September 12, 2022 at 6:00 PM - Regular Meeting

1. Call to order and roll call of members.

2. Vote to approve minutes of previous regular board meeting of August 8, 2022.

3. Vote to approve warrants (FY'22): payroll, general fund (5414-5432); claims, general fund (5433). 

4. Vote to approve encumbrances (FY'23); payroll, general fund (70167-70494), coop fund (80001-80017), child nutrition fund (90003-90053); claims, general fund (270-405), coop fund (none), building fund (21-30), child nutrition fund (35-40).

5. Vote to approve warrants (FY'23); payroll, general fund (216-525), coop fund (5-44), child nutrition fund (28-83); claims, general fund (215, 526-639), coop fund (45-55), building fund (10-20), child nutrition fund (84-97).

6. Vote to approve activity fund reports.

7. Vote to approve activity fund sub-accounts, transfers, expenditure requests, and/or interest designations.

8. Vote to approve activity fundraisers.

9. Public Comment (As outlined in Board Policy 2004).

10. Discussion and vote to approve the ACT as the designated test for state-required testing of students at Tecumseh High School for the 2022-2023 school year.

11. Discussion and possible vote to approve an out-of-state trip for students from 8th grade through high school to Washington, D.C. during June 2023. 

12. Discussion and possible vote to amend the 2022-2023 school calendar.

13. Discussion and possible vote to revise Board Policy 6018 Reporting Suspected Child Abuse.

14. Consider and vote to approve the Tecumseh Public Schools Alternative Education Plan for the 2022-2023 school year.

15. Discussion and possible vote to approve a collaborative agreement with the National Center for Disability Education and Training to provide pre-employment transition services for students enrolled in our district's severe and profound needs special education programs for the 2022-2023 school year.

16. Consider and vote to approve the 2022-2023 Estimate of Needs and Financial Statement of the Fiscal Year 2021-2022.

17. Consider and vote to approve a Gifted and Talented Committee for the 2022-2023 school year.

18. Consider and vote to approve the Internal Review Committee for Activity Absences which will serve also as the district's Medical Exemption Review Committee for the 2022-2023 school year.

19. Consider and vote to approve the renewal of the Sublease Agreement dated December 1, 2016, between the District and Pottawatomie County Facilities Authority for the fiscal year ending on June 30, 2023, as required under provisions of the agreement.

20. Consider and vote to approve the renewal of a lease purchase agreement with Government Capitol Corporation as part of the LED Lighting and Related Equipment retrofit for the 2022-2023 school year.

21. Consider and vote to approve Concession Stand Use Agreements with sanctioned Booster Clubs for 2022-2023.

22. Discussion and possible vote to enter into an agreement with Spyglass Group to conduct an audit on district telecommunications and internet utility contracts and agreements.

23. Discussion and possible vote to enter into an agreement with Transportant to purchase transportation hardware, software, and data service for the 2022-2023 school year.

24. Consider and vote to approve transfers for the 2022-2023 school year.

25. Discussion of current COVID statistics in the district.

26. Discussion and possible vote to update COVID isolation time frame found in Tecumseh Public Schools' Return to Learn Plan.

27. Discussion regarding school personnel including possible executive session:
A. Consider accepting resignations from:
      Breanna Herndon - Child Nutrition - Tecumseh Middle School
      Ryan Wyatt - Custodian - Tecumseh Middle School
      Ginny Coons - Custodian - Tecumseh Middle School
      Gayla Temple - Paraprofessional - Tecumseh Middle School
B. Consider hiring personnel for the 2022-2023 school year (temporary contract):
      Karla Buchanan - Principal - Barnard Elementary
      Billy Don Sigman - Head Varsity Wrestling Coach - Tecumseh High School
C. The Board may vote to convene in executive session to discuss said personnel matters as identified in items A and B Title 25 Oklahoma Statutes 307 (B)(1).

28. Board vote to convene in executive session or to remain in open session.

29. Board to acknowledge the return to open session and to request the minutes clerk to record executive session minutes.

30. Vote to approve resignation requests: Breanna Herndon, Ryan Wyatt, Ginny Coons, Gayla Temple.

31. Vote to hire personnel for the 2022-2023 school year (temporary contract): Karla Buchanan, Billy Don Sigman.

32. Superintendent's Report.

33. Board Comments.

34. New Business.

35. Vote to adjourn or recess and reconvene.