September 11, 2023 at 6:00 PM - Regular Meeting of the Board of Education
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I. Call to Order and Establish a Quorum
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II. Pledge of Allegiance
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III. Public Communications
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This is an open, public meeting held in accordance with the Open Meeting Laws of the State of Oklahoma. The purpose of this meeting is to conduct the business of the Norman School District. As elected representatives of the voters and patrons of the District, the members of the Board of Education will be making decisions concerning the operation of the District. The agenda for Regular Meetings includes an opportunity for the public to address any item appearing on the agenda. Members of the public wishing to speak must sign in with the Clerk of the Board prior to the convening of the Board meeting. Statements to the Board by the public are limited to no more than 3 minutes per speaker. The Board reserves the right to limit repetitive comments, comments unrelated to the business of the Board or the total amount of time dedicated to public comment in a single evening. Board members cannot respond to questions or comments during public communications but the Board President may refer matters of concern to the Superintendent for review and recommendations.
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IV. Disposition of Routine Business by Consent Action
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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 matters will be removed from the consent docket and acted upon separately. Contracts are approved subject to review by the District’s legal counsel. Any or all of the public record items included within the consent docket, i.e., minutes to be submitted for approval; purchase orders to be submitted for acceptance; purchase request for approval; financial report; proposed transfer of funds between activity accounts; and fund raising event listing, may be examined at the Office of the Clerk of the Board of Education at the Administrative Services Center at 131 South Flood Avenue, Norman, Oklahoma, at any time during regular business hours, which are Monday-Friday 7:45 AM-4:15 PM
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IV.A. Purchase Orders (Encumbrances and/or bills to be paid for fiscal year 2023-2024)
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IV.B. Minutes for the Regular Meeting of the Board of Education on August 14, 2023
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IV.C. Purchase Requests
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1. JLG T500J Boom Lift for district wide use from Ag-Pro LLC
2. Weapons Detection Equipment for district wide use from Metrasens Inc |
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IV.D. Treasurer's Report for the period through August 31, 2023
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IV.E. Investment Report
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IV.F. Certified Personnel Report and Recommendations - See Attachment "A" (posted with the agenda)
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IV.G. Support Personnel Report and Recommendations - See Attachment "B" (posted with the agenda)
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IV.H. Agreements, Contracts and Renewals for Fiscal Year 2023-2024
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IV.H.1. Norman Public School Foundation Agreement
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IV.H.2. Vicki Trent Agreement for Speech/Language Pathology Services
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IV.H.3. Community Works, LLC at Cleveland County Regional Juvenile Detention Center Agreement for Educational Services
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IV.H.4. Oklahoma Department of Career and Technology Education Service Agreement
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IV.H.5. Jason A. Clemons Independent Contractor Agreement for 2023 All City Fine Arts Inservice and Guest Accompanist
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IV.H.6. Robin Wall Independent Contractor Agreement for 2023 All City Conductor Inservice and Clinician Contract
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IV.I. Agreement between Norman Public Schools and Standard Testing & Engineering, LLC for Geotechnical Engineering and Materials Testing Services
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IV.J. Change Order No. 1 to Super Roofs for Jackson Elementary School Emergency Reroof Projects
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IV.K. Agreement for Surveying Services between Norman Public Schools and MacBax Land Surveying, PLLC
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IV.L. Guaranteed Maximum Price Amendment between Norman Public Schools and Manhattan Construction Company for Multiple Sites
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IV.M. Crowd Management Services Agreement between Norman Public Schools and Contemporary Services Corporation
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IV.N. Consideration and vote to elect the following as new members of the Board of Directors of the Oklahoma Public School Investment Interlocal Cooperative (55K001):
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Position No. 3: Lance Gibbs (CCOSA), Chief Financial Officer of Lawton Public Schools, to the remaining term ending December of 2024
Position No. 5: Jeff Landes (OASBO), Chief Financial Officer of Mustang Public Schools, to the remaining term ending December of 2024 |
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IV.O. Activity Fund Raising Reports with Proposed Events
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1. Longfellow Middle School - Theatre Arts Concession Sales
2. Longfellow Middle School - Theatre Arts Spook-O-Grams 3. Longfellow Middle School - Theatre Arts Ticket Sales
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IV.P. Open Transfer Law (70 Okla. Stat. § 8-103)
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The student open transfer law (70 Okla. Stat. § 8-103) requires that each school site’s grade level capacity be approved by the Board of Education prior to the first day of January, April, July and October of each school year. The superintendent, or designee, shall determine the criteria to be used in determining grade capacity for each school site based on current enrollment and staffing. The recommended capacity numbers can be found at: https://www.normanpublicschools.org/Page/3407
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V. Additional Agenda Items
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V.A. Proposed 2023-2024 District Gifted Education Advisory Committee
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In accordance with Okla Stat. Title 70 § 1210.308, Katie Allen, Aaron Brooks, Erin Herrmann, Melissa Mortazavi and Tom Wavering are recommended for appointment to serve on the District Gifted/Talented Education Advisory Committee for the term of 2023-25. Members consist of parents of children identified as GT and community members who may be, but are not required to be, parents of students within the district.
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V.B. Appointment of Internal Activities Review Committee
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The committee for Internal Activities Review, as mandated by State Law, will be presented for the Board’s consideration.
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V.C. Summer Programs Update
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V.D. Middle School Update
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V.E. Proposed Revisions in Board of Education Policy 3005 - Personnel Leave
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V.F. Proposed Revisions in Board of Education Policy 2006 - Fiscal Management
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V.G. Certification of the Millage Election and Sinking Fund Estimate of Needs
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VI. New Business: New business refers to any matter not known about or which could not have been reasonably foreseen prior to the time of posting of the agenda. Okla. Stat. Title 25 § 311.10
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VII. Administrative Staff Reports
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VIII. Board of Education Reports
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IX. Vote to go into executive session to discuss the following matters:
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A. Confidential communications between the Board and its legal counsel concerning joining litigation filed by the Frantz Law Group against multiple defendants including but not limited to Meta Platforms, Inc, Facebook Holdings, LLC, Meta Platforms Technologies, LLC, Instagram LLC Google, LLC, Whatsapp, Inc, and Youtube, LLC regarding social media and students' mental health - In the United States District Court for the Northern District of California, Case No.: 3:23-ev-2015. - pursuant to executive session authority 25 Okla. Stat. Sec. 307(B)(4) - the Board having been advised by its attorney that disclosure of such communication would seriously impair the Board's ability to consider litigation in the public interest.
B. The evaluation of the Superintendent pursuant to Executive Session authority - 25 Okla. Stat. §307(B)(1) and (7). This is a routine evaluation session that the Board conducts three or more times per year. No action regarding this item will occur following the Board's return to open session. |
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X. Vote to Return to Open Session
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XI. Statement of Executive Session Minutes
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XII. Motion and vote to authorize the Superintendent to take all actions necessary to join the Frantz Law Group's pending litigation concerning social media and students in accordance with the discussion in the Board's executive session.
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XIII. Adjournment
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