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

1. Call to order and roll call of members.

2. Vote to approve minutes of previous regular board meeting of November 14, 2022.

3. Vote to approve encumbrance FY' 23; payroll, general fund (70843-70851), coop fund (none), child nutrition fund (90086); claims, general fund (607-667), coop fund (none), building fund (45-51), child nutrition fund (54-55).

4. Vote to approve warrants FY' 23; payroll, general fund (1525-1859), coop fund (172-217), child nutrition fund (223-278); claims, general fund (1860-1956), coop fund (218-227), building fund (39-43), child nutrition fund (279-290).

5. Vote to approve activity fund reports.

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

7. Vote to approve activity fundraisers.

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

9. Review and possible vote to approve the Tecumseh Public Schools District Technology Plan for 2023-2026.  A presentation of the plan will be made by Mr. David Cox.

10. Consider and vote to approve the Impact Aid, Indian Education Policies and Procedures for Tecumseh Public Schools for the 2022-2023 school year.

11. Consider and vote to approve the Title VI, Indian Education Policies and Procedures for the 2022-2023 school year.

12. Consider and vote to approve the Board President, Board Clerk, and District Treasurer as authorized signatures on the district's general fund, coop fund, child nutrition fund, building fund, bond fund, and sinking fund.

13. Consider and vote to approve the continuation of a lease purchase agreement for six school buses from Summit Bus with funding through Empire Financial for the 2022-2023 school year.  The lease purchase of the buses would be funded by the use of the district's Half-Cent Sales Tax allocation administered by the Pottawatomie County Commissioners and the Pottawatomie County Clerk's Office.

14. Consider and vote to approve the use of Pottawatomie County Half-Cent Sales Tax Funds to be used to complete roofing projects at Barnard Elementary School and Tecumseh Middle School.

15. Discussion about the impacts of Pottawatomie County Half-Cent Sales Tax funds on Tecumseh Public Schools.

16. Consider and vote to approve updates to the following Board Policies:
     6014  Head Lice Infestation Control Plan
     6021  Administration of Medication By School Personnel

17. Review and possible vote to approve the 2021-2022 financial records of all board-sanctioned booster clubs according to Board Policy 3024

18. Consider and vote to approve quarterly grade level capacities as a part of Board Policy 6004 Student Transfers.

19. Consider and vote to approve the Tecumseh Public Schools Learning Plan for Spring 2023.

20. Discussion of current COVID-19 statistics for Tecumseh Public Schools.

21. Discussion regarding school personnel including possible executive session:
A. Consider personnel resignation requests:
    Diane Thornton - Paraprofessional - Tecumseh Early Childhood Center
B. Consider hiring personnel for the remainder of the 2022-2023 school year (temporary contract):
    Jeremy Tucker - Transportation Director - District
    George Thomas - Cafeteria Manager - Tecumseh Middle School
    Jordan Spoon - Cafeteria Worker - Tecumseh Middle School
    Lorrie Sullivan - Cafeteria Worker - Tecumseh Middle School
C.  The Board may vote to convene in executive session to discuss said personnel matters as identified in Items A and B as per Title 25 Oklahoma Statutes, Section 307 (B)(1).

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

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

24. Consider and vote to accept personnel resignation requests: Diane Thornton.

25. Consider and vote to hire personnel for the remainder of the 2022-2023 school year (temporary contract): Jeremy Tucker, George Thomas, Jordan Spoon, Lorrie Sullivan.

26. Superintendent's Report.

27. Board Comments.

28. New Business.

29. Vote to adjourn or recess and reconvene.