April 11, 2024 at 5:15 PM - Lawton Public Schools Board of Education Regular Meeting

1. Call to Order

2. Pledge of Allegiance - Kevin Hime

3. Recognition of Amanda McBride serving a new five-year term of office for Area 4 Board Seat 

4. Roll Call to Establish Quorum

5. Vote to reorganize the Lawton Public Schools' Board of Education to the following:
Carla Clodfelter - President
Patty Neuwirth - Vice President
Elizabeth Fabrega - Board Clerk
Amanda McBride - Member
Zeldon Rice - Past President

6. Special Guests/Special Recognitions - Kevin Hime and Carla Clodfelter

7. Report of the Superintendent

7.a. Consider and take action to approve the district's application for the Oklahoma Opioid Abatement Grant award to support the expansion of the district's D.A.R.E. program. 

7.b. Consider and take action to approve sanctioning applications 

7.c. Information Item:  Business Operations and Educational Services Departmental Updates 

7.d. Superintendent's Announcement(s)

8. 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.)

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

8.a.1. Approve Purchase Orders
     General Fund (11) PO Numbers: 1969-2032
     Building Fund (21) PO Numbers 83-90
     Bond Fund (33) PO Numbers: 217-224
     Lease Revenue Fund (34) PO Number 1
 

8.a.2. Change Order Listing

8.a.3. Payroll Encumbrance Purchase Order Numbers

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

8.b.1. Request to increase appropriations
Sinking Fund (41) 

8.b.2. Treasurer's Report for the Months of February 2024 and March 2024. 

8.b.3. FY24 Audit Engagement Letter-Single Audit 

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

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

8.d. Report of the Clerk 

8.d.1. Construction Related Contracts/Agreements

8.d.2. Contracts / Agreements

8.e. Approval of the Minutes of the March 4, 2024, Regular Board Meeting

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

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

8.h. Approval of Item that was Previously Pulled for Separate Action

9. Proposed Executive Session to Discuss:

9.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]
 

10. Vote to Convene into Executive Session

11. Acknowledge Board's Return to Open Session

12. Executive Session Minutes Compliance Announcement

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

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

14. 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)

15. The next regular board meeting date is May 13, 2024, at 5:15 p.m., in the Shoemaker Center Auditorium.

16. Setting New Board Meeting Dates

17. Board Announcements

18. Adjournment