July 14, 2025 at 6:30 PM - Owasso Board of Education Regular Meeting
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I. Call to Order and Roll Call
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II. Special Recognition/Pledge of Allegiance
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III. Reports to the Board
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III.A. Superintendent - Dr. Margaret Coates
Discussion:
Dr. Coates shared the next bond election will be on September 9, 2025 with adjusted projects to reflect a 13% decrease in the over all dollar amount. She gave a brief explanation how the Federal Funding freeze will cause a $500,000.00 decrease in funding and the programs effected.
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III.B. Teaching and Learning - Dr. Chris Barber
Discussion:
Dr. Barber reported Summer programming continues to be successful and the Teaching and Learning team is gearing up to welcome new teachers on August 4 & 5. Over 130 students have participated in middle school music camps at the University of Arkansas.
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III.C. District Services - Mr. Kerwin Koerner
Discussion:
Mr. Koerner discussed the maintenance projects taking place across the district over the summer; carpet cleaning, floor waxing and painting continue to be done. Construction at Hodson is moving along with completion to be done by August 14th in time for the first day of school. Several replacement roofing projects are also taking place over the summer.
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III.D. Continuous Strategic Improvement (CSI) Goal Area #4 Ram Resources - Mr. Kerwin Koerner
Discussion:
Mr. Koerner reported that 87% of our school istes now have leadership programs and 93% of our school sites now have character education and life skills programs. We are continuing to develop strategies to improve culture and climate within our secondary schools. The Facilities improvement plan continues to be reviewed and adjusted periodically as needed.
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IV. Comments from the Public Regarding Agenda Items
Each individual will have five (5) minutes to share their remarks related to the specific agenda item identified by the individual when signing up to speak. The total time allotted to comments from the public regarding the agenda will not exceed fifteen (15) minutes.
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V. Consent Agenda: Board to consider and take possible action on the following consent agenda items. (Dr. Coates)
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No Action(s) have been added to this Agenda Item.
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V.A. Minutes of Regular Meeting June 9, 2025
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V.B. Teaching and Learning
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V.B.i. Financial Agreement with Ignite2Unite for a workshop for the 2025-2026 school year at a cost of $3,700, as outlined in the attachment and authorize the Superintendent or designee to execute the financial agreement
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V.B.ii. Contract with Integrative Physical Therapy for the 2025-2026 school year at a cost outlined in the attachment and authorize the Superintendent or designee to execute the Contract
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V.B.iii. Contract with Tulsa Technology Center for Educational Services, Tulsa Tech Career Center Academy Program (TTCA) (A Dropout Recovery/Dropout Prevention Program) or Tulsa Tech Aerospace Academy Program (TTAA) for the 2025-2026 school year at a cost of $1,750.00 per student accepted for the TTAA or TTCA program as outlined in the attachment and authorize the Superintendent or designee to execute the Contract
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V.B.iv. Contract with Function 1st Therapies for the 2025-2026 school year at a cost outlined in the attachment and authorize the Superintendent or designee to execute the Contract
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V.B.v. Memorandum of Understanding with Goodwill Industries of Tulsa, Inc. for providing Work Adjustment Training classes for the 2025-2026 school year at no cost, as outlined in the attachment and authorize the Superintendent or designee to execute the Memorandum of Understanding
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V.B.vi. Contract with Amira Learning for the Amira Learning Suite Site Licenses for the 2025-2026 school year at a cost of $52,725.00, as outlined in the attachment and authorize the Superintendent or designee to execute the Contract
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V.C. District Services
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V.C.i. Service Agreement with Schindler Elevator Corporation for $6,202.48 for elevator maintenance services and $1,181.25 for telecommunications in three elevators for the 2025-2026 school year at a cost of $7,383.73 per year as outlined in the attachment, and authorize the Superintendent or designee to execute the Contract
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V.C.ii. Proposed 2025-2026 Owasso Public Schools meal prices as outlined in the attachment
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V.D. Finance
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V.D.i. Purchase orders (encumbrances) and changes to encumbrances for June and July 2025
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2025-2026 General Fund #1-326 (Vendors) $4,091,353.92 2025-2026 Building Fund #1-58 (Vendors) $5,159,220.00 2025-2026 Child Nutrition Fund #1-27 (Vendors) $2,191,264.00 2025-2026 Bond Fund 31 #1-160 (Vendors) $10,292,212.52 2025-2026 Bond Fund 33 #1 (Vendors) $713.68 2025-2026 Bond Fund 35 #1 (Vendors) $21,000.00 2025-2026 Bond Fund 39 #1-3 (Vendors) $57,578.23 |
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V.D.ii. Activity Financial Report for June 2025
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V.D.iii. Activity Account Budgets
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V.D.iv. Sanctioning Applications
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V.D.v. Advertising Agreement / Contract with Keith Tew Hometown Insurance Agency for the 2025-2026 school year at a donation of $2,500, as outlined in the attachment and authorize the Superintendent or designee to execute the Advertising Agreement
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V.D.vi. Advertising Agreement / Contract with TTCU Federal Credit Union for the 2025-2026 school year at a donation of $5,000, as outlined in the attachment and authorize the Superintendent or designee to execute the Advertising Agreement
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V.E. Quote with OSSBA for Board training for the 2025-2026 school year at a cost of $750.00, as outlined in the attachment and authorize the Superintendent or designee to execute
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V.F. Agreement with the Cooperative Council for Oklahoma School Administration (CCOSA) for membership services for the 2025–2026 school year at a cost of $2,500.00, as outlined in the attachment and authorize the Superintendent or designee to execute the agreement
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V.G. Human Resources
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V.G.i. Transitions
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VI. Teaching and Learning
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VI.A. Board to review Policy # 1.22 for first reading. Edits, changes, and additions to the policy are outlined in the attachment (Dr. Sarah Vann)
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VI.B. Board to consider and take possible action on the proposed edits, changes, and additions to Policy #5.31, as outlined in the attachment (Dr. Sarah Vann)
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Action(s):
No Action(s) have been added to this Agenda Item.
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VI.C. Board to consider and take possible action on the proposed edits, changes, and additions to Policy #5.57, as outlined in the attachment (Dr. Sarah Vann)
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No Action(s) have been added to this Agenda Item.
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VI.D. Board to consider and take possible action on the proposed school-approved student communication platforms/applications; Acellus to be used by school personnel in association with Policy #1.89 (Mrs. Charlene Duncan)
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No Action(s) have been added to this Agenda Item.
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VI.E. Board to consider and take possible action on the Agreement with the University of Oklahoma for Early Childhood Professional Development for the 2025-2026 school year at a cost of $0.00 as outlined in the attachment and authorize the Superintendent or designee to execute the Agreement (Mrs. Melissa Zumwalt)
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No Action(s) have been added to this Agenda Item.
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VI.F. Board to consider and take possible action on the Memorandum of Understanding with Southern Nazarene University for the Bachelor of Arts Degree for the 2025-2026 school year at a cost to the student of $15,840.00, as outlined in the attachment and authorize the Superintendent or designee to execute the MOU (Lisa Johnson)
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No Action(s) have been added to this Agenda Item.
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VII. District Services - Kerwin Koerner
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VII.A. Board to consider and take possible action on the proposed budget for the Oklahoma Opioid Abatement Grant Application
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No Action(s) have been added to this Agenda Item.
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VIII. Finance - Phillip Storm
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VIII.A. Board to consider and take possible action on the Treasurer's Report for June 2025
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No Action(s) have been added to this Agenda Item.
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VIII.B. Board to Consider and Take Possible Action on Proposed Salary Schedules for the 2025-2026 Fiscal Year for Support Staff, Certified Staff, and Administrative Staff
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No Action(s) have been added to this Agenda Item.
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VIII.C. Board to Consider and Take Possible Action on National Board Certified Stipend for FY 2025-2026
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VIII.D. Board to consider and take possible action on the Contract with Oklahoma’s Credit Union sponsorship advertising for the 2025-2026 school year at a donation of $30,000 as outlined in the attachment and authorize the Superintendent or designee to execute the Contract
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VIII.E. Board to Consider and Take Possible Action on a School Site Statutory Waiver Application for Textbook Funding to be Submitted to the State Department of Education
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VIII.F. Board to consider and take possible action on the Contract with Dental Depot sponsorship advertising for the 2025-2026 school year at a donation of $2,000 as outlined in the attachment and authorize the Superintendent or designee to execute the Contract
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No Action(s) have been added to this Agenda Item.
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VIII.G. Board to consider and take possible action on a Contract with Lawnovations sponsorship advertising for the 2025-2026 school year at a donation of $5,000 as outlined in the attachment and authorize the Superintendent or designer to execute the Contract
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No Action(s) have been added to this Agenda Item.
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IX. Human Resources - Lisa Johnson
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IX.A. Board to review Policy #1.22a for first reading. Edits, changes, and additions to the policy are outlined in the attachment
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IX.B. Board to review Policy #1.47 for first reading. Edits, changes, and additions to the policy are outlined in the attachment
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IX.C. Board to review Policy #2.13 for first reading. Edits, changes, and additions to the policy are outlined in the attachment
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IX.D. Board to review Policy #3.12 for first reading. Edits, changes, and additions to the policy are outlined in the attachment
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IX.E. Board to review Policy #2.19 for first reading. Edits, changes, and additions to the policy are outlined in the attachment
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IX.F. Board to review Policy #2.27 for first reading. Edits, changes, and additions to the policy are outlined in the attachment
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X. Executive Session
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X.A. Vote to convene into executive session for the purpose of discussing 3 appeals of denied out of district student transfers (Student A, Student B and Student C) with a review of confidential educational records and transfer requests of students whereby disclosure of any additional information could potentially violate FERPA as authorized by Okla.Stat.Tit25§307(B)(7)
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No Action(s) have been added to this Agenda Item.
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X.B. Acknowledge return to Open Session
Discussion:
Acknowledge return to Open Session at 8:09p.m.
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X.C. Statement of Executive Session Minutes
Discussion:
During the executive session, the members of the Board of Education who were present were Stephanie Ruttman, Rhonda Mills, Neal Kessler, Frosty Turpen and Brent England. Also present during the executive session was Dr. Margaret Coates, Dr. Michelle Baker and Ms. Charlene Duncan. During the executive session, board members discussed 3 appeals of denied out-of-district student transfers (Student A, Student B and Student C) with a review of confidential educational records and transfer requests of students whereby disclosure of any additional information could potentially violate FERPA Nothing else was discussed and no votes were taken. This will constitute the minutes of the executive session. |
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XI. Board to consider and take possible action to accept or overturn the decision of the Superintendent to deny transfer request of Student A
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No Action(s) have been added to this Agenda Item.
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XII. Board to consider and take possible action to accept or overturn the decision of the Superintendent to deny transfer request of Student B
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No Action(s) have been added to this Agenda Item.
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XIII. Board to consider and take possible action to accept or overturn the decision of the Superintendent to deny transfer request of Student C
Action(s):
No Action(s) have been added to this Agenda Item.
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XIV. New Business
Discussion:
There was no New Business. |
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XV. Comments from the Public Regarding Non-Agenda Items
Each individual will have five (5) minutes to share their remarks related to the specific non-agenda item received in writing by the board minutes clerk seven (7) days prior to the board meeting date. The total time allotted to comments from the public regarding non-agenda items will not exceed fifteen (15) minutes. |
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XV.A. Mr. Doug Hall
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XV.B. Ms. Regina Bogar
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XV.C. Ms. Melissa Hickman
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XVI. Vote to Adjourn
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No Action(s) have been added to this Agenda Item.
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