September 9, 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 and possible action on the FY25 Estimate of Needs

5.b. Board discussion and possible action on Comanche County Hazardous Mitigation Plan Resolution

5.c. Board Discussion and possible action on Lawton Public Schools Policies:

CHC : Bids and Quotations
CKAH : Use of Automatic External Defibrillator
 

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) Purchase Orders 1084-1154
     Bond Fund (33) Purchase Orders 61-75
 

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. Contracts / Agreements:
Resolution to Authorize the Application for Oklahoma Opioid Abatement Grant
Medicaid Agreement 
Oklahoma Department of Human Services Partnership with Lawton Public Schools to provide School-Based Family Specialist

6.b.1.A. LATS Agreement & Contract

6.b.2. Additional Duty Pay Scale July 1, 2024

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 August 26, 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]
 

7.b. To hear evidence and discuss the denied student transfers with a review of confidential education records and transfer requests of students whereby disclosure of any additional information could potentially violate FERPA, and the executive session is requested by the parent or the student. 25 O.S. Section 307(B)(5) and (B)(7).

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. Vote to uphold the Superintendent's recommendation to deny the transfer request, overturn the Superintendent's recommendation to deny the transfer request, or modify the Superintendent's recommendation to deny the transfer request.

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 7th day of October 2024, at 5:15 p.m., in the Shoemaker Center Auditorium.

15. Setting New Board Meeting Dates

16. Board Announcements

17. Adjournment