January 10, 2022 at 6:00 PM - Regular Meeting

1. Call to order and roll call of members.

2. Swear in newly appointed Board Member for Office #3 (three), Mrs. Iva Bingham.

3. Vote to approve minutes of previous regular board meeting of December 13, 2021.

4. Vote to approve encumbrances FY '22; payroll, general fund (70750-70758), coop fund (None), child nutrition fund (90081-90086); claims, general fund (696-773), coop fund (None), building fund (37-39), child nutrition fund (53-54), sinking fund (2).

5. Vote to approve warrants FY '22; payroll, general fund (1909-2236), coop fund (239-280), child nutrition fund (284-338); claims, general fund (2237-2319), coop fund (281-289), building fund (32-34), child nutrition fund (339-347), sinking fund (2).

6. Vote to approve activity fund reports.

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

8. Vote to approve activity fundraisers.

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

10. Consider and vote to select recipients of the Teacher Recognition Awards for the 2021-2022 school year.  A representative from the Tecumseh Chamber of Commerce and the Tecumseh Alumni Association may participate in the selection.

11. Consider and vote to approve a Memorandum of Understanding with the Pottawatomie County Health Department to utilize the Alumni Center as a mass immunization site in response to an emergency that involves an actual or imminent infectious disease threat.

12. Consider and vote to appoint a Board Member as the "Legislative Liaison" for the 2022 legislative session.

13. Consider and vote to approve stipends for certified staff who are selected to participate in Cohort #1 or Cohort #2 of LETRS training during the remainder of the 2021-2022 school year and 2022-2023 school year.

14. Consider and vote to approve an agreement with Gordon Cooper Technology Center to offer certain academic courses as approved by the Oklahoma State Board of Education and to allow sophomore level students to enroll in appropriate CTE courses at Gordon Cooper Technology Center.

15. Consider and vote to approve an agreement with the Tecumseh Youth Sports Association for the use of the New Gymnasium and the Old Gymnasium for the 2021-2022 school year.

16. Consider and vote to approve the school calendar for the 2022-2023 school year.

17. Review and discussion of recent COVID statistics in Tecumseh Public Schools.

18. Consider and vote to approve possible changes to the Tecumseh Public Schools Learning Plan regarding an update to COVID mitigation protocols.

19. Review of the District's Pottawatomie County Half-Cent Sales Tax expenditures for the 2021 calendar year.

20. Discussion regarding school personnel including possible executive session:
A. Consider accepting personnel resignation requests:
     Amber Whiteside - Teacher - Cross Timbers Elementary.
B. Consider hiring personnel for the remainder of the 2021-2022 school year (temporary contract):
     Mark Ryan - Child Nutrition - Tecumseh Middle School.
C. Board to conduct an evaluation of the Superintendent of Schools:
     Robert Kinsey.
D. The Board may vote to convene in executive session to discuss said personnel matters as identified in items A through C as per Title 25 Oklahoma Statutes, Section 307 (B)(1).

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

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

23. Vote to accept personnel resignation requests:  Amber Whiteside.

24. Consider and vote to hire personnel for the remainder of the 2021-2022 school year (temporary contract): Mark Ryan.

25. Superintendent's Report.

26. Board Comments.

27. New Business.

28. Vote to adjourn or recess and reconvene.