September 14, 2026 at 5:00 PM - Lawton Public Schools Board of Education Regular Meeting

1. Call to Order - Elizabeth Fabrega

2. Pledge of Allegiance - Dr. Neal Weaver

3. Roll Call to Establish Quorum - Schyla Brown 

4. Special Guests/Special Recognitions - Dr. Neal Weaver

5. Report of the Superintendent

5.a. Superintendent's Announcement(s)

5.b. Discussion and possible board action to determine process and timeline for those interested in vacant board seat # 4 to express interest and/or submit their name for consideration.  

5.c. Information Item: Departmental Updates 

5.d. 2026 LPS Dropout Report 

5.e. 2026 LPS Fall College and Career Readiness and Remediation Report 

5.f. Presentation of Student Transfer Overview — Dr. Janice Carter 

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 861-1124
     Building Fund (21) PO#'s 145-167
     Bond Fund (33) PO#'s 33-34
 

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 July, 2026 FY27

6.b.2. Monthly Authorization to Invest

6.b.3. Cash Flow Ledger - FY27

6.b.4. FY27 Oklahoma School Estimate of Needs and Financial Statement of FY2025-2026

6.b.5. Surplus Items:  Buses to be identified as surplus

6.b.6. Application for Conducting a Cooperative Swimming/Diving Program: LHS, EHS, MHS

6.b.7. Application for the Teacher Empowerment Grant 

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

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

6.c.2. Out of State Travel: 
Close Up 2027 - Washington D.C. 

6.d. Report of the Clerk 

6.d.1. Contracts / Agreements: 
FY27 American Reading Solutions MOU 
FY27 Special Services Agreement - Crossroads 

6.e. Approval of the Minutes of the August 10, 2026 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]
 

7.b. The process of feedback/evaluation for the superintendent

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, October 5, 2026, at 5:00 p.m., in the Shoemaker Center Auditorium.

14. Setting New Board Meeting Dates

15. Board Announcements

16. Adjournment