Wednesday, October 12, 2022 6:45pm - Board of Education Regular meeting

Discussion:  Meeting was called to order at 6:47 p.m. by Board
President Bill J Clem

Discussion:  Prior minutes amended. Error caught in last months
meeting minutes. Error will be corrected and corrected
minutes will be presented to board members for approval
at next meeting.

Discussion:  Mr. Thompson gave the Superintendent's report.  He
reported that the 2022 Budget was approved at the
special meeting September 30th, 2022.  He talked
about the schools appropriations for this year, and that the
Sinking Fund Millage went from 18.11 to 18.03.
He stated that all board members are current with their
Board Member Points.  Mandy Hedges, Seat 3, has
completed her 15 month requirements, and will need
an additional 9 credits by November 2022 if she wants
to file in December.  Monday Oct 31st is the Region 2
meeting in Cherokee, Ok.  It is free to attend and 
board members will receive 3 hours of credit for
attending. The last thing was a Legislative Update.
He reminded everyone that November 8th is election day , and
this will be a key election for Northwest Oklahoma and
Rural Schools.

Discussion:  Mr. Thompson reported that the Elementary enrollment
is 136 Pre-k thru 6th grade.  The Book Fair will be held
October 17th-20th at the elementary school, and October
18th will be Grandparent Night.  The teachers Amazon
pages are still open and will be available all year. Elementary
basketball will be starting Oct. 21st, at Taloga, 3rd/4th
and 5th/6th at 4:30 p.m. Games to follow will be Oct.
25th at Leedey 3rd/4th and 5th/6th at 4:30 p.m., Nov.
3rd versus Taloga 3rd/4th and 5th/6th at 4:30 p.m.,
Nov. 7th at Arnett 5th/6th and JH at 4:30 p.m., Nov.
10th versus Shattuck 5th/6th and JH at 4:30 p.m.
Fire Prevention will be Oct. 19th for the lower
elementary.  Melissa Hobbs from the Woodward
Fire Dept. will be the presenter. The Fire Prevention
Poster winners were 3rd-6th grade: Hayley Bellows,
Makenzi Casio, Allie Morris, Sophia Stephenson,
Christopher Turner, Gabbey Belis, and Hunter
Bosscowen.  They received a backpack , movie
pass, water bottle, and other items as their prize.
October 21st Pre-K thru 6th grade will be going
to Kenny Farms.
Mrs. Hopper reported the high school enrollment
is 68, grades 7th thru 12th.  The Academic team
received District Runners-up and the Volleyball Team
received Regional Runners-up.  The BPA Fall Leader-
ship Conference will be 10-18-22, FACS District
Conference will be 10-19-22 in Fairview, Sr. night
will be 10-20-22 with all sports being acknowledged,
Sr. HPTC College and Career Fair will be 10-24-22,
FFA Sporting Clays 10-26-22, Jrs ASVAB 11-2-22,
FFA  Leadership Conference 11-3-22, JH/HS Girls
basketball 11-3-22, Retakes and Sr. Panel Pictures
11-4-22, FFA OPSU Interscholastics 11-8-22, 
FFA NW Area Shooting Clays 11-10-22, Veteran's
Day Program 11-10-22 at 9:00 a.m., and Academic
Regionals 11-12-22.
 

Discussion:  Nothing to report at this time

Discussion:  2 sealed bids were received on the house property and
the rodeo grounds. Mr. Thompson reported that the
house had been appraised at $35,000.00, and the
rodeo grounds at $10,000.00.  The sealed bids
were opened and read by Mr. Thompson.  The first
bid was a cash bid from Cody Young.  He offered
$4,000.00 for the house and $4,500 for the rodeo
grounds.  The second bid was from Cathy Purcell.
She offered $5,000.00 for the house and $7,000.00
for the rodeo grounds.  Mr. Thompson instructed the
board it was totally up to them on what should be
accepted.  The bid for $7,000.00 from Cathy
Purcell was accepted for the rodeo grounds.  The
house bids were tabled at this time.

Discussion:  It was agreed upon by the board that any precinct
with less than 100 voters will be closed. The
following precincts to be closed are: 220005,
770104, 770105,770201, 770307.
The board approved the following resolution
calling for an election to be submitted to the voters
of the district.  A Board of Education Primary Election 
shall be held on February 14th, 2023, only if 3 or
more candidates file for the Board of Education
position.  A General Election shall be held April
4, 2023 if only two candidates file for a position
to be scheduled on the ballot or for a position
on the ballot for an unexpired term or if no 
candidate in the Primary Election receives
more than 50% of the votes cast.
The filing period for candidates will open
on Monday December 5, 2022 at 8:00 a.m.
and will close Wednesday December 7,2022
at 5:00 p.m.

Discussion:  Mrs. Hopper reported on the Annual Dropout
Report.  She stated Mutual had one student
dropout for 2021-2022.
There was no discussion from the board
regarding this report.
 

Discussion:  Mrs. Hopper reported on the Student College
Remediation Report. She reported that Mutual
HS compares fairly well with other schools
in our district.
There was no discussion from the board 
regarding this report.

Discussion:  Mrs. Hopper made the correction that the adjunct is for 8th grade
Science instead of 7th grade as she had previously reported.

Discussion:  Mr. Thompson discussed the budget with the board
stating he thought it would be a good idea to not
discuss it any more until after the first of the year.
When ask an example question to the board on
which site they would like the school, the majority
of the school board would like everything
moved to the Sharon site. A few of the board
members stated they will vote for it whichever
site is decided on.   Mandy Hedges, board
member, stated she thinks a transportation
bond needs to be done and not a building
bond.  Neal Stephenson, board member,
states he doesn't think a building bond will
pass right now with the economy the way it
is. Eddie White, Board Clerk, stated he would
like to see the site at Mutual because there is
more space, but he knows people do not want
to drive the extra miles to Mutual.  He states
the school will go broke if not moved to one site.
Neal Stephenson stated that cuts will have to be
made if stay at 2 sites. Eddie White, Clerk, suggested
tabling the budget discussion until after the 
first of the year, and in the mean time getting out
in the community and talking with people.  The board 
agreed with tabling the budget discussion, and
Mr. Thompson finished up with it is up to God, he has
the plan.

Discussion:  It was discussed among the board members 
and decided that the house in Mutual would
be reopened up for bid in the January meeting.
They gave 2 stipulations: the bid has to be at
least $22,000.00, or bring 2/3 of the appraised
value.

Discussion: 
The next Board Meeting will be Tuesday November 15th, 2022