February 8, 2021 at 6:00 PM - Regular Meeting

1. Call to order and roll call of members.

2. Board to consider and vote regarding reorganization of the Board of Education by election of officers for 2021 (President, Vice President and Clerk).

3. Vote to approve minutes of previous regular board meeting of January 11, 2021.

4. Vote to approve warrants (FY'20); claims, building fund (81) and bond fund 37 (3).

5. Vote to approve encumbrances (FY'21); payroll, general fund (70744-70748), coop fund (NONE), child nutrition fund (NONE); claims, general fund (704-795), coop fund (26), building fund (31-33), child nutrition fund (47-49), bond fund 31 (1) and bond fund 39 (1).

6. Vote to approve warrants (FY'21); payroll, general fund (2147-2458), coop fund (270-312), child nutrition fund (344-392); claims, general fund (2459-2546), coop fund (313-321), building fund (25-31), child nutrition fund (393-405), bond fund 31 (1) and bond fund 39 (1).

7. Vote to approve activity fund reports.

8. Vote to approve activity fund sub-accounts, transfers, expenditure requests, and/or interest designations.

9. Vote to approve activity fundraisers.

10. Public Comment (As outlined in Board Policy 2004).

11. Presentation, acknowledgement and approval of the 2019-2020 school year audit report.  The audit will be presented by Kerry John Patten, C.P.A. or his representative.  The presentation will be done virtually or by phone.

12. Presentation by Mr. Victor Cope, Title VI, Indian Education Director, regarding the school mascot.

13. Consider and vote to approve two change orders in the contract with GMann Custom Barns for the construction of a new Agriculture Barn.
     a. A change in the type of septic system from a standard to an anaerobic system  
         in the amount of $3,500.  This change is at the request of the Department
         of Environmental Quality.
     b. A change in the water line to a six inch water line to meet the requirement for the
         installation of a fire hydrant at the new Agriculture Barn in the amount of
         $35,387.00.  (Fire code requires a fire hydrant within 400' of a new
         building.)

14. Consider and vote to approve a contract for student and bus driver drug testing with QualityCare Labs for the remainder of the 2020-2021 school year.

15. Consider and vote to declare district owned properties as surplus.  These properties include the following:
     a. Old Board of Education building and associated storage buildings located at 302 S.
         Ninth Street as a part of Lots one (1) to ten (10) of Block 74 of the City of Tecumseh
         (located along the west side of Ninth Street, between W. Locust Street and W.
         Jefferson Street)
     b. The south 70 feet of Lots 19, 20, 21 and 22 of Block 43 of the City of Tecumseh.
          (Located at the northwest corner of 12th Street and Main Street)

16. Consider and vote to advertise for sale the following school district owned property:
    a. Old Board of Education building and associated storage buildings located at 302 S.
         Ninth Street as a part of Lots one (1) to ten (10) of Block 74 of the City of Tecumseh.
         (located along the west side of Ninth Street, between W. Locust Street and W.
         Jefferson Street)
     b. The south 70 feet of Lots 19, 20, 21 and 22 of Block 43 of the City of Tecumseh.
          (Located at the northwest corner of 12th Street and Main Street)

17. Consider and vote to approve an Interagency Agreement with the Oklahoma Office of Juvenile Affairs/Central Oklahoma Juvenile Center (OJA) to provide emergency transportation to the residents of Central Oklahoma Juvenile Center in the case of an emergency.  This would be determined as any reason including, but not limited to, natural disaster, severe weather, health  pandemic, or any other emergent calamity - OJA may require timely assistance in transporting its residents to a safe, secure location.

18. Discussion regarding school personnel including possible executive session:
     A. Consider accepting personnel resignation requests:
          Cheryl Baptiste - High School Secretary/Registrar - High School (Retirement)
          Virginia Weir - Mathematics - High School (Retirement)
          Lori Wilsie - College Station (Concurrent) - College Career Center (Retirement)
          Tom Wilsie - Superintendent - District (Retirement)
     B. Board to conduct an evaluation of the Superintendent of Schools: 
         Tom Wilsie
     C. The Board may vote to convene in executive session to discuss said personnel 
          matters as identified in items A through B as per Title 25 Oklahoma Statutes,
          Section 307 (B)(1).

19. Board vote to convene in executive session or to remain in open session.

20. Board to acknowledge the return to open session and to request the minutes clerk to record executive session minutes.

21. Vote to approve resignation requests:  Cheryl Baptiste (retirement), Virginia Weir (retirement), Lori Wilsie (retirement), Tom Wilsie (retirement)..

22. Superintendent's Report.

23. Board Comments.

24. New Business.

25. Vote to adjourn or recess and reconvene.