September 10, 2024 at 6:30 PM - Locust Grove Regular Meeting

1. Call meeting to order and Pledge of Allegiance

2. Roll Call

3. Open Forum, Public Comment, Indian Education and Revised ARP ESSER III Use of Funds Plan Comments/Concerns

• Speakers must identify themselves and sign in prior to the start of the meeting
• Each speaker is given a maximum of five (5) minutes
• Total time allocated to this item is twenty (20) minutes
• The President reserves the right to interrupt this section and move to the next item

4. Nancy Neff to give a presentation of the Annual Dropout and Remediation Report for 2024

5. Superintendent Report

6. Consent Agenda
All of the items, which consist of a routine nature normally approved at Board meetings, 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: 

6.a. Minutes of Regular Board Meeting, August 12, 2024

6.b. Treasurer/Financial Report

6.c. Approve General Fund 11 Encumbrances # 175 to 218

6.d. Approve Building Fund 21 Encumbrances #14 to 22 

6.e. Activity Fund Report for August, 2024

6.f. Approve District/Site Committee Members (Safe School, Gifted & Talented, Stronger Readers Act, Library) for FY25 per List A, B, C, D

6.g. Contracts for FY25:
a.) Elevate Pediatric Therapies
b.) Quality Choice Testing, LLC for Drug and Alcohol Testing

7. Discussion and possible action to approve construction projects a.-b.:
a.) Upper Elementary Saferoom
b.) High School parking driveway (dip)

8. Discussion and possible action to approve the Estimate of Needs for 2024-2025

9. Discussion and possible action to approve  School Days/Hours Worksheet reflecting Locust Grove Public School District meets the 1080 hour requirement for 2024-2025

10. Discussion and possible action to approve the ACT test as the locally-selected, nationally recognized assessment for the College and Career-Readiness Assessment (CCRA) for the district for 2024-2025

11. Discussion and possible action to approve the Comprehensive District Academic Plan and Title I Schoolwide Plans for the ELC, UE, MS, and HS for 2024-2025

12. Discussion and possible action to approve Site Sudden Cardiac Arrest Plans for FY25

13. Discussion and possible action to review and/or amend transfer capacity on student transfers according to board policy FE Student Transfers

14. Discussion and possible action to approve the following out of state trips:
a.) LG FFA officers/advisors to attend an overnight officer's retreat in Branson, Missouri, October 18-19, 2024
b.) Yearbook staff/students to attend training workshop in Rogers, Arkansas, September 12, 2024

15. Discussion and possible action to adopt/amend the following board policies a. thru g,
a.) EKBA - Strong Readers Act (replaces Reading Sufficiency)
b.) FFACC - Diabetes Medical Management Plan
c.) CKAH - Use of Automatic External Defibrillator
d.) CKAH-P Sudden Cardiac Emergency Response Plan
e) FGBD - Student Athletes and Activities Name, Image, and Likeness
f.) EIA-R4 Student Retention Regulation
g.) EIA-R5 Mid-Year Promotion Fourth Grade Removed from Law with SB 362 (2024)
 

16. Discussion and possible action to approve mathematics and science courses taken in the 11th and 12th grades from Northeast Tech Centers, 70 O.S. Section 11-103.6

17. Discussion and possible action to surplus old board room furniture

18. Proposed executive session to discuss employment of Middle School SPED Teacher, High School SPED Teacher, SPED Director, Activity Funds Encumbrance Clerk/Treasurer/Child Nutrition position, Middle School Paraprofessional, and Middle School Secretary, amend Extra Duty List, and accept resignation of the following positions:(a.) April Pierce as SPED Director (b.) Chris King, Middle School Secretary pursuant to Oklahoma Statute 25 Section 307 (B)(1)
a.) Vote to convene into executive session
b.) Acknowledge return to open session 
c.) Statement of executive session minutes

19. Take action to employ Middle School SPED Teacher

20. Take action to employ High School SPED Teacher

21. Take action to employ a SPED Director

22. Take action to employ an Activity Funds Clerk/Treasurer/Child Nutrition position

23. Take action to employ a Middle School Paraprofessional

24. Take action to employ a Middle School Secretary position

25. Take action to amend Extra Duty List

26. Take action to accept the resignation of the following positions:
a.) April Pierce, Special Education Director
b.) Chris King, Middle School Secretary

27. New Business and action, if needed

28. Adjournment