May 13, 2024 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:
Ft. Sill Education Excellence Award
Col. Peay 
Academic All State
National Merit Finalists
Presidential Scholars
Students scoring 30+ on ACT
 

5. Report of the Superintendent

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

5.b. Superintendent's Announcement(s)

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. Board Appointed Positions FY 25

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

6.b.1. Approve Purchase Orders
     General Fund (11) PO# 2033-2095
     Building Fund (21) PO# 91-97
     Bond Fund (33) PO# 224-225
 

6.b.2. Bids/Quotes

6.b.3. Payroll Encumbrance Purchase Order Numbers

6.b.4. Change Order Listing

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

6.c.1. Murrain Settlement Agreement 

6.c.2. Treasurer's Report for the Month of April, 2024

6.c.3. Monthly Authorization to Invest

6.c.4. Temporary Appropriations 

6.c.5. Approval to surplus items 

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

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

6.e. Report of the Clerk 

6.e.1. Contracts / Agreements

6.f. Approval of the Minutes of the April 11, 2024, Regular Board Meeting

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

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

6.i. 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 Monday, June 3, 2024, at 5:15 p.m., in the Shoemaker Center Auditorium.

14. Setting New Board Meeting Dates

15. Board Announcements

16. Adjournment