November 11, 2019 at 7:00 PM - Okarche Regular Board Meeting
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Call to order and record attendance.
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Consideration and action on the minutes of the regular board meeting held on ____October 14, 2019___
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No Action(s) have been added to this Agenda Item.
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Communication/Public Hearings
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Administrative Reports and discussion
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Elementary Principal - Chris Roby
Discussion:
Starting dibels testing this week. We had the Veteran's Day assembly this morning. Pre-k wrote letters to the Veterans. 3rd grade did the Declaration of Independence. 3-6th grade sang the military fight songs. 5/6th basketball plays Nov 21st at Banner. 4th grade went to build a bear workshop and made bears for NICU patients. TAPS sponsored a 5th grade field trip to iFly, which will be a STEM activity. 2nd grade is going to Leonardo's on Nov 26th. All drills are complete for this semester. 5th and 6th grade STEM are going to OU for a field trip.
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JH/HS Principal - Lisa Munson
Discussion:
JH boys won first place in the Calumet tournament. Girls won 2nd place. The Veteran's day assembly was great. FFA smoked meat sale is complete. Mini cheer camp taking place this Saturday. We will be having a vaping presentation next week for the students. PSAT will be on Nov 12th. There will be a Senior parents meeting tomorrow night at 6pm in the HS library.
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Superintendent - Rob Friesen
Discussion:
Enrollment is at 393. We are waiting on our tech guys to install the vape detection devices. We will need to amend our policy. The city has a policy on vaping. With adopting a new policy, we could have tickets issued if student's are caught vaping. We are discussing eliminating 2nd 9 weeks testing. We would just have the semester tests. We would give the teachers the freedom to weigh the test as they see fit. We would not eliminate the semester test exemption. Graduation is currently set for May 22nd. Looking at moving it to May 15th. 8th grade promotion would move to the 14th, and we may look at eliminating 8th grade promotion all together. We are getting ready for the auditors that will be here Wednesday, Nov 13th. We also have a federal programs audit taking place. The fair board trophy auction is this Sunday. Our first HS home game had roughly 825-850 people in attendance. HS sporting clays competes at State in Acadia this week. 8th grade health conference is also this week. The band building is nearly paid off. We are working on closing out the child nutrition fund. Everything will be ran out of the general fund. We have started receiving the funds from the DCP protest.
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Financial Report
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Consideration and action on the following consent agenda items:
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No Action(s) have been added to this Agenda Item.
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General Fund purchase orders -#279-#319
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Building Fund purchase orders -#7
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Child Nutrition purchase orders -
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Building Bond 2009 -
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Building Bond 2016 -
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Activity Fund report
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Activity Account transfer of funds- transfer $2,967.62 from (824) JH Cheer to (825) Cheerleading.- Closure of JH Cheer account.
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Child Nutrition report
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Any and all change orders
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Consideration and action on the following personnel matters:
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None
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Resignations
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Employment
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Consideration and action to set board meeting dates and times for 2020 regular meetings of the Okarche Board of Education and notification of the schedule to the Kingfisher County Clerk.
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No Action(s) have been added to this Agenda Item.
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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 $3,525,000 General Obligation Building Bonds of the School District.
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No Action(s) have been added to this Agenda Item.
Discussion:
December 4th at noon.
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Consideration and action on Student Dropout Report for 2019.
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No Action(s) have been added to this Agenda Item.
Discussion:
None
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Consideration and action on ACT score report for 2019.
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No Action(s) have been added to this Agenda Item.
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Discussion on post-secondary opportunities for Okarche Public Schools students.
Discussion:
We do not currently have career tech affiliation. Juniors have not been involved in post secondary opportunities until this year. Students who work can work 7th hour as post secondary. 3 juniors are currently taking college courses. We also have 5 students currently taking career tech courses. If Okarche were to approve becoming a member of Canadian Valley, it would cost the average tax payer $13 per month per $100,000 property value. With Chisholm Trail, it would be $11 a month. It would cost approximately 1.5 million per year with either one.
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Update and discussion on construction project
Discussion:
The gym is 99.95% complete. We have a few electrical issues that are still being resolved. We have occupancy for the band room, and will move over Thanksgiving break. Mr. Friesen showed the board a map that showed where our bus barn will go, as well as the new greenhouse for Ag. It also included future growth.
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New Business
Discussion:
None
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Motion to adjourn
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