August 12, 2025 at 6:00 PM - Oakdale Public School Board of Education Regular Meeting

1. Routine Items:

• Call to Order
• Roll Call
• Establishment of a Quorum
• Possible consideration and vote to approve Agenda

2. Pledge of Allegiance & Moment of Silence

3. Public Comment:
All meetings of the Board of Directors shall be open to the public and any regular meeting shall include an opportunity for the public to address the Board. Public Comments are limited to three (3) minutes and must be related to an agenda item or topic. Members of the public wishing to address the board must sign up before the meeting. Where several people wish to address the same subject, a spokesperson must be selected. The Board President may interrupt and terminate any comments that are not in accordance with any of these criteria or in keeping with Board Policy BED. Board members may not respond to speakers’ comments. 


Public comments were given by Adrian Post. He addressed the board regarding a denial of a student transfer. 

 

4. Staff Reports & Presentations

• Superintendent's Report
• Principals' Reports
• Sanctioned Organization Reports, if any

5. Consent Agenda:
The following items concern reports and items of a routine nature normally approved at Board meetings. They will be considered and voted on together as a group with one vote; provided that any Board member may ask that one or more items be considered and voted on separately. The Consent Agenda includes discussion, consideration, and possible action upon the following items:

5.1. Approve minutes of the July 10, 2025 special board meeting.

5.2. Accept Treasurer's Report including: Financial statements, fund balances, expenditures, revenue, warrants, bank summary, bond reports, and investments) for the month ending 7/31/2025.

5.3. Approve Encumbrances

General Fund: #171-176
Building Fund: #46-49
Bond Fund 37: #1-7

5.4. General Fund Payments #97-114

5.4.1. Child Nutrition Payments are included with General Fund Payments

5.5. Building Fund Payments #6-22

5.6. Activity Fund #2-4

5.7. Bond 37 Payments #1-5

6. Discussion, consideration, and possible action on approving changes to parent / student handbook for current academic year. 

7. Discussion, consideration, and possible action on approving Days to Hours calculation. 

8. Discussion, consideration, and possible action on updating board policies and adding regulations as per state law and SDE rule changes.
Policies affected:
FFG, DABB, DO, FNC, DBCA, DOAC, DEC-R7, DO-R, FFACA, FE

9. Discussion and possible action on increasing substitute teacher pay from $75 / day to $85 / day for non-certified and $95 / day for certified teachers.

10. Discussion and possible action on extra duty stipends. Increase the following: Head FB coach / $500, FB asst $750, Field prep $3500, Tennis asst $1250

11. Discussion and possible action on Oakdale Emergency Action Plan.

12. Information & Discussion:

13. Proposed Executive Session: Motion to enter into executive session to discuss appeal of transfer denial as per 70 O.S. § 8-101.2 (E); discuss employment of paraprofessional as per 25 O.S. Section 307 (B)(1)

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

13.2. Acknowledge return to open session @ 6:47 p.m.

13.3. An executive session compliance announcement was made by Dr. Carl Johnson, Superintendent. No action was taken in Executive Session.

14. Discussion and possible action on appeal of denied transfer.

15. Discussion and possible action on the employment of paraprofessional for the current academic year. 

16. Adjourn: Possible consideration, discussion, and vote to adjourn.