November 21, 2019 at 5:00 PM - Lawton Public Schools Board of Education Regular Meeting

1. Call to Order

2. Pledge of Allegiance - Dr. Tom Thomas

3. Roll Call to Establish Quorum

4. Special Guests/Special Recognition - Dr. Tom Thomas and Carla Clodfelter

4.a. Innovative Technology Programs  - MacArthur Middle School

5. Architect and Construction Manager at Risk Update

6. Departmental Reports

6.a. Action Item:  Proposed Revisions to the LPS 2019-2020 School Calendar - Dr. Ken Baden

6.b. Information Item:  Fall 2019 Cohort Dropout Report - Joan Gabelmann

6.c. Action Item:  Proposed Revisions to the 2019-2020 Vocational Agriculture and  Vocational Education Salary Schedules - Jean Hastings

6.d. Action Item:  Proposed Pay Increase on the 2019-2020 Extra Duty Salary Schedule (retroactive to July 1, 2019)  - Lance Gibbs

7. Report of the Superintendent

7.a. Discussion and possible action regarding the City of Lawton (TIF) Tax Increment Finance Proposal Update
(STEDI - Skills, Training, Education, Development and Investment Project Plan)

7.b. Action Item:  Approval to appoint Comptroller, Lance Gibbs, as Treasurer of the District.

7.c. 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. Item(s) Removed from the Consent Agenda for Separate Action

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

8.c. Approval of the Minutes of the November 4, 2019 Regular and November 12, 2019 Special Board Meetings

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

8.d.1. Increase, Decrease and Issue Purchase Orders

8.d.2. Gasoline Tabulation

8.d.3. Encumbrances/Partial Payments

8.e. Report of the Interim Comptroller - Lance Gibbs

8.e.1. Authority to Invest

8.e.2. Treasurer's Report - End of Year Balances June 30, 2018 and June 30, 2019

8.f. Report of the Activity Fund Custodian - Nancy McQuaide

8.f.1. Activity Fund Transfers

8.g. Report of the Clerk - Kathy Bentley

8.g.1. Applications for Sanctioning of Parent Organizations and Booster Clubs

8.g.2. Construction Related Contracts/Agreements

8.g.2.A. Cavins Construction Group LLC, Warehouse Freezer & Refrigerator Replacement
(Child Nutrition General Fund bought the freezer and paid for Architect)

8.g.2.B. Crossland Construction Company, Whittier Safe Room, Change Order #3

8.g.2.C. RCJ Construction Inc., MHS HVAC Renovation

8.g.3. Contracts / Agreements

8.g.3.A. Cameron University, Agreement for Use of Facilities and Services, EHS Student Council (Father/Daughter Dance), December 13, 2019

8.g.3.B. Catapult Learning West LLC, Middle Schools, Classroom Instruction January-May 2020

8.g.3.C. Mad Science of Central Oklahoma, Lincoln Elementary, STEM Day/Night Presentations, March 5, 2020

9. Proposed Executive Session to Discuss:
Authorized by 25 OKLA.STAT. Section 307 (B)(1) of the Oklahoma Open Meeting Act]:

9.a. The employing, promoting, or receiving resignation(s) of individual certified and support salaried personnel as listed on the Certified and Support Personnel Reports posted with the Agenda.  

9.b. The employment of a new Superintendent of Schools

10. Vote to Convene in Executive Session

11. Vote to Acknowledge Return to Open Session

12. Statement of Executive Session Minutes

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

13.a. Approval of Certified and Support Personnel Reports

13.b. Consideration and action, if any, regarding the employment of a new Superintendent of Schools.  

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 Monday, December 9, 2019, at 5:00 p.m., in the Shoemaker Center Auditorium.   

16. Setting New Board Meeting Dates

17. Board Announcements

18. Adjournment