December 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: Mike McAffee, John Sook, John Martin, Daniel McComb, Megan Marshall, Jolie Marshall, and Susie Terrell. Others may have been present but did not sign the register, or the signature was unreadable. |
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Principal/Director Reports
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Consent Agenda
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Minutes of the November 10, 2025, Regular Board Meeting
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General Fund #432 to #447, payroll #50271 to #50277, change orders and financial summary
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Child Nutrition Fund #24, change orders, 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 as of December 1, 2025, is 1,944 students. This is down 142 students from the same time last year.
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Construction Update Reports
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Timberlakle reported that they had a beam signing for the staff at Clara Reynolds Elementary. The bean is being installed in the new construction. They have started building the structure, underground plumbing has been completed, and interior metal framing has begun.
Boldt reported that the Russell Babb Elementary bids were approved by the board last month. Tonight, they are presenting the bids for Harrah High School. They will open bids in January for Harrah Middle School and present them to the board for approval at the February board meeting. |
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Items to be Considered by the Board
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Discuss and take possible action on the 2024-2025 financial audit as prepared by the district auditor, S & B CPA's and Associates, PLLC.
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Jay States, S & B CPA and Associates, presented the 2024-2025 financial audit. There were no findings in the audit.
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Discuss and take possible action regarding the bid recommendations from Boldt Construction for the Harrah High School project.
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Timberlake presented the GMP for the high school project at $7,423,079. Since the bids came in under the projected amount, the board can consider adding alternates. Russell Babb alternates were also discussed.
The high School is adding Alternates 1B — Entryway Canopy for $237,086, 4B — Terrazzo flooring in the cafeteria for $304,510, and 5 - Restroom Renovation for $138,388. Russell Babb is adding Alternates 1 - Signage for $20,599 and 2 - Corridor instead of a storm door for $81,969 to their project. |
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Board to consider and take action on a resolution determining the maturities of, and setting a date, time, and place for the sale of the $7,300,000 General Obligation Combined Purpose Bonds of the School District.
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The bonds will be sold at a special board meeting on February 3, 2026, at 12:00 p.m.
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Discuss and take possible action on the student transfer capacity numbers for January 2026.
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Discuss and take possible action on the revised General Section of the student handbooks.
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The General Section of the student handbooks was revised. It now contains only sections applicable to all our school sites. Each site has its own handbook for sections that apply only to their school.
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Discuss and take possible action on the out-of-state travel request for the high school track athletes to attend an indoor track meet on January 9-11, 2026, in Colorado.
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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 A and B.
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Acknowledge return to open session. Executive session compliance statement.
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Discuss and take possible action to employ an extra duty assignment for the high school girls' assistant soccer coach as listed on Exhibit A.
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Discuss and take possible action to employ extra duty staff and substitutes for the 2025-2026 school year as listed on Exhibit B.
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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 8:41 p.m.
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