October 14, 2021 at 5:00 PM - Lawton Public Schools Board of Education Regular Meeting

1. Call to Order

2. Pledge of Allegiance - Kevin Hime

3. Roll Call to Establish Quorum

4. Special Guests/Special Recognitions - Kevin Hime and Patty Neuwirth 

5. Report of the Superintendent

5.a. Excellence in Education 

5.b. Information Item:  Business Operations and Educational Services Departmental Updates 

5.c. Information Item:  Fall 2021 ACT College Readiness and Remediation Report

5.d. Information Item:  Fall 2021 Cohort Dropout Report

5.e. Information Item:  2020-2021 OSTP Test Results

5.f. Action Item:  Discussion and vote to approve or not approve the settlement agreement with Lauren Renneker.

5.g. Action Item:  Approval of the Board of Education Meeting Dates for 2022

5.h. Superintendent's Announcement(s)

5.h.1. Information Item:  Rough Draft of 2022 -2023 Instructional Calendar

6. Consent Agenda
(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 of any Board member, any one or more matters will be removed from the consent agenda 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 agenda, i.e. minutes to be submitted for approval; purchase orders to be submitted for acceptance; financial report; proposed transfer of funds between activity accounts; and fund-raising event listings, may be examined at the Office of the Clerk of the Board of Education at the Shoemaker Center, 753 Fort Sill Blvd., Lawton, OK. An appointment to review records is requested.)

6.a. Report of the Purchasing Agent/Encumbrance Clerk - Sheila Relf

6.a.1. Action Item:  Approve Purchase Orders
     General Fund (11) #'s 1551-1738
     Bond Fund (32) #'s 23-26
     Bond Fund (33) #'s 45-63
 

6.a.2. Action Item:  Payroll Encumbrance Purchase Order Numbers

6.a.3. Action Item:  Change Orders

6.b. Report of the Chief Financial Officer - Lance Gibbs

6.b.1. Treasurer's Report for the Month of July and August 2021

6.c. Report of the Clerk - Carla Dewberry-Fulner

6.c.1. Action Item: Approval of Board of Education Election packet for Board Seat #2.

6.c.2. Action Item:  Sanctioning FY22

6.d. Action Item:  Approval of the Minutes of the September 23, 2021 Regular Board Meeting

6.e. Item(s) Removed from the Consent Agenda for Separate Action

6.f. Approval of the Balance of the Consent Agenda

6.g. Approval of Item(s) that were Previously Pulled for Separate Action

7. Proposed Executive Session to Discuss:

7.a. The employing, promoting, or receiving resignation(s) of individual certified and support salaried personnel as listed on the Personnel Reports, Exhibit A and Exhibit B.  (Exhibit B includes new potential hires and presented to the board under separate cover).  
[Authorized by 25 OKLA.STAT. Section 307 (B)(1) of the Oklahoma Open Meeting Act]
 

7.a.1. The contract and/or review of Superintendent Kevin Hime   [Authorized by 25 OKLA.STAT. Section 307 (B)(1) of the Oklahoma Open Meeting Act]:

8. Vote to Convene into Executive Session

9. Acknowledge Board's Return to Open Session

10. Executive Session Minutes Compliance Announcement

11. Superintendent's Personnel Report / Items Discussed in Executive Session

11.a. Approval of Superintendent's Personnel Reports, Exhibit A (and Exhibit B that was presented under separate cover)

12. Discussion and possible action on Superintendent Hime's contract.

13. New Business - This 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. tit. 25 Sec. 311(A)(9)

14. The next regular board meeting date is Monday, November 1, 2021, at 5:00 p.m., in the Shoemaker Center Auditorium.

15. Setting New Board Meeting Dates

16. Board Announcements

17. Adjournment