July 11, 2022 at 5:30 PM - Board of Education Regular Meeting

Discussion:  Administration of the oath of office, pursuant to 70 O.S. Section 5-116

Discussion:  Superintendent Dixie Purdy gave the Board an update on the HVAC project at the high school.  We are still scheduled to be completed with the project by the beginning of the school year.
Next, SRO Lisa Duran gave the Board an update on school statistics from the last year.  She stated that we had the Vape Sensors installed in the high school over spring break.  Since they were installed, they had 652 vape alerts.  The District also purchased 3 metal detectors that have been very beneficial to our SRO's.  Then, SRO Duran talked about the recent trainings that she and SRO Mull had attended.  They went to Handle with Care training where they were both certified. They also attended another training in which SRO Mull took the basic course and SRO Duran took the advanced course.  Lastly, they will participate in the Law Enforcement Active Shooter Emergency Response Training in September.  SRO Duran will start doing site assessments at all our schools and will report back when completed.
Melissa Watson spoke to the Board on curriculum.  This year they are getting Pre-K through 5th grade curriculum.  They met with the principals and teachers and discussed what was working and what was not.  Then, the teachers got to chose which curriculum they wanted to use.  They are looking for new benchmark software that would provide the same data from Kindergarten - 12th grade.  
Mrs. Watson reported that we still have 6 open positions that we would like to get filled, specifically a high school English teacher position and a 3rd grade teacher.  We have 13 first-year emergency certified teachers this year, 6 second-year emergency certified teachers, and 6 adjunct teachers.
Julie Edenborough spoke to the Board about procedures that we will utilize again this year in child nutrition.  She has been working on job descriptions for every position in the District.  This helps everyone understand the job duties.  
Our current enrollment numbers are at 2,996 students who have completed the enrollment.  We still have 875 students who have not updated their information and therefore have not re-enrolled.  They will begin calling parents next week to get them re-enrolled. 
Cambry Reidl spoke to the Board about her new position of the PR/Media Director for the District.  She will work to ensure we communicate effectively within the District and with our community.
Lastly, Mrs. Purdy said we are putting together an After-School program for our teachers/staff that have children, so they have somewhere to go after school.

Discussion:  Kari Montgomery spoke to the Board regarding the end of the fiscal year.  We were under-budget on expenses for the year.  We did collect all of our ad valorem tax collections this year and almost all other revenue projections were met this year.  These two factors contribute to our carryover number. Mrs. Montgomery projected that our carryover would be near $4 million this year.

Discussion:  The board entered into executive session at 6:49 pm to discuss the employment, hiring, or resignation of support and certified staff as listed in Appendix A, pursuant to 25 O.S. Section 307(B)(1).  Those present in executive session were Mike Ray, Elvia Hernandez, Carla Hernandez, Alphonso Mata, Lacey Johnston, and Superintendent Dixie Purdy.  No action was taken by the board of education.

Discussion:  Superintendent Purdy informed the board that a contract for School Status was received after the deadline to add to the agenda.  This is our software we use to message our students, parents, teachers, etc. of notifications for school.