January 7, 2019 at 6:00 PM - Board of Education Regular Meeting
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1. Invocation and Flag Salute
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1.A. Invocation- Pastor Ray Rhoton, Lead Pastor, Bethel Community Church.
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1.B. Flag Salute
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Flag salute led by Mr. Van Meter.
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2. Call to Order and Roll Call
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2.A. Call to Order and Roll Call
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Roll was called at 6:02p.m. Others in attendance included: Dr. Jason Simeroth, Superintendent; Dr. Jason Brunk, Assistant Superintendent; Dr. Sheli McAdoo, Assistant Superintendent; Jim Fenrick, Chief Financial Officer; Deanne Rowe, Executive Assistant/Board Minutes Clerk; administrative staff, students, parents, members of the press, and members of the community.
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3. Reports/ Comments from Superintendent and/or Staff
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3.A. School Board Recognition
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January is School Board Recognition Month. Some YMS StuCo members are here to present a gift and say thank you.
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3.B. District presentation in memory of Dixie Ritz.
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The board room was renamed the Dixie Ritz Memorial Board Room, in memorial of Mrs. Ritz and her 31 years of service to Yukon Public Schools.
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3.C. Mr. Haggard is here to spotlight Parkland Elementary School.
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Mr. Haggard thanked Dr. Simeroth for bringing to Yukon the Big 5 Pre-K program. This year there are 18 students in the Big 5 pre-k program at Parkland Elementary School. Mr. Haggard also announced February 7, Parkland will be celebrating their 40th anniversary. There will be a BIG celebration at the school that night during their open house.
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3.D. College remediation and graduation rate presentation.
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Mrs. Barlow presented the numbers for college remediation. For 2016-2017 YPS graduates, 268 students attended a public Oklahoma public college and 84 of those students were remediated in one or more subjects. She went over the strategies implemented to get students out of the remediation track. She then presented drop out/graduation statistics for the 2017-2018 school year. Drop out numbers include any student who leaves before graduation and does not re-enroll anywhere else (that we know of). This includes students who pass the GED and who leave to be homeschooled. From a school serving over 2400 students, we had 24 identified as drop outs. This year students who return as 5th or 6th year graduates will be counted in the graduation rates.
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3.E. Change of team branding.
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Coach Clark, in his quest to provide the best available for our athletes has been approached by Adidas to be their flagship school in western Oklahoma. We will begin replacing all Nike equipment with Adidas for Yukon athletes.
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3.F. Beginning of a 30-day public comment and review of the proposed policy FDAH with the intent of a second reading and board action during the February 4, 209, Regular Board Meeting.
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4. Board Member Communications and Announcements
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4.A. Individual Board Member Comments
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Mr. Rowe: No comment
Mrs. Cannon: We appreciate your relationships. You are Yukon Schools, from the front office to the classrooms, to the custodial staff - you ARE Yukon Schools. Thank you - Great job! Mr. Behymer: No comment Mr. Wells: Dr. Simeroth is being recognized by his alma matter OU in April, Congratulations! Mr. Behymer ran unopposed for his board seat, Congratulations! The renaming of the Dixie Ritz Board Room is a great testament to her legacy. Mr. Van Meter: Dr. Simeroth has been chosen as this years' recipient of the Career Achievement Award by OU, Congratulations! As you celebrate us, I'd like to celebrate you. You have not only been elected a top workplace for the third year in a row, this is a top place to volunteer. We appreciate your successes. |
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4.B. Upcoming Meetings/ Events:
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JANUARY:
Board Appreciation Month 8 - Legislative Breakfast - Yukon Police Department 10 - Administration Luncheon (11:30-1) 21 - Martin Luther King Day (No School) FEBRUARY: 4 - Legislative Advocacy for Education Leaders (OSSBA - 9am to 3:30pm Edmond Conference Center) 18, 19, 21 - Parent Teacher Conferences 22 - No School 26 - Region 10 Spring Meeting (OSSBA 5:30 - 8:30 pm Redlands Community College) |
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5. Communications
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5.A. Communications- Request from Patrons to Address the Board- Pursuant to Board Policy AF. Comments can be made only by district patrons, concerning items listed on this agenda.
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None.
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6. Business Item: Separate Vote
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6.A. Accept and approve the minutes from the regular board meeting, December 3, 2018, which may be approved as presented or following modifications.
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No Action(s) have been added to this Agenda Item.
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7. Business Items: Finance Consent Docket- All of the finance consent items will be discussed, considered and approved or disapproved by one vote unless a board member desires to have a separate vote on any or all of the consent items.
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No Action(s) have been added to this Agenda Item.
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7.A. Encumbrances and Change Orders as recommended by Dr. Jason Simeroth, Superintendent, and Jim Fenrick, Chief Financial Officer
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7.B. Treasurer's Report(s) and General Fund Report(s)
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7.C. Child Nutrition Report
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8. Business Items Consent Docket:
All of the consent items will be discussed, considered and approved or disapproved by one vote unless a board member requests to have a separate vote on any or all of the consent items.
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No Action(s) have been added to this Agenda Item.
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8.A. Approve out of state travel request from W. Walker, YHS-Athletic Trainer, to attend the National Athletic Trainer Association Annual Symposium in Las Vegas, NV, June 22-27, 2019.
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Cost analysis: The registration cost of $544.00 will be paid for with Athletics' Activity fund and the travel expenses of approximately $1,600.00 will be paid for with district general funds.
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8.B. Approve out of state travel request from A. Sikes, Children's Program Coordinator, to New York City, NY, March 15 through 18, 2019, to attend the National Afterschool Alliance Annual Convention.
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Cost analysis: The approximate $2300.00 cost will be covered by funds raised through community education.
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8.C. Approve out of state travel request from J. Cawyer, football coach - YHS, to Kennesaw, GA, April 15-18, 2019, to visit with University coaching staff.
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Cost analysis: The approximate $700.00 expense to be covered by Football activity fund.
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8.D. Approve out of state travel for D. Chapin, YHS music department, to go to New Orleans, LA, April 25, through 28, 2019, for a combined choir/band excursion to a Jazz Festival.
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Cost analysis: Expected cost will be $650.00 per person. The hope is that approximately 240 students and 30 parents/guardians will take advantage of this opportunity. The only cost to the district will be for one or two substitutes not to exceed $1200.00.
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8.E. Approve out of state travel request for Jason Brunk to Dallas, TX, April 5, 2019, to recruit graduates from University of North Texas and Texas Women's University.
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Cost analysis: The approximate cost to district general fund will be $200.00.
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8.F. Approve out of state travel for K. Yoes, 7th grade science teacher at YMS, to Houston, TX, February 5-10, 2019, to attend/present at the Space Exploration Educator Conference.
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Cost analysis: The cost to attend is being covered by the NASA OSGC. The district will cover the cost of one substitute for four days.
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8.G. Approve out of state travel request from A. Dillard, YHS football coach, to Kennesaw, GA, April 15, through 18, 2019, to visit with University coaching staff.
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Cost analysis: The approximate $750.00 cost to be covered with football activity funds.
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8.H. Approve out of state travel for J. Tamez, Science Curriculum Coordinator to travel to Washington, DC, January 8-10, 2019, to attend the Realizing the Vision: NGSS District Implementation conference.
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Cost analysis: Achieve will cover all costs for this trip.
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8.I. Approve out of state travel for G. Niemyer, YHS Career Connect, to Denver, CO, February 22-27, 2019, to attend the DPS Career Connect Program Shadowing PD.
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Cost analysis: The less than $650 expense for this trip is covered by district general fund.
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8.J. Approve out of state travel from M Foster, YHS athletic trainer, June 23-27, 2019, Las Vegas, NV, to attend the Nat'l Athletic Trainers' Association Annual Symposium.
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Cost analysis: The cost of approximately $2,350 is covered by district Career Tech funds.
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8.K. Approve surplus curriculum and IT products from Independence Elementary School.
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8.L. Approve surplus of Cheer mat at YHS.
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8.M. Approval of the course proposals and updates to the Course Description Guides for YMS and YHS.
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9. New Business:
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9.A. New Business-This business, in accordance with Oklahoma Statues, title 25- 311 (A)(9), is limited to any matter not known about or which could not have been reasonably foreseen prior to the time of posting this agenda.
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There was no new business.
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10. Personnel Docket:
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10.A. Personnel-Vote to convene or not to convene in executive session pursuant to 25 O.S.307 (B)(1) to discuss the resignations, employment of support and certified personnel, promotions, recommendation of change of assignment, and/or transfers as listed on the attached Exhibit A.
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Time: 6:49pm
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10.B. Acknowledge the board has returned from executive session. Executive session minutes' compliance announcement.
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The board did not enter into executive session. |
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10.C. Approval of Personnel Items as listed.
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10.C.I. Approval of the contract and/or annual evaluation of the Superintendent for the 2019-2022 school years as provided or with modifications.
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11. Adjournment
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Time:6:50pm
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11.A. Consideration of and motion to adjourn the meeting
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Meeting adjourned at 6:50 p.m.
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