wording to protect from employee complaints and due process. Mr. Pinkerton asked for more options on custom surveys.
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New Business
Discussion:
None
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Motion to adjourn
Action(s):
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