November 12, 2024 at 5:30 PM - Regular Meeting of the Board of Education
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1. Call to Order
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2. Roll Call and Determination of Quorum
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3. Public Expressions
Rationale:
The public may comment only on any item appearing on this agenda, subject to the following restrictions: statements to the Board of Education by members of the public are limited to no more than three (3) minutes for each speaker unless altered by the presiding officer, with the approval of the board and, collectively, no more than 15 minutes are allowed for public expressions unless permitted by a majority vote of the board.
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4. Moment of Silence, Pledge of Allegiance – Mission
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5. Superintendent's Report
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5.A. District Update by Mr. Aaron Collins, Superintendent/CEO
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5.B. Presentations/Recognitions
Jeremiah Graham - Site Director of Health Career Center Alwyn Decoteau - Director of Human Resources |
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5.C. Financial
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5.C.1. Treasurer's Report for the month of October 2024 - Bruce Campbell, District Treasurer
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5.D. Dates of Upcoming Events [Administration]
1. Regular Board Meeting; Tuesday, December 10; 5:30 p.m.; Room K, District Center, 1900 Springlake Drive, OKC 2. ACTE CareerTech VISION 2024; Wednesday-Saturday, December 4 December 7; San Antonio, Texas [may leave the day before and return the day after] 3. MTC Employee Holiday Celebration; Saturday, December 14; 7:00 p.m.-10:00 p.m.; Embassy Suites OKC Northwest, 3233 NW Expressway, Oklahoma City, OK 73112 4. Aviation Graduation; on Thursday, December 19; 4:00 p.m.; Auditorium, District Center, 1900 Springlake Drive, OKC 5. Fall Graduation; on Thursday, December 19; 5:30 p.m.; Big III, District Center, 1900 Springlake Drive, OKC |
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5.E. Board Member Reports
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6. Board Reports for Review (no action required):
David Martin, Deputy Superintendent Jeremy Cowley, Associate Superintendent, Innovation & Knowledge Management Romel Muex-Pullen, Associate Superintendent, Quality & Strategy Management Ronald Grant, Senior Director, Business & finance Robyn Miller, Senior Director, Operations Jessica Martinez-Brooks, Senior Director, Strategic Communications & Engagement Kayleen Wichert, Senior Director, Instructional Quality & Workforce Engagement |
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7. Motion, discussion and possible vote to approve or disapprove the Minutes of the October 15, 2024, and October 31, 2024, Regular Board Meeting. [Administration]
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8. Motion and possible vote to approve or disapprove the Consent Docket Item(s):
A. Transfer of funds, in the amount of $138,773.98 from the Activity Fund to the General Fund account for the month of October 2024 B. Approval of an Activity Fund Account for the Aviation Foundations Program C. The following New and Revised Board Policies for Metro Technology Centers: 1001 Mission, Vision, Commitment, Core Values, Core Competencies, and Pillars (Revisions), New Proposed AI Policy, 4018 Use of School Facilities (Revisions), social Media (Revisions), and 10017 Wireless Communication Devices (Revisions).
Rationale:
[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 of said matters will be removed from the consent docket and acted upon separately.]
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9. Motion, discussion and possible vote to approve or disapprove the following General Business Item(s):
A. Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) between Metro Technology Centers (MTC) and Adult Education and Family Literacy (AEFL), and the Oklahoma Department of Career and Technology Education (ODCTE) to establish a process to provide career education and skills training to eligible recipients of the Department of Human Services (DHS). [Instruction] B. Affiliation Agreement between Metro Technology Centers and Mercy Health for practical learning experiences for students enrolled in Practical Nursing, Surgical Technology, Medical Assisting, Nursing Services, and other health programs, effective September 18, 2024, through September 18, 2025. [Instruction] C. Memorandum of Agreement (MOA) between Metro Technology Centers (MTC) and Oklahoma Department of Career and Technology Education (ODCTE) to establish a process to provide career education and skills training to eligible recipients of the Department of Human Services (DHS), effective until June 30, 2025. The program to provide these services is known as EMPOWER. The EMPOWER program provides short-term training and educational opportunities for clients in the TANF program and the Work Ready Oklahoma (WRO) program. [Instruction] D. Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) and infrastructure Funding Agreement between Metro Technology Centers (MTC), the Central Oklahoma Workforce Innovation Board (COWIB), and the American Job Center Network Partners. The purpose of this MOU is to document an agreement between the Central Oklahoma Workforce Innovation Board (COWIB) Policy and Section 121(c) of the federal Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act (WIOA). This MOU is effective from the date of signing through June 30, 2025.[Instruction] |
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10. Motion, discussion and possible vote to approve or disapprove Personnel Items [Human Resources]
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10.A. Employment of the persons listed below:
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10.A.1. Probationary
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10.A.2. Regular Full-Time (employees completing probationary employment):
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10.A.3. Part-Time, Adjunct Faculty & Business & Industry Services Division: [Attached]
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10.B. Release/Resignation/Retirement of:
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11. Motion, discussion and possible vote to approve or disapprove the following Encumbrances and Purchasing Items:
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11.A. FY2024 Encumbrances PO #2502105-PO #2502458 (see attachment for a full list of the encumbrances). [Business & Finance]
General Fund $593,120.24 Building Fund $197,318.82 Bond Fund $390,105.17 Register Total $1, 180,544.23 |
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11.B. Encumbrance to Snap-on for the purchase of tools for the hydraulics lab at the Aviation Center. The total amount is $56,897.38 [Instruction]
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11.C. Encumbrance Agreement with Durante Construction, Inc. as general contractor for the Metro Technology Centers, Springlake - District Center Erosion Control Project in the amount of $60,902.24. (Pricing, terms, and conditions per quote). Bond funds will be utilized for this project. [Operations]
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11.D. Encumbrance to Durante Construction to repair roof leak, gutters and room damaged by water leak in the Economic Development Center at Springlake in the amount of $25,158.69 (Pricing, terms, and conditions per quote) [Operations]
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11.E. Encumbrance purchase of four (4) complete G1000 Cockpit flight simulators from XForce for the Aerospace Technology courses at Southeast High School. Competitive bidding was completed. The total cost is $37,744.42 and funding is through the awarded ODCTE Perkins Reserve Fund High Growth and Emerging Technologies Grant. [Instruction]
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12. New Business
Rationale:
[New Business is any matter not known about or which could not have been reasonably foreseen prior to the time of posting. 25 Okla. Stat. §311 (A) (9).]
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13. Adjournment
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Notice of this Regular Meeting was received by the Oklahoma County Clerk at 10:09 a.m. on November 16, 2023. The date, time, location and agenda for this meeting was posted on Metro Tech’s external website on November 8, 2024, as required by the Oklahoma Open Meeting Act, a in accordance with the Oklahoma Open Meeting Act.