December 12, 2022 at 6:00 PM - Regular Board Meeting

I. Opening Exercises:

I.A. Call to Order and roll-call recording of members present and absent

I.B. Flag Salute

II. Consent Agenda
All of the following items, which concern reports and items of a routine nature normally approved at a board meeting, will be approved by one vote unless any board member desires to have a separate vote on any or all of these items. The consent agenda consists of the discussion, consideration, and approval of the following items:

II.A. Approval of the agenda

II.B. Vote to approve Minutes of the following Board meeting:

II.B.1. November 14, 2022, Regular Board Meeting

II.C. Vote to approve the following items:

II.C.1. Monthly Financial and Investment Report for the month ending November 30, 2022.

II.C.1.a. Treasurer’s Report

II.C.1.b. Encumbrances

II.C.1.c. Warrant Register

II.C.1.d. Lease Revenue

II.C.2. School Activity Funds

II.C.2.a. Transfers within Bank

II.C.2.b. New Accounts

II.C.3. Vote to approve Blanket Position Salary Reserves Report for FY 2022-2023.

II.D. Vote to approve out-of-state or overnight travel requests:
1. Carl Albert High School Vocal Music & Band to perform in the OMEA All-State Band & Choir in Tulsa, OK, on January 19-21, 2023. Expenses to be paid by Sanctioned Organization Funds, personal funds and donations.
2. Revision of the Instructional Coaching trip to Kansas that was Board approved on August 8, 2022, for Annie Cox to replace Courtney Norman, CAMS. We need to add Title II, Project Code 541 to the funding along with Title I, Project Code 511.
3. Carl Albert Middle School Pom to compete at the Pom Dance Competition in Tyler, TX, on January 28, 2023. Expenses to be paid by Sanctioned Organization Funds, personal funds and donations.
4. Carl Albert Middle School Pom to compete at a National level in Orlando, FL, on February 9-14, 2023. Expenses to be paid by Sanctioned Organization Funds, personal funds and donations.
5. Dominque Barns-Carn,Tyler Caid, Devin Chaffin, Chauncey Dana, Darrell Hall, Randon Lowe, John Mitchell, David Mustin, James Price, Jay Vernon, Robert Walker and Phil Wall, Midwest City High School, to attend the Glazer Clinic on February 10-12, 2023 in Irving, TX. Expenses to be paid by Fund 64, Project Code 826.
6. Midwest City High School Baseball to compete in a baseball tournament in Broken Bow, OK, on March 12-16, 2023. Expenses to be paid by Sanctioned Organization Funds.
7. Brenda Tener, St. Phillip Neri, to attend NCEA in Dallas, TX, on April 11-13, 2023. Expenses to be paid by Title II, Project Code 541.
8. Jennifer McGelish, Tavi Brzozowski, and Monica Schmidlkofer, St. Phillip Neri, to attend the FACTS Elevate Conference in Lake Buena Vista, FL, on July 23-27, 2023. Expenses to be paid by Title II, Project Code 541.
9. Mid-Del Technology Center SkillsUSA-SC to attend the Spring Leadership Conference in OKC, OK, on February 16-17, 2023. Expenses to be paid by General Fund 12, Project Code 032-MDTC Co-Op, Activity Fund 65, Project Code 962-SkillsUSA, Project Code 973-Cosmetology I, Project Code 974- Cosmetology II, Project Code 826-General Activity, Project Code 845-Vending, Project Code 892-FTE, personal funds and donations.
10. Mid-Del Technology Center SkillsUSA to attend the State Officer Training & Oklahoma SkillsUSA State Leadership and Skills Conference in Tulsa, OK, on April 21-25, 2023. Expenses to be paid by General Fund 12, Project Code 032-MDTC Co-Op, Activity Fund 65, Project Code 962-SkillsUSA, Project Code 973-Cosmetology I, Project Code 974-Cosmetology II, Project Code 826-General Activity, Project Code 845-Vending, Project Code 892-FTE, personal funds and donations.
11. Mid-Del Technology Center Oklahoma SkillsUSA to attend the Oklahoma SkillsUSA State Leadership and Skills Conference in Tulsa, OK, on April 23-25, 2023. Expenses to be paid by General Fund 12, Project Code 032-MDTC Co-Op, Activity Fund 65, Project Code 962-SkillsUSA, Project Code 973-Cosmetology I, Project Code 974-Cosmetology II, Project Code 826-General Activity, Project Code 845-Vending, Project Code 892-FTE, personal funds and donations.
12. Mid-Del Technology Center SkillsUSA to attend State Officer Training in Ponca City, OK, on May 2-5, 2023. Expenses to be paid by General Fund 12, Project Code 032-MDTC Co-Op, Activity Fund 65, Project Code 962-SkillsUSA, Project Code 973-Cosmetology I, Project Code 974-Cosmetology II, Project Code 826-General Activity, Project Code 845-Vending, Project Code 892-FTE, personal funds and donations.
13. Mid-Del Technology Center SkillsUSA to attend the Summer Leadership Institute in Enid, OK, on June 5-9, 2023. Expenses to be paid by General Fund 12, Project Code 032-MDTC Co-Op, Activity Fund 65, Project Code 962-SkillsUSA, Project Code 973-Cosmetology I, Project Code 974-Cosmetology II, Project Code 826-General Activity, Project Code 845-Vending, Project Code 892-FTE, personal funds and donations.
14. Mid-Del Technology Center SkillsUSA to attend the National SkillsUSA Conference in Atlanta, GA, on June 18-23, 2023. Expenses to be paid by General Fund 12, Project Code 032-MDTC Co-Op, Activity Fund 65, Project Code 962-SkillsUSA, Project Code 973-Cosmetology I, Project Code 974-Cosmetology II, Project Code 826-General Activity, Project Code 845-Vending, Project Code 892-FTE, personal funds and donations.
15. Heather Graham, Administration, to attend the NSBA Equity Symposium in Washington DC, on January 26-29, 2023. Expenses to be paid by Project Code 069-DEI.

III. Recognitions
A. RISE Award - Ms. Huston

B. Midwest City High School - Kristi Reise
OSSAA One Act All-State Cast: Kenyha Barrett and Allie Taylor

C. National Award - School Band & Orchestra Magazine recognizes our Band Duo  representing Oklahoma as top 50 Influential Music Educators: - Ms. Williams
Melissa Marks - Carl Albert High School Band
Marty Marks - Midwest City High School Band

 

IV. Information

IV.A. Public Participation
Persons who address the Board during the public participation portion of the regular Board meeting must meet the following qualifications:

1. Not, use the public participation portion of the Board meeting to make slanderous,
   abusive and personal statements against any individual. The President of the Board
   may rule any speaker out of order who makes such statements.
2. Not, speak regarding litigation pending against the District or employees of the
   District.
3. Not, speak regarding a matter that is currently the subject of an investigation being
   conducted by the District or its agents or attorneys, or which is the subject of an ongoing criminal investigation. 
4. In order for the Board to fulfill its obligation to complete the planned agenda in an effective and efficient fashion, a single public participation period of thirty (30) minutes will be permitted at each meeting. Each person who wishes to speak will be allotted five (5) minutes until the total time of 30 minutes is used. Groups consisting of three (3) or more persons shall designate a spokesperson that will be given five (5) minutes to speak for and represent the group.

IV.B. Superintendent’s Report - Dr. Cobb

IV.C. Mid-Del Foundation Update - Mrs. Barks

IV.D. Mid-Del Public Schools Facilities Site Assessments Presentation - Mr. Morrison

V. Vote to approve or not approve Mid-Del Schools FY21-22 Audit ending June 30, 2022. - Mr. Jenkins

VI. Vote to approve or not approve revision of Policy I-16, Media Selection. - Mrs. Brown

VII. Vote to approve or not approve Midwest Bus Sales for procurement of two new 71 passenger buses, two new 35 passenger special needs buses, and two new 44 passenger activity buses for a total of $767,832.00 to be paid by Bond Fund 39, Project Code 053. - Mr. Stearns

VIII. Vote to approve or not approve Tyler Technologies to migrate and upgrade the District's existing bus routing software to Tyler "Traversa" Student Transportation Bus Routing Software. The total prorated cost of the contract for FY23 is $38,252.00. This is the first prorated year of a three-year service agreement. This vendor is the sole source provider of this proprietary software product. The expenditure is to be paid from General Fund 11, Project Code 795, ARP. - Mr. Stearns

IX. Vote to approve or not approve a request for deregulation of the planning period for the remainder of the 2022-2023 school year for Dedra Strecker, Special Education teacher at Carl Albert High School. - Ms. Huston

X. Vote to approve or not approve a request for Adjunct Teachers as listed below: - Ms. Huston
Paxton Kilby, Special Education Math, Carl Albert High School
Kevin Starr, Special Education Math, Carl Albert High School
 

XI. Human Resources

XI.A. Vote to approve or not approve all actions recommended in the Human Resources Reports: - Ms. Huston

• Certified
• Non-Certified
• Child Nutrition
• Transportation

XI.B. Vote to approve or not approve the recommendation for Director of Counseling and Mental Health. - Ms. Huston

XI.C. Discussion and vote to set a date, time and place for a hearing upon receipt of the recommendation for the dismissal of Ms. Tawnya Bilyeu from employment. - Ms. Huston

XI.D. Consideration and vote to direct the Superintendent to mail a copy of the recommendation to Ms. Tawnya Bilyeu and to notify Ms. Tawnya Bilyeu of her right to a hearing and the date, time and place of the hearing. - Ms. Huston

XII. Proposed Executive Session for the purpose of:
To consider the appeal of denied student transfers with a review of confidential educational records and transfer request of student whereby disclosure of any additional information could potentially violate FERPA. 25 O.S. Section 307(B)(7).
1. Vote to convene or not convene in Executive session.
2. Acknowledge the Board has returned to open session.
3. Executive session Statement of Minutes.

XIII. Vote to accept, overturn or modify the recommendation of the Superintendent to deny the transfer request of student A. - Mr. Biggers

XIV. New Business
Item(s) that could not have been foreseen or known about at the time the agenda was posted which need action at this Board meeting.

XV. Adjourn
This agenda was posted at the Board of Education Center, 7217 S.E. 15th Street, Midwest City, Oklahoma, on December 8, 2022, at 9:00 a.m., in accordance with the Open Meeting Law.

The next Regular Board Meeting is scheduled for January 9, 2023.