August 12, 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 - Kevin Hime and Carla Clodfelter

5. Report of the Superintendent

5.a. Board Discussion on cell phone policy 

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

5.c. Board discussion and action on updates to the Policy Manual:

CHA - Purchasing and Distribution
CHC - Bids and Quotations
DBCA - Standards of Performance
DOAC - Support Personnel 
DOBD - Certified Personnel
DO - Termination of Teachers
EGG - Race and Sex Discrimination
EIED - Graduation Requirements
EMI - Voluntary Prayer
FEH - Transfer Appeal

5.d. 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. Report of the Purchasing Agent/Encumbrance Clerk - Sheila Relf

6.a.1. Approve Purchase Orders
     General Fund (11) PO #'s  848-977
     Building Fund (21) PO #'s  35-47
     Bond Fund (33) PO#'s  34-42
 

6.a.2. Payroll Encumbrance Purchase Order Numbers

6.a.3. Change Order Listing

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

6.b.1. Contracts / Agreements:
FY25 OK Career & Technology Contract
FY25 American Reading Solutions 

6.b.2. Treasurer's Report for the Month of June End of Year Closeout 

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

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

6.d. Approval of the Minutes of the July 22, 2024 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 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, August 26, 2024, at 5:15 p.m., in the Shoemaker Center Auditorium.

14. Setting New Board Meeting Dates

15. Board Announcements

16. Adjournment