December 12, 2023 at 6:00 PM - Pioneer Technology Center Board of Education Regular Meeting

Discussion:  Also in attendance were Traci Thorpe, Ryan Burkett, Kendra Keelin, Kahle Goff, Stacey Rush, Molly Kyler, Terri Busch and Allison Christy.

Discussion:  Scott- Breifing and they stated that Adira tested our network. They also stated that 80 percent failed this test, and they came back with 15 switches that needed passwords. File storage was checked and we fall into the 20% of schools that passed, and we were secure. We do have insurance for Cyber hacking. In the last two years, there have been several Tech Centers hit for ransom. GLBA- Federal requirement to secure student information that has financial aid. 

Discussion:  Rodrigo Navarro, Automotive student participating on the PTC E-Sports team, placed 4th at the State Smash Brothers Tournament in Weatherford on December 2nd. PTC hosted the area 8th graders on Dec. 7-8th. We saw approximately 650 students in the two-day
event. It is always a busy time, but our PTC instructors, students and staff did a great job highlighting the program offerings at PTC. Big kudos to Cortney Horne and the Student Services team for taking
the lead on organizing the event as well as all the PTC staff who helped make the event a success. PTC hosted the B&I Breakfast for the Emergency Services sector on Dec. 8th. Thirty-two participants
were in attendance and discussed workforce needs and trends, challenges and opportunities to address recruitment, retention and growing the workforce.Business and Industry Services. PTC is nominating Centerline, Inc. as this year’s Partner in Progress. The recognition event will be held on February 20th at the Hilton Garden Inn - Edmond from 4-6:30 pm. We are excited to recognize a company that has a long history with PTC and who continues to serve as an innovative partner in workforce development.
Sunny Creek Trading Post has been approved as our newest incubator client. They will serve as a hub for local produce, food producers and vendors and offer subscription boxes for locally sourced, fresh
Produce (and value-added items-jams, jellies, canned goods and breads). We’re excited for their business to grow at PTC and look forward to the seasonal offerings they will provide. Class A and B Truck Driver training classes will begin on January 8th. PTC is providing the Class B
training and Central Tech is the trainer for the Class A students. Central Tech is in the process of expanding their outreach program to other technology centers across the state and has hired additional trainers. With the addition of new instructors, PTC will rotate with Autry and will be able to offer training more frequently.
Work on the Work Ready Oklahoma site at City Central is progressing. The carpet has been installed and the wall framing is up. The sheet rock and electrical are in the process of completion. They anticipate by mid-January that we may be able to move into the space.
The OSU Senior Engineering students completed their project and shared their designs on December 1st. They will be finalizing their graphics and will send them to us for our files. We appreciated their
efforts to listen to our possible future needs and provide an analysis of the available property surrounding PTC’s campus and the infrastructure needs that might be anticipated for a capital project.
Steve Bookout, Service Careers instructor, has submitted his retirement from PTC. He has been with the district in a variety of capacities for the past 33 years. We have an internal candidate for the
WRO Employment Specialist that we will be transferring to that position, so we will not be posting that position for interviewing. That candidate will be on the January agenda for board approval.

Discussion:  Kahle- WRO program- we toured the city central building to see the progress of that office space. We approved the work ready program and OHS to transfer a staff member but we are going open and fill the position from outside. Steve is going to retire. Jan 1st will be his last day. We are going to re-evaluaate the program when he leaves and we are going to look at Search. Search will move students thru our program and into work for them after high school graduation. Community outreach may need to be looked at in order to build numbers for this program. Mel is going to retire on Friday, very small party has been planned.  Children's Christmas party is Thursday and our employee party is Friday.  

Discussion:  Thanks to Terri from Debbie