July 10, 2023 at 6:00 PM - Regular Meeting

1. Call to order and roll call of members.

2. Discussion and possible vote to select an acting Vice President of the Board of Education until the next officer election in April 2024. 

3. Vote to approve minutes of previous regular board meeting of June 26, 2023.

4. Vote to approve warrants (FY'23); payroll, general fund (5338-5347), coop fund (none), child nutrition fund (none); claims, general fund (5348-5369), coop fund (none), building fund (112-114), child nutrition fund (820-823).

5. Vote to approve encumbrances (FY'24); payroll, general fund (70001-70071), coop fund (none), child nutrition fund (90001-90004); claims, general fund (1-68), coop fund (1-14), building fund (1-10), child nutrition fund (1-10), sinking fund (1).

6. Vote to approve warrants (FY'24); payroll, general fund (none), coop fund (none), child nutrition fund (none); claims, general fund (1-27), coop fund (none), building fund (1-3), child nutrition fund (1-5), sinking fund (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. Review, discussion, and possible vote to take action on approval of a change to the salary schedule for support employees of Tecumseh Public Schools.  This change would take effect at the beginning of the 2023-2024 school year contract.

12. Review, discussion, and possible vote to take action on approval of a change to the salary schedule for certified staff members of Tecumseh Public Schools.  This change would take effect at the beginning of the 2023-2024 school year contract.

13. Consider and vote to approve the use of Tecumseh Public School's Pottawatomie County Half-Cent Sales Tax funds for the purchase of one or more of each of the following items:
a. Chromebooks
b. iPads
c. Interactive white boards
d. Projectors
e. Networking equipment and supplies
f. Technology and equipment for the STEAM Center
g. Multi-passenger school vehicles (SUVs, small activity buses, passenger vans, trucks, etc.)
h. School buses
i. School utilities expenses
j. School insurance premiums
k. Roofing renovation projects
l. Painting renovation projects
m. Paving projects

The purchase of these items would be through the district's sales tax allocation administered through the Pottawatomie County Commissioners and Pottawatomie County Clerk's office.

14. Consider and vote to approve an Interlocal Agreement between Tecumseh Public Schools and the Pottawatomie County Commissioners for the 2023-2024 school year.

15. Consider and vote to declare items as surplus.  Items include desks, tables, chairs, and related building/classroom items, technology items, textbooks and related teaching materials.  These items are no longer used by the district.  Items declared as surplus are to be sold or discarded as deemed appropriate by the Superintendent per instructions in Board Policy 3038 Disposal of Surplus School Property.

16. Discussion and vote to approve the student handbooks for each school site for the 2023-2024 school year.

17. Discussion, review, and possible vote to make changes to Board Policy 6049 Attendance Regulations.

18. Consider and vote to approve an agreement with Vector Solutions for Safe Schools online professional development for the 2023-2024 school year.

19. Consider and vote to approve an agreement with the Organization of Rural Oklahoma Schools for membership for the 2023-2024 school year.

20. Discussion and possible vote to purchase the OSSBA Board Bundle for use as training resources for board members for the 2023-2024 school year.

21. Discussion, review, and possible vote to enter into an agreement with Instructure to provide Canvas as the learning management system for Tecumseh Middle School students and Tecumseh High School students for the 2023-2024 school year and to provide MasteryConnect as an intervention data collection program for Cross Timbers students for the 2023-2024 school year.

22. Consider and vote to approve an agreement with Tecumseh Youth Sports Association to allow for the use of the high school football field, bleachers, and restrooms for the Fall 2023 season.

23. Consider and vote to approve a contract with Clearwater Enterprises to provide natural gas to Tecumseh Middle School and Tecumseh High School campuses for the 2023-2024 school year.

24. Discussion and possible vote to enter into an agreement with Evaluation Works LLC, to conduct evaluations, meetings, and consultations and/or provide other related evaluation services for students of Tecumseh Public Schools for the 2023-2024 school year.

25. Consider and vote to approve a request to the Oklahoma State Department of Education to utilize a calendar based on hours rather than days for the 2023-2024 school year.

26. Review and possible vote to approve transfer requests for the 2023-2024 school year.

27. Discussion regarding school personnel including possible executive session:
A. Consider accepting personnel requests:
     Tim Cansler - Bus Driver - District
     Madison Long - Secretary - Barnard Elementary
B. Consider hiring personnel for the 2023-2024 school year (temporary contract):
     Sharon Barnett - Teacher (half-day) - Tecumseh Early Childhood Center
     Alisa Sparks - Science Teacher - Tecumseh High School
     Mary Truitt - Special Education Teacher - Tecumseh Middle School
     Rebecca Kowena - Teacher - Barnard Elementary
     Melissa Bernard - Child Nutrition Cook - Tecumseh Middle School
C. Consider hiring adjunct teachers for the 2023-2024 school year (temporary contract):
     Callie Dunnam- Barnard Elementary
     Tatum Kuhn - Barnard Elementary
     Ashley Danner - Cross Timbers Elementary
D. Consider hiring substitute bus drivers on an as-needed basis for the 2023-2024 school year (temporary contract):  Julio Sanchez, Corey Wilson.
E. The Board may vote to convene in executive session to discuss said personnel matters as identified in items A and D as per Title 25 Oklahoma Statutes, Section 307 (B)(1).

28. Vote to convene or not to convene in executive session.

29. Acknowledge the Board's return to open session and reading of the executive session compliance announcement.

30. Vote to accept personnel resignations: Tim Cansler, Madison Long.

31. Vote to hire personnel for the 2023-2024 school year (temporary contract): Sharon Barnett (half-day), Alisa Sparks, Mary Truitt, Rebecca Kowena, Melissa Bernard.

32. Vote to hire adjunct teachers for the 2023-2024 school year (temporary contract): Callie Dunnam, Tatum Kuhn, Ashley Danner.

33. Vote to hire substitute bus drivers on an as-needed basis for the 2023-2024 school year (temporary contract): Julio Sanchez, Corey Wilson.

34. Superintendent's Report.

35. Board Comments.

36. New Business.

37. Vote to adjourn or recess and reconvene.