February 3, 2020 at 5:00 PM - Lawton Public Schools Board of Education Regular Meeting

1. Call to Order

2. Pledge of Allegiance - Dr. Tom Thomas

3. Roll Call to Establish Quorum

4. Special Guests/Special Recognition - Dr. Tom Thomas and Carla Clodfelter

5. Architect and Construction Manager at Risk Update

6. Departmental Reports

6.a. Information Item: Update - Business Operations and Educational Services Reports 

6.b. Action Item:  Proposed revisions to the 2020-2021 LPS School Calendar - Dr. Ken Baden

7. Report of the Superintendent

7.a. Action Item:  Consideration and action regarding the appointment of Lance Gibbs as Comptroller for Lawton Public Schools

7.b. Action Item:  Consideration and action regarding the Cameron University Stadium Contract

7.c. Action Item:  Acknowledge receipt of the Superintendent's recommendation to dismiss Blake Loy as a teacher with Lawton Public Schools and set a date, time, and place for a hearing on that recommendation.  The Board shall direct the Superintendent to see to it that Mr. Loy is advised of all rights granted by Oklahoma statues and Board policy.  

7.d. Superintendent's Announcement(s)

8. Consent Agenda
(The following matters may be approved in their entirety by the Board upon motion made, seconded and passed by a majority vote of the Board members.  However, upon request of any Board member, any one or more matters will be removed from the consent agenda and acted upon separately.  Contracts are approved subject to review by the District’s legal counsel. Any or all of the public record items included within the consent agenda, i.e. minutes to be submitted for approval; purchase orders to be submitted for acceptance; financial report; proposed transfer of funds between activity accounts; and fund-raising event listings, may be examined at the Office of the Clerk of the Board of Education at the Shoemaker Center, 753 Fort Sill Blvd., Lawton, OK. An appointment to review records is requested.)

8.a. Item(s) Removed from the Consent Agenda for Separate Action

8.b. Approval of the Balance of the Consent Agenda

8.c. Approval of the Minutes of the January 16, 2020 Regular Board Meeting

8.d. Report of the Purchasing Agent/Encumbrance Clerk - Sheila Relf

8.d.1. Increase, Decrease and Issue Purchase Orders

8.d.2. Gasoline Tabulation

8.d.3. Encumbrances/Partial Payments

8.e. Report of the Interim Comptroller - Lance Gibbs

8.e.1. Treasurer's Report for the Month of December 2019.  

8.f. Report of the Activity Fund Custodian - Nancy McQuaide

8.f.1. Activity Fund Transfers, Expenditures, Establishments, and Amendments

8.g. Report of the Clerk - Kathy Bentley

8.g.1. Applications for Sanctioning of Parent Organizations and Booster Clubs

8.g.2. Construction Related Contracts/Agreements

8.g.2.A. Crossland Construction Company, Change Order #9, EMS New Construction

8.g.2.B. Crossland Construction Company, Change Order #4, Whittier Safe Room

8.g.3. Contracts / Agreements

8.g.3.A. Catapult Learning, Literacy First Training at Crosby Park Elementary, February-May 2020

8.g.3.B. CDW Government LLC, E-rate funding year 2020 (district internet-related equipment)

8.g.3.C. Cindy Elkins, Educational Consultant, St. Mary's Catholic School, February-March 2020

8.g.3.D. Dan L. Wigington Company, Real Estate Appraisers and Consultants, Appraisal of Park Lane and Wilson Elementary Schools

8.g.3.E. Dusk til Dawn Party Bus, District Battle of the Books award, March 12, 2020.

8.g.3.F. Hilton Garden Inn Lawton-Fort Sill, AIM  (Apprenticeship/Internship/Mentorship) event for sophomores, February 12, 2020

8.g.3.G. Norman Public Schools, MHS Boys Basketball to the Joe Lawson Tournament, December 10-12, 2020

8.g.3.H. OneNet, E-Rate funding year 2020 (district internet services)

8.g.3.I. Sodexo-Cameron University, AIM (Apprenticeship/Internship/Mentorship) program for sophomores, February 13, 2020

8.g.4. Approval of Legal Actions

9. Proposed Executive Session to Discuss [Authorized by 25 OKLA.STAT. Section 307 (B)(1) of the Oklahoma Open Meeting Act]:

9.a. The employing, promoting, or receiving resignation(s) of individual certified and support salaried personnel as listed on the Certified and Support Personnel Reports (posted with the Agenda).  

9.b. Interim Director of Transportation

10. Vote to Convene in Executive Session

11. Vote to Acknowledge Return to Open Session

12. Statement of Executive Session Minutes

13. Superintendent's Personnel Report / Items Discussed in Executive Session

13.a. Approval of Certified and Support Personnel Reports

13.b. Approval of Employment of Interim Director of Transportation

14. New Business - This refers to any matter not known about or which could not have been reasonably foreseen prior to the time of posting of the agenda.  Okla. Stat. tit. 25 Sec. 311(A)(9)

15. The next regular board meeting date is Thursday, February 20, 2020, at 5:00 p.m., in the Shoemaker Center Auditorium.

16. Setting New Board Meeting Dates

17. Board Announcements

18. Adjournment