April 12, 2023 at 6:45 PM - Board of Education Regular Meeting

Discussion:  Meeting called to order at 6:45 p.m. by Bill J Clem, Board President.

Discussion:  7:09 p.m.  Vice-President, Neal Stephenson, and Monica
Stephenson, arrived at meeting.
Mr. Thompson gave the Superintendent's report.  He gave
each board member a paper with their total points on it.
He informed Daniel Lee, new board member, that he has 15
months to get credits needed.  He announced that there will
be staff changes due to resignations given by Aaron Marlatt, 
Megan Gilchrist, Audra Hutchins, and Rodney Bennett.  Please
wish them the best of luck in their new positions and/or
adventures if you see them.  The OSSBA Region 2 Meeting.
will be held April 27th at 5:30 p.m. in the Mutual gym.  The
FFA will be serving.  Mr. Thompson encouraged all board
members to attend.  Eddie White, Clerk, stated he likes
the in person, instead of online. It feels more beneficial and 
is less costly with online costing the school $60.00 to $100.00
each time.  Board members will receive 3 credits for attending
that night. Mr. Thompson then gave an update on the legislative
issues-Vouchers/Tax Credits, Teacher Pay, School Funding, Board
Election Dates, Tax Cuts, and other topics. The House and Senate
are currently fighting so most of the Educational Legislation is in
gridlock.  He encouraged everyone to be in contact with their
local representative, and if anyone is interested in visiting the 
Capitol he would be glad to attend with you.
He states he is planning to attend Eggs and Issues Friday
April 14th in Woodward. 

Discussion:  Mr. Thompson reported that the elementary enrollment is 146
students. The Teacher Amazon Pages are still open and will
be available all year.  The spring pizza fundraiser forms are
due April 24th, the Big Four Track Meet will be held May 8th,
and the spring field trips will be starting shortly. Pre-K and
6th grade graduation will be held May 11th and Elementary
Awards will be May 12th.
Students of the Month for March-
PreK - Angel Jaquez
PreK - Adalicia Watson
Kindg- Stefan Davis
1st grade - Channing White
2nd grade - Lakyn Marlatt
3rd grade- Luke Spray
3rd grade - Dierksyn Thompson
4th grade - Prince Prada
5th grade - KIley Brown
6th grade - Heather Calkins

Mrs.Hopper reported that the high school has a total
enrollment of 70 students.  Prom was last Saturday
night and everything went well. The Character Minutes
finished yesterday, the final day of the S-M Baseball
Festival will be 04-13-23, high school track will be
at Laverne 4-14-23, State Testing will begin 4-17-23.
Elementary/JH track will be at Turpin 4-17-23, HS
baseball vs. Ringwood 4-17-23, Baseball District
Tournament 4-20-23, HS track at Turpin 4-21-23.
HPTC Skills Contest 4-25-23, JH/HS GT Trip to
Oklahoma City 4-26-23, FCCLA Sr. Farewell 4-27-23,
HS Tack Regionals 4-29-23, State FFA Convention
at Tulsa 5-1 thru 5-4-23.  HPTC Awards Assembly
5-1-23 at 8:00 a.m., State Track at Western Heights
5-5-23 and 5-6-23, FAA Banquet 5-9-23. Stem Trip
will be 5-9-23, and Mrs. Green will be taking some
students to attend it.  Letterman's Banquet 6:30 p.m.
5-15-23, HS Awards Assembly 5-16-23 at 9:00 a.m.,
Miss S-M/Mr. Irrisistable 5-16-23 at 6:30 p.m., 
Baccalaureate 5-17-23 at 7:00 p.m., Graduation
5-19-23 at 7:00 p.m.
Mrs. Hopper then brought up that it has been suggested
that TAP be put back into the school schedule for  8th,
9th, and 10th grades.  She stated that it would be very
difficult to get everything worked into the daily schedule,
and that if a student is in TAP they cannot be in Vo-Ag
or FACS. Mr. Brad Shryock agreed with Mrs. Hopper
that it would be difficult to get worked into the daily
schedule, and transportation to and from would also
be an issue.  Mrs. Green stood and addressed the
board stating that TAP would take away her classes
that she teaches, so she would no longer have a 
job at Sharon-Mutual. Mr. Thompson stated that 
he, Mrs. Hopper, and Mrs. Syms would discuss
this issue.further.
 

Discussion:  Mrs. Nail spoke about SB 526 which repeals requirements
for the Teacher and Leader Effectiveness Evaluation System,
a statewide program intended to measure performance 
but the subject of considerable criticism during its brief
existence. SB 526 would allow districts to continue using
the system, which is marketed by a third-party vendor, or to
develop their own evaluation programs.
State Representative John Echols states the problem is we 
have the TLE right now which is a single vendor.  We need
to look at more opportunities as to how we grade teachers 
and give them that continuing education in a way that's
helpful but still maximizes what schools can do.
Mr. Thompson stated he was not aware of this bill 
and will do some further looking in to it.

Discussion:  Michelle Farrell, Para, addressed the board regarding
having a 5th and 6th grade cheerleading squad for
the 2023-2024 school year.  She stated they 
would start out with football to see how it goes.
They want to give the girls something to do and
the opportunity to see if it's something they want 
to do in junior high and high school since its costly
to be involved in.  They are also hoping it will
bring more fans and parents to the game and 
show more team spirit.  They will only cheer at
home football games, parents are responsible
for getting them to the game and picking them
up after the game, and it will be all parent funded.
The junior high and high school cheerleaders
and sponsors have agreed to help the younger
girls learn.

Discussion:  Lorrie Baggett, citizen, addressed the board regarding
the schools' transportation needs.  She stated she went
to a track meet recently and noticed our school buses
and vehicles look awful compared to other schools.
She states we need to have more pride in our school
and was wondering what needs to be done to get this
issue solved. She was informed by board members 
and Mr.Thompson that recently a transportation
bond was voted on and failed terribly.  She ask what
the reasons are that nothing will pass and ask if it
was because of it increasing taxes.  She was told
that higher taxes for one, and community just doesn't
want to help the school are the reasons why.  Mr.
Thompson stated that having two sites really
strains the budget, and Eddie White, Clerk, stated
moving everything to one sight would save the
school a lot of money each year.  He believes a
bond for transportation and building for one site
should both be on one  bond since the taxes
would be the same. We have got to get the
community on board.  Mr.Thompson stated that
the longer we wait the more it's going to cost. 
Mr. Shryock told of recently when coming home
from an event, the transmission went out in one
of the suburbans pulling out into intersection in
Watonga.  Luckily all the students had rode home
with parents, and he was able to reverse it into the
quick stop parking lot and call for help. Could have
not turned out as well as it did.  Lorrie stated she
has been hearing a lot of trash talking and negativity. 
She states that everyone needs to shut their mouths,
stop the negativity, and work together for the kids sake. 
PUT THE KIDS FIRST! She states if there are no changes
made the school is going to continue loosing students and
eventually Sharon-Mutual will have no schools. She states
she is willing to do whatever is needed.
No action taken.  Will discuss more at next board meeting.

Discussion:  The next board meeting will be Wednesday May 10th at 6:45 p.m.