June 26, 2025 at 6:30 PM - Regular Meeting

1. Call meeting to order.

2. Roll call.

3. Vote to approve or not approve the minutes of the regular meeting of June 2, 2025.

4. Consent Agenda
All of 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 of these items. 

4.A. Finance FY 25

4.B. Purchase order numbers 607 through 617, purchase order numbers 70483 through 70487, and changes to previous purchase order numbers, 11, 28, 29, 33, 37, 38, 48, 52, 53, 55, 57, 61, 62, 63, 79, 83, 85, 86, 87, 92, 210, 268, 296, 352, 361, 400, 410, 413, 458, 466, 470, 478, 501, 508, 509, 520, 533, 537, 554, 561, 569, 574, 586, 589, 70001 through 70004, 70006 through 70014, 70017 through 70036, 70039, 70041 through 70048, 70050 through 70056, 70058 through 70060, 70062 through 70064, 70066 through 70081, 70083 through 70122, 70124 through 70132, 70134 through 70139, 70141, 70148 through 70175, 70179, 70181, 70183 through 70188, 70191 through 70195, 70198, 70200 through 70203, 70205, 70207 through 70210, 70212 through 70220, 70310, 70341, 70353 through 70360, 70412, 70418, 70422 through 70426, 70431 through 70435, 70439 through 70448, 70458 through 70461, 70467, 70469, 70471, 70473, 70477, 70479 through 70482, in the General Fund, totaling (-$99,959.25).

4.C. Purchase order number 99, and changes to previous purchase order numbers 8, 28, 32, 62, 63, 65 and 89, in the Building Fund, totaling (-$4,382.77).  

4.D. Activity Fund Report.

4.E. Finance FY 26

4.E.a. Resolution of Encumbrance FY 26.

4.E.b. Certified Salary Schedule FY 26.

4.E.c. Support Salaries for FY 26.

4.E.d. Authorization of the Latta Activity Fund Custodian to place all interest for FY 26 into the Employees for Excellence activity sub-account.

4.E.e. Authorization of the District Treasurer to place all interest earned from the General, Building, Sinking and Bond Funds into the General and Building Funds for FY 26.

4.E.f. Authorization of the Encumbrance Clerk to increase approved purchase orders up to $1,500 for FY 26.

4.E.g. Addendum to Contract For Certified Personnel.

4.E.h. Enrollment with Loomis & Lapann for School Catastrophic Accident Insurance.

4.E.i. LEA Implementation Agreement for Special Education for FY 26.

4.E.j. Renewal of a lease-purchase for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2026, as required under the provisions of the Equipment Lease/Purchase Agreement dated April 1, 2023 between the District and Vision Bank.

4.E.k. Federal Programs General Assurances for FY 26.

4.E.l. MOU for Alternative Education Cooperative and Authorization to Pay the FY 26 Allocation of Statewide Alternative Education Academy Program Funds to the LEA for the Cooperative

4.E.m. Pontotoc Technology Center Math/Science Course Instruction Agreement

4.E.n. Resolution #25-119, Interlocal Cooperative Agreement with Pontotoc County

4.E.o. Agreement for Services with the Board of County Commissioners of Pontotoc County on behalf of the Pontotoc County Sheriff's Office

4.E.p. Rave Panic Button as the Districts Adopted Emergency Safety Notification Platform

4.E.q. Bi-Annual Standard Oil and Grease Agreement with Allied Elevator Service.

4.E.r. Stan Cochran as Authorized User for PMA-OLAP.

4.E.s. Stan Cochran as authorized signatory for BancFirst requisitions as related to the bond construction projects.

5. Vote to convene or not to convene into executive session to discuss resignations,  employment of a teacher assistant, paraprofessional, temporary maintenance worker, a Mental Health Counselor, a School-Based Family Services Liaison, the contracts of the Superintendent and all 12 month certified and support personnel as listed below: Executive Session Authority 25 O.S. Section 307(B)(1) 
a) Resignations received to date: Ashley Newport, Kenley Burk, Carter Smith
b) Employment of Layna Taylor as a teacher assistant
c) Employment of Rio Peterson as a paraprofessional
c) Employment of a temporary maintenance worker
d) Employment of a Mental Health Counselor
e) Employment of a School-Based Family Services Liaison
f)  Contract of the Superintendent
g) Contract for all 12 month certified and support personnel

6. Vote to return to open session

7. Executive session compliance statement

8. Discussion and possible action regarding resignations received to date.

9. Vote to employ or not to employ Layna Taylor as a teacher assistant.

10. Vote to employ or not to employ Rio Peterson as a paraprofessional. 

11. Consideration and possible action concerning the employment of a temporary maintenance worker.

12. Consideration and possible action concerning the employment of a Mental Health Counselor.

13. Consideration and possible action concerning the employment of a School-Based Family Services Liaison.

14. Vote to revise or not to revise the contract of the Superintendent, Stan Cochran.

15. Vote to approve or not approve the FY 26 contracts of all 12-month certified and support personnel.

16. Principal's Report

16.A. Elementary Principal

16.B. Middle School Principal

16.C. High School Principal

17. Superintendent's Report

17.A. Financial Report

17.B. District News

17.C. Latta School Safe Return & Continuity of Services Plan

18. Vote to revise or not to revise the following Latta Board Policies:
EBA - School Hours
CFB-R1 - Activity Funds (Regulations)

19. Vote to approve or not approve Latta Board Policy EBA that requires not less than 1086 hours of instruction for the 2025-2026 school year.

20. Vote to approve or not approve Latta Public Schools Transfer Policy FE and district wide transfer capacities.

21. Consideration and possible action concerning FY 26 membership in the organizations listed below:
OASIS
NAFIS
OROS
OPSRC
Ada Area Chamber of Commerce

22. Consideration and possible action concerning quote(s) on two 71-passenger buses.

23. Consideration and possible action concerning quote(s) on a reel mower.

24. Vote to accept or not to accept the resignation of Michael McElroy from the Latta Board of Education effective June 26, 2025.

25. New Business: This item is limited to any matter not known about or which could not have been reasonably foreseen prior to the time of the posting this Agenda [Okla. Stat.tit. 25, Section 311 (A) (9)]. 

26. Announcements:
Business Office Closed - June 27 through July 6
Board Meeting - August 4, 2025
 

27. Adjournment