March 3, 2022 at 6:30 PM - Regular Meeting

1. ROUTINE ITEMS

1.1. Call to Order

1.2. Roll Call

1.3. Establishment of a Quorum

1.4. Possible consideration and vote to approve Agenda

2. PUBLIC COMMENT All meetings of the Board of Education shall be open to the public and any regular meeting shall include an opportunity for the public to address the Board. Public Comments are limited to three (3) minutes and must be related to an agenda item or topic.  Any individual wishing to address the board of education must communicate to the superintendent by letter per policy BED-R and BED-E.  Where several people wish to address the same subject, a spokesperson must be selected. The Board President may interrupt and terminate any comments that are not in accordance with any of these criteria or in keeping with Board Policy BED-R. Board members may not respond to speakers’ comments. See attachment.

3. REPORTS FROM SCHOOL PERSONNEL AND OTHERS

3.1. Superintendent's Report

3.2. High School/Middle School Principal’s Report

3.3. Elementary Principal’s Report

3.4. Wellston Chamber of Commerce Report

4. CONSENT AGENDA:  All of the following items, which concern reports and items of routine nature normally approved at board meetings, will be approved by one vote unless any board member desires to have a separate vote on any or all of these items.  The consent agenda consists of the discussion, consideration and vote of items 4.1. - 4.7.

4.1. Approve minutes of the February 10, 2022 board meeting

4.2. Accept Treasurer’s Report including: Financial statements, fund balances, expenditures, revenue, warrants, bank summary, bond reports, and investments for the previous month. 

4.3. General Fund Payments

4.4. Child Nutrition Payments are included with General Fund Payments

4.5. Building Fund Payments

4.6. Bond 31 Payments

4.7. Approve Blanket Purchase Orders 

5. BUSINESS (ACTION) ITEMS

5.1. Discussion and possible action on the 2022-23 Joint Agreement Contract - Academic Course Offerings and Sophomore Student Enrollment with GCTC.

5.2. Discussion and possible adoption of policy DA- (Sexual Harassment) per OSSBA recommendations. 

5.3. Discussion and possible adoption of policy DAA - (Nondiscrimination) per OSSBA recommendations.

5.4. Discussion and possible adoption of policy FB - (Sexual Harassment of Students), FB-E1 (Incident Form), FB-E2 (Written Notice), FB-E3 (Written Report) per OSSBA recommendations.

5.5. Discussion and possible action on approving the 2020-21 school audit.

5.6. Discussion and possible action on a contract with Municipal Accounting System for the 2022-2023 school year. 

5.7. Discussion and possible action on a contract with Ralph Osborne for the 2021-2022 school year audit.  

6. NEW BUSINESS

7. PERSONNEL Discuss and vote to go into executive session to:
(a) Discuss regular contracts for certified personnel for the 2022-2023 fiscal year pursuant to 25 O.S. § 307(B)(1);
(b) Discuss temporary contracts for certified personnel for the 2022-2023 fiscal year pursuant to 25 O.S. § 307(B)(1);
(c) Discuss the employment of Katherine Papera pursuant to 25 O.S. § 307(B)(1) & (7);
Confidential communications between the Board and its attorney concerning Alan Berg and Julianne Berg, as next friend of M.B., a minor v. Independent School District No. 4 of Lincoln County, Oklahoma, Case No. 22-cv-132-D, United States District Court for the Western District of Oklahoma, the Board having determined, with the advice of its attorney, that disclosure will seriously impair the ability of the District to process the litigation in the public interest pursuant to 25 O.S. § 307(B)(4) & (7).

7.1. Acknowledge the board's return to open session.

7.2. Executive Session Minutes Compliance Announcement. 

7.3. Discussion and possible action on the regular teaching contracts of certified personnel in mass or separately as listed on Exhibit A.

7.4. Discussion and possible action on the temporary contracts for certified personnel in mass or separately as listed on Exhibit B.

7.5. Discussion and possible action on authorizing the District’s legal counsel to undertake actions consistent with discussions had in the executive session.

8. Information to and from the Board

9. Adjournment