February 14, 2023 at 5:00 PM - Regular Meeting

1. Call the meeting to order.

2. Roll call of members.

3. Flag Salute, Moment of Silence, and GOOD NEWS SPS.

4. Introduction of guests and public discussion by those who requested to speak to the board regarding any item on the agenda.

5. Board to discuss, consider, and take necessary action regarding approval/acceptance of an invitation to join a class action law suit with Frantz Law Group, which alleges certain social media companies are playing a major role in causing mental health problems in youth and that excessive and problematic use of social media is harmful to children’s mental, behavioral and emotional health.

6. PROPOSED EXECUTIVE SESSION TO DISCUSS THE EVALUATION OF THE POSITION OF SCHOOL SUPERINTENDENT, AND TO DISCUSS THE EMPLOYMENT OF THOSE CERTIFIED AND/OR NON-CERTIFIED PERSONNEL LISTED IN AGENDA ITEMS 6.C. (1-2), PURSUANT TO 25 O.S. SEC. 307 (B) (1) (7);

6.A. Consider and take necessary action to convene in Executive Session.

6.B. Return of the board to open session and the board president's executive session statement.

6.C. Board to discuss, consider and take necessary actions regarding the Superintendent’s recommendations for items 6.C (1) – through – 6.C (3).
 

6.C.1. Personnel Report: Including employee resignation(s) not known at the time of posting this meeting agenda; new hires/ temporary status; transfers; re-assignments; extra-duty assignments; and other conditions of employment.
 

6.C.2. Resignations (As accepted by the superintendent since the previous board of education meeting). John Phillips, Teacher (Effective at the close of the 2022-23 school year); Pamela Burch, Cafeteria Helper (Effective 01/20/2023); and Steven Holata, Custodian (Effective 02/15/2023).
 

6.C.3. Continued Employment (unassigned), for the following administrators through school year 2023-2024, ending 06/30/2024: Angela Willmett, Mike Snyder, Wade Rigney, David Carter, Josh Edenborough, Denese Cheatwood, Angie Parks, David Dean, Warren (Blake) Johnson, and McKayla Plett.
 

7. CONSENT AGENDA.
All the following items, which concern reports and items of a routine nature normally approved at board meetings, will be approved by one vote unless any board member desires to have a separate vote on any or all the items.  The consent agenda consists of the discussion, consideration, and approval of the following items:

7.A. Minutes of the January 10, 2023, Regular Monthly Meeting, and Minutes of the
January 17, 2023, Special Meeting.

7.B. Financial reports:

7.C. Encumbrances and change orders:

7.C.1. General Fund #11:  #1000, 1005, 1008, 1016, 1017, 1020, 1021, 1161, 1162, 1184, 1287, 1317, 1324, 1370, 1380, 1411, 1414, 1418, 1419-1447, 50231, 50232, 50233 (Total = $250,777.90)

7.C.2. Building Fund #21: #4, 6, 12, 22-25, 48, 49, 52 (Total = $45,315.00)

7.C.3. Child Nutrition Fund #22: #14, 22, 28, 38, 39 (Total = $80,091.28)

7.D. Fundraiser requests

7.E. ANNUAL CONSENT ITEMS/ INCLUDING SERVICE AGREEMENTS:

7.E.1. Continuing Agreement with GEAR UP / Seminole State College “In-Kind” partnership;

7.E.2. OKTLE (Teacher Evaluations, Admin-Leader Evaluations, and Support Employee Evaluations) 2023-2024 School Year.

7.E.3. Continuing agreement with Gordon Cooper Technology Center to offer academic credits for certain technology courses offered at GCTC through the 2023-2024 school year.
 

8. Board to discuss, consider, and take necessary action regarding an Escrow Agreement with First United Bank & Trust, Seminole, Oklahoma, authorizing Mr. Bill Norton, President of First United Bank of Seminole, Oklahoma as Escrow Disbursement Signatory on behalf of Seminole Public Schools per the board’s previously approved Lease-Purchase Resolution Agreement with First United Bank for financing buses and school vehicles.
 

9. Board to discuss, consider, and take possible action, regarding a proposed agreement with the Oklahoma Department of Human Services to place a School-Based-Specialist at Seminole Public Schools.

 

10. Board to discuss, consider, and take possible action regarding adoption of the following new and/or revised district policies:
 

10.A. FDAAA (New Policy) – Authorizing the use of electronic signatures on school documents and forms.
 

10.B. Health related (New Policies) – Inhalers, and related asthma information.

10.C. Student Chronic Absenteeism (Revisions) – Student Handbook

10.D. EMC (Revisions) – Graduation Exercises, Policy and Student Handbook

 

11. ADMINISTRATIVE REPORTS: (Administrators, Principals, Assistant Superintendent, and Superintendent).
           

12. NEW BUSINESS: (Business, which was not known, and could not have reasonably been known prior to the 24-hour legal posting notice requirement for the agenda).

13. ADJOURNMENT.