January 8, 2024 at 7:00 PM - Harrah Board of Education Regular Meeting
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Call to Order/Roll Call to Establish a Quorum
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Others Present: Paul Blessington, Superintendent, and Leslie Hobaugh, Minutes Clerk Visitors Present: Gunner Baker, John Martin, Jay States, Troy Skorkowsky, and Joe Rollins Others may have been present but did not sign the register or the signature was unreadable. |
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Consent Agenda
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Minutes of the December 11, 2023 Regular Board Meeting
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General Fund #572 to #593, payroll #50308 to #50312, change orders and financial summary
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Building Fund financial summary
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Child Nutrition Fund #28 to #41, change orders and financial summary
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2023 Bond Fund #1 to #3 and financial summary
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Activity Fund Summary Report, Activity Requests and Transfer Requests
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Treasurer's Report
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Monthly Comparison Report
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Superintendent's Report/Announcements
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Student Enrollment
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The student enrollment for January 3, 2024, was 2,083 students. This is down 106 students from this time last year.
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Boldt Roof Update
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Mitch Johnson, Boldt Construction, spoke to the board about the roof projects in the district. The roof of the Ramer Gym and old band room has been completed and the rutting to the area east of the gym created by the roofers will be fixed. The Harrah Middle School Gym had water damage during roof replacement and water damage during the summer relating the humidity. The floors will be sanded down and Boldt, Universal Roofing, and Harrah will split the cost of the project. Gunner Baker from Universal Roofing also spoke to the board as well as the gym floor installer, Joe Rollins.
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Board Appreciation Month
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Sodexo provided food for the board members tonight.
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Items to be Considered by the Board
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Discuss and take possible action on the financial audit for FY 2023 as presented by the district auditor, S & B CPA's & Associates PLLC.
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Jay States and Amy Zambia, S & B CPA's & Associates PLLC presented the 2022-202 audit in person to the board. The only audit finding was for the activity account. Tickets need to be handed out and kept track of for all events when the gate collects entry fees.
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Discuss and take possible action on the purchase of two Ford Expeditions for school use.
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Theccost of the vehicles are $61,217 which is the state contract approved price.
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Discuss and take possible action on revising Policy FO-R1 - Control and Discipline Policy.
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Shawn Keene, Special Services Director, revised the policy: DELETE: The following schedule shall not be used in determining discipline for any child on an IEP or Section 504
Plan until such time as the student’s IEP team has determined that the infraction is in no way a manifestation of that student’s disability. |
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Discuss and take possible action on the out-of-state travel request for the high school football coaches to attend a football clinic in Dallas, TX on February 9-10, 2024.
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No students are traveling, just coaches. The only cost will be the fuel.
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Discuss and take possible action regarding the capacity numbers for student transfers for January 2024.
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Vote to convene or not to convene in executive session pursuant to 25 O.S. Section 307 (B)(1) to perform the superintendent's evaluation and to discuss the superintendent's contract, employment of certified and support personnel, and substitutes as listed on Exhibit A and B.
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Acknowledge return to open session. Executive session compliance statement.
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Mr. Swan read the following statement:
The Board of Education including Kevin McBrayer, Mike Calhoun, Krista Harke, Chris Monden, and Trey Swan went into executive session at 8:05 p.m. pursuant to 25O>S> Section 307 (B)(1) to perform the superintendent's evaluation and to discuss the superintendent's contract and the employment of certified and support personnel as listed on Exhibit A and B. During the executive session, Paul Blessington was invited in. Nothing else was discussed, and no action was taken. The Board acknowledges returning to open session at 10:22 p.m. |
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Discuss and take possible action to add Carlos Gomez as assistant middle school track coach on the extra duty list and to employ Heaven Howard for High School English for the 2023-2024 school year as listed on Exhibit A.
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Discuss and take possible action to approve the substitutes for the 2023-2024 school year as listed on Exhibit B.
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Discuss and take possible action regarding the renewal of the superintendent's contract through the 2026-2027 school year.
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New Business (Items not known at the time of Agenda preparation.)
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Announcements
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The Board will vote to adjourn.
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The board adjourned at 10:25 p.m.
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