August 11, 2025 6:45pm - Board of Education Regular meeting

Discussion:  Meeting was called to order at 6:46 p.m. by Board President, Eddie White.

Discussion:  Mr. Thompson presented the Superintendent's Report.  The OSSBA
Conference will be held September 4th-7th.  Dakota Lamberth, and
Jeremy Baggett, Board Members, Daniel Lee, Board Clerk, and Mr.
Thompson will be attending. A letter was sent home with each student
to inform the parents that the school would not be paying for school
lunches.  Mr. Thompson stated that the school pays 22% of every meal 
for each student.  There is really no update on the walking trail.  They
are scheduling the start of the project, and will have a better update next
month.

Discussion:  Mr. Thompson presented the Elementary Report.  Enrollment is 125 grades
Pre-K thru 6th. August 25th Elementary Football scrimmage vs Buffalo at 5:30 
p.m., September 1st Labor Day-No school, September 2nd Football vs CBA
at 6:00 p.m., September 5th Grandparents Day at 9:00 a.m., September 8th
Football at Buffalo at 5:30 p.m.  Tickets for the Fire Pit Fundraiser will be 
available soon.  Teacher Amazon Pages are still open and will be available
all year.  Student of the month will be recognized along with employee of
the month.

Mr. Shryock presented the High School Report.  Enrollment is 87.  The first
day was an outstanding success.  Last Friday the 8th was Media Day at
Mutual and it was well attended.  Volleyball will have its first match tomorrow,
August 12th, at Canute, Thursday at Corn Bible, and Friday Snyder Tournament.
The first day of TAP and Vo-Tech is Thursday August 21st.  There will be a home
Football Scrimmage with Shattuck August 22nd.  The Booster Club will feed both 
teams. The first High School Football game is September 5th at Grandfield. 
S-M Junior High will hold a Volleyball Tournament September 6th. Sharon-Mutual
will be hosting 2 Volleyball Tournaments this year. The number of girls out for
volleyball has greatly increased this year.  There are 27-30 girls out.
 

Discussion:  Nothing to report.

Discussion:  Future Bond issue was discussed among Mr. Thompson and board members.
Mr. Thompson stated he has had several people approach him about doing
a bond, and several board members stated the same.  Stand alone facilities
such as weight room, concession stand, bathrooms, and locker rooms, along
with repairs that are needed (new roof on both gyms, septic system in gym,
and other repairs) will be included.  Mr. Thompson stated that if you keep the
amount around $800,000.00 to 1,000,000.00 per year that there should be
no tax increase.  Jeremy Baggett, Board Member, stated that the bond needs
to focus on everything no just athletics. Mark Hutt, concerned citizen of the
school district, addressed the board and presented them with a letter he had 
written with what he thought were the pressing maintenance and facility needs.
After more discussion, it was agreed upon by the board to keep bond around
$4,000,000.00, not go over $5,000,000.00. Mr. Hutt and Tecia Spray will start
working on getting the information out to the public.  Tecia Spray ask if anyone
had heard any positive or negative comments about the last bond to please let
her know.  The board gave Mr. Thompson approval to get bids so they would
know what the cost would be, what projects to be done, and the tax impact.
He will gather the needed information and present it at the September Board
Meeting.  If approved, a Special Board Meeting will be called for the next week
due to the Resolution has to be done by September 18th to be voted on in 
November.  It was noted that if wait until next year to do bond, the cost will be
2-4 times higher.

Discussion:  The next Board Meeting will be held Wednesday September 10th at 6:45 p.m.