September 9, 2019 at 7:00 PM - Okarche Regular Board Meeting

Discussion:  None

Discussion:  First round of star testing.  Tutors come in throughout the week and kids that need it started with that this week.  Started our clubs.  YAC will do some stuff at Okarchefest.  Healthy awareness.  22 students attended the meeting today.  Quiz bowl practice started.  They will have quite a few.  4-6th grade.  We will have 3 teams now.  STEM will start soon.  Lego-league practice started 2 weeks ago.  18 total students in that.  A lot of new things.  3-4th grade basketball on the 23rd.  Last week we did read an ag book day.  Mr. Dean brought over some of his students and they read to them and talked to them about Ag.  Literacy night- around the book fair time.  Community night that we will have stuff prepared for them.  Stations at computers.  Drills are done for the month.  Rep. Mike Sanders came in and gave citations to the boys who helped the toddler.  

Discussion:  HS is rocking and rolling.  Been doing some housekeeping things.  We distributed Chromebook carts to classrooms.  Working on emergency procedures.  We've accomplished our drills for the month and the drug dog came through last week and did a sweep.  Doing some safety things in the building.  We have ordered some shades for the windows.  Eligibility started this week.  17 on the JH list.  7-8 HS kids.  Hopefully we get those numbers down.  Staying busy!

Discussion:  Literacy night- a few different activities for parents with limited english.  This is all part of the ESSA federal program.  In the process of working on some federal program things, especially with Holy Trinity.  Okarchefest this Saturday.  King and Queen thing going on.  Enrollment- 385.  District 10 meeting at Redlands Sept 24th.  Attorney General Mike Hunter workshop about open records.  Oct 3rd in Enid.  1pm-4pm.  OKC on Dec 19th at Metro Tech.  Cell phones out at a board meeting- your cell phone can be subject to open records request.  

Discussion:  All funds are in good shape.  Building bond is spent down to where we are into the bond fund where we had some start up money.  Looks like we will be right on budget.  

Discussion:  Valuation is 108 million.  It's up from 89 million last year.  

Discussion:  Our Treasurer mentioned closing out fund #22 and just operate out of the General fund #11.  Coding still allows us to track that spending in the general fund.  

Discussion:  Gym and Black box theatre- a few electrical things they will be back to fix.  Drips we were having from the ceiling in gym have stopped.  The roofers went ahead and found the areas the moisture was coming through and they put a patch.  Still working on a few punch list items that they are taking care of.  Like a switch plate here and there.  Score board we need the sound to it.  That should happen within the next week.  Still having trouble with some AC units at the elementary.  They are still under warranty.  Joe Hall will help us even once the AC units are out of warranty because of the problems we have had.  Most of the concrete done.  Should have in front of the band room done this week, too.  Waiting on OGE to connect the band room.  Probably one month away from being able to move in.