January 13, 2025 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 December 9, 2024.

3. Vote to approve encumbrances (FY'25); payroll, general fund (70940-70949), coop fund (none), child nutrition fund (90079-90083); claims, general fund (574-630), coop fund (none), building fund (116-122), child nutrition fund (49), bond fund 32 (1), bond fund 33 (1), bond fund 35 (1), sinking fund (3).

4. Vote to approve warrants (FY'25); payroll, general fund (2011-2337), coop fund (238-290), child nutrition fund (280-332); claims, general fund (2338-2405), coop fund (291-300), building fund (83-91), child nutrition fund (333-345), bond fund 32 (1), bond fund 33 (1), bond fund 35 (1), sinking fund (3).

5. Vote to approve activity fund reports.

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

7. Vote to approve activity fundraisers.

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

9. Consider and vote to select recipients of the Teacher Recognition Awards of the 2024-2025 school year.  A representative from the Tecumseh Chamber of Commerce and the Tecumseh Alumni Association may participate in the selection.

10. Consider and vote to approve a Memorandum of Understanding with the Pottawatomie County Health Department to utilize the Tecumseh High School Alumni Center as a mass immunization site in response to an emergency that may involve an actual or imminent infection disease threat.

11. Consider and vote to approve a Board Member as the legislative liaison for the 2025 legislative session.

12. Consider and vote to approve an agreement with Gordon Cooper Technology Center to offer certain academic courses as approved by the Oklahoma State Board of Education to allow sophomore level students to enroll in appropriate CTE courses at Gordon Cooper Technology Center.

13. Consider and vote to declare items as surplus. These items are outdated, broken or no longer used by the district.  Items declared as surplus are to be sold or discarded as deemed appropriate by the Superintendent.

14. Discussion regarding school personnel including possible executive session:
A. Consider accepting personnel resignation requests:
Gayla Temple - Teacher - Cross Timbers Elementary
Toni Hahn - Paraprofessional - Tecumseh Middle School
B. Consider hiring personnel for the remainder of the 2024-2025 school year (temporary contract):
Heather Palmer - Cafeteria Manager - Tecumseh Middle School
Tina Falcon - Paraprofessional - Tecumseh Middle School
Derek Goodwell - Teacher - Cross Timbers Elementary
C. Conduct an evaluation and consider hiring the Superintendent of Schools for the 2025-2026 school year: Robert Kinsey.
D. The Board may vote to convene in executive session to discuss said personnel matters as identified in Items A through C as per Title 25 Oklahoma Statutes, Section 307(B)(1).

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

16. Acknowledgment of the Board's return to open session and reading of the Executive Session Compliance Announcement.

17. Vote to accept personnel resignation requests: Gayla Temple, Toni Hahn.

18. Vote to hire personnel for the remainder of the 2024-2025 school year (temporary contract): Heather Palmer, Tina Falcon, Derek Goodwell.

19. Vote to hire or not to hire Robert Kinsey as Tecumseh Public School's Superintendent for the 2025-2026 school year.

20. Superintendent's Report.

21. Board Comments.

22. New Business.

23. Vote to adjourn or recess and reconvene.