September 8, 2025 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: Shawna Keene, Guy Worth, David Hairell, Mia F., Mike McAffee, Susie Terrell, Tiffani Patrick, William Cresswell, Nela Edwards, John Martin, Troy Marshall, Jolie Marshall, and James Erbin. Others may have been present but did not sign the register, or the signatures were unreadable. |
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Principal/Director Reports
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Consent Agenda
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Minutes of the August 14, 2025, Regular Board Meeting Minutes
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General Fund #192 to #305, payroll #50063 to #50244, change orders and financial summary
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Child Nutrition Fund #19, payroll #50000 to #50002 and financial summary
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Sinking Fund #1 to #2 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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Dropout Remediation Report - David Hairell
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Davis Hairell, High School Principal, presented the Dropout Report. There were 13 high school dropouts and zero middle school dropouts. One high school student is currently enrolled this year.
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State Aid Comparison FY25 vs FY26
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The total state aid funding for FY 26 is down $379,867.56 from FY 25. |
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Timberlake Constructioin Update
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Craig Yadon, Timberlake Construction, reported that the final savings on the Virginia Smith Project are $38,617.21. Demolition at Clara Reynolds Elementary has begun.
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Boldt Construction Update
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Boldt provided a summary schedule for the last three projects. Bids will be issued for Russell Babb in November, Harrah High School in December, and Harrah Middle School in January.
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Items to be Considered by the Board
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Discuss and take possible action on the 2025-2026 Estimate of Needs as prepared by our district auditor.
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Mr. Blessington recommended that the board approve the 2025-2026 Estimate of Needs. He highlighted some of the figures from the report prepared by the auditor. The cash fund balance in the General Fund as of June 30, 2025, was $5,407,754.11. The 2025-2026 legal appropriation amount is $22,554,945.33. The cash fund balance in the Building Fund as of June 30, 2025, was $7,484,479.12. The legal appropriation for 2025-2026 is $8,073,005.10. The cash fund balance in the Child Nutrition fund as of June 30, 2025, was $693,395.72. The 2025-2026 legal appropriation is $1,682,173.08. The legal appropriation amounts are what the district is allowed by law to spend.
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Discuss and take possible action to increase adult meal prices.
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Discuss and take possible action regarding the SRO contract(s) for the 2025-2026 school year.
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The SRO will be paid $40.34/hour.
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Discuss and take possible action on the out-of-state travel request for the high school boys cross country team on October 3-5, 2025.
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Discuss and take possible action on the out-of-state travel request for the high school band to Ark City, Kansas, on October 24-26, 2025.
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Discuss and take possible action to name the softball pressbox after John Martin.
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Vote to convene or not to convene into executive session pursuant to 25 O.S. Section 307 (B)(1) to discuss the employment of those employees listed on Exhibit B and extra duty assignments.
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Acknowledge return to open session. Executive session compliance statement.
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Discuss and take possible action to employ support personnel and substitutes for the 2025-2026 school year as listed on Exhibit B.
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Discuss and take possible action to approve the additional extra duty assignments for girls and boys wrestling, middle school baseball, and Russell Babb academic teams and student council for the 2025-2026 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 meeting adjourned at 8:00 p.m.
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