September 11, 2023 at 5:15 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 Zeldon Rice

5. Report of the Superintendent

5.a. Consideration and vote to elect or not to elect the following as new members of the board of directors of the Oklahoma Public School Investment Interlocal Cooperative (55K001):
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. 

5.b. Consideration and vote to approve the 2023-2024 School District Estimate of Needs and Financial Statement of the Fiscal Year 2022-2023.

5.c. Consideration and vote to approve the proposed Site Lease Agreement by and between Independent School District No. 8, Comanche County, and Comanche County Public Facilities Authority. 

5.d. Dropout Report and College Remediation Report

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. Approve Purchase Orders
     General Fund (11) PO Numbers  1076-1294
     Building Fund (21) PO Numbers 40-48
     Bond Fund (33) PO Numbers 55-98
 

6.a.2. Change Order Listing 

6.a.3. Payroll Encumbrance Purchase Order Numbers

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

6.b.1. Treasurer's Report for the Month of August, 2023

6.b.2. Monthly Authorization to Invest

6.c. Report of the Activity Fund Custodian - Kim Wander

6.c.1. Activity Fund Transfers, Expenditures, Establishments, and Amendments

6.d. Report of the Clerk 

6.d.1. Contracts / Agreements:
SCORE GPTC/LPS MOU
Wide Area Network Leasing and Services Agreement (Extension) 
Wide Area Network Leasing and Services Agreement (Upgrade)
American Reading Solutions MOU
Northpoint Claims Services 

6.e. Approval of the Minutes of the August 17, 2023 Regular Board Meeting

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

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

6.h. Approval of Item that was 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]
 

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. 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)

13. The next regular board meeting date is Thursday, September 28, 2023, at 5:15 p.m., in the Shoemaker Center Auditorium.

14. Setting New Board Meeting Dates

15. Board Announcements

16. Adjournment