October 14, 2024 at 5:30 PM - Board of Education Regular Meeting
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1. ORDER OF BUSINESS
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1.A. Call to Order
Discussion:
The meeting was called to order at 5:30 p.m.
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1.B. Roll Call
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1.C. Moment of Silence/Pledge of Allegiance (Carrier Elementary)
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1.D. Open Forum
Discussion:
Soila Medina, Chairperson of the Guymon Fiesta event with Main Street Guymon presented the 2024 Guymon Fiesta King and Queen. Joel Villalobos was named King, and he spoke about his future plans to attend college and work towards becoming a radiation technician. Victoria Ortiz Sanchez was named Queen. She spoke about her future plans to get her degree from OPSU in education. Both received a 1-year tuition waiver in addition to a $900 dorm waiver to OPSU.
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2. SUPERINTENDENT'S REPORT
Discussion:
Superintendent Purdy asked the principals and assistant principals to stand as it is National Principals Month. She acknowledged their dedication and continuous hard work for Guymon School District. She stated we very much appreciate them! Next, she gave an update on the bond. Both Northeast Elementary and Salyer Elementary are now in the demo clean-up stage. The City of Guymon is now accepting bids for the waterline relocation project. Administration is currently interviewing staff and students about playground wants and needs.
Athletic Director Andy Brown gave the board an update on the track construction. The black mat surface has been laid on the track. They will begin sealing the track now. They are anticipating it being done in time for senior night on November 8th. He also spoke about the baseball retaining wall. Truchbull Service LLC had the best quote and will begin working on this project tomorrow. Lance Shelite, IT Director, gave an update on our internet outages. Services are restored. We have new end-point software to protect our computers. Lastly, Tandy Anderson talked to the board about the new Introduction to Teaching class she is leading at the high school. There are currently 7 seniors in the class. The mission of the class is to encourage our own students to stay in the community and teach while giving them the opportunity to see what teaching at the different grade levels looks like. They will be going to OPSU next week to learn more about the education program and to learn about scholarship opportunities. |
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3. FINANCIALS
Action(s):
No Action(s) have been added to this Agenda Item.
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3.A. Approval of Budget Reports for September 2024
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3.B. Approval of Treasurer's Report for September 2024
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3.C. Approval of expenditures, transfer of funds, and financial statement of Guymon Public School's Activity Funds
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3.D. Consider and possibly vote to approve new Encumbrances, Claims, and Supplemental Claims
YEAR 2025
1. General Fund: $333,105.99 PO #289 - 374
2. Building Fund: $396,410.00 PO #22 - 27 3. Bond Fund #33: $498,789.00 PO #6 |
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4. CONSENT AGENDA:
The following are items of a routine nature that are normally approved at the Board meetings and will be considered and voted upon with one motion unless any Board Member requests to have a separate vote on any or all of them.
Action(s):
No Action(s) have been added to this Agenda Item.
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4.A. Approval of Minutes of Regular Meetings: September 9, 2024
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4.B. Approval of fundraisers (Appendix B)
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5. ACTION TOPICS
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5.A. Discussion and possible action to approve, disapprove or table the annual resolution calling for an election to elect a board member to Board Seat No. Five (5), which has a 5-year term of office, and to elect a board member to Board Seat No. Three (3), an unexpired term with 3 years remaining.
Action(s):
No Action(s) have been added to this Agenda Item.
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5.B. Discussion and possible action to approve, disapprove, or table the annual college remediation report
Action(s):
No Action(s) have been added to this Agenda Item.
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5.C. Discussion and possible action to adopt the Guymon Board of Education policy CKAH - Use of Automatic External Defibrillator
Action(s):
No Action(s) have been added to this Agenda Item.
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5.D. Discussion and possible action to approve, disapprove or table the 2025 regular board of education meeting dates
Action(s):
No Action(s) have been added to this Agenda Item.
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5.E. Discussion and possible action to surplus and remove from the inventory the items from North Park Elementary as presented
Action(s):
No Action(s) have been added to this Agenda Item.
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5.F. Discussion and possible action to approve, disapprove or table the McKay Consulting contract
Action(s):
No Action(s) have been added to this Agenda Item.
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5.G. Discussion and possible action to approve, disapprove or table the Kellogg's and Sovereign Letter of Agency Agreement
Action(s):
No Action(s) have been added to this Agenda Item.
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5.H. Discussion and possible action to approve, disapprove or table the recommendation from the committee to name the new 3rd - 4th grade elementary school the Charity Headrick Hitch Elementary School
Action(s):
No Action(s) have been added to this Agenda Item.
Discussion:
Andy Espericueta stated that the committee to name the new school was primarily the bond committee that helped to pass the most recent bond. They met and discussed several naming options. In the end, the consensus was to name the school after Charity Hitch. They had two options that Andy presented and discussed with the family of Charity. The choice of the family was the Charity Headrick Hitch Elementary School.
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6. EXECUTIVE SESSION
Consider and possible vote to go into Executive Session to discuss the employment, hiring, resignation or termination of support and certified staff as listed in Appendix A, pursuant to 25 O.S. Section 307 (B)(1)
Action(s):
No Action(s) have been added to this Agenda Item.
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7. Acknowledge Return into Open Session
Action(s):
No Action(s) have been added to this Agenda Item.
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8. Executive session minutes compliance announcement
Discussion:
The board entered into executive session at 6:16 p.m. to discuss the employment, hiring, resignation, or termination of support and certified staff as listed in Appendix A, as authorized by 25 O.S. Section 307(B)(1). Those present in executive session were Alphonso Mata, Elvia Hernandez, Carla Hernandez, Andy Espericueta, Cambry Riedl, Superintendent Dixie Purdy, and Assistant Superintendent Melissa Watson. No action was taken by the board of education.
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9. Consider and vote to approve, disapprove or table the District Personnel Report (Appendix A)
Action(s):
No Action(s) have been added to this Agenda Item.
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10. NEW BUSINESS
Under this item, the Board can consider and vote on any business that could not have been foreseen or known about at the time the agenda was posted. |
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11. ADJOURN
INDIVIDUALS HAVING A PHYSICAL CONDITION THAT PREVENTS THEM FROM ATTENDING THE BOARD MEETING ARE REQUESTED TO CONTACT THIS OFFICE NO LATER THAN 12:00 NOON ON THE DAY OF SAID MEETING SO ARRANGEMENTS MAY BE MADE TO ACCOMMODATE SAID INDIVIDUALS.
I, Kari Montgomery, posted this agenda on the _____ Day of _____________, ______on the front door of the Administration Building, 111 NW 11th St, Guymon, OK 73942. _____________________________ _____________ ________________ Kari Montgomery, CFO Date Time
Discussion:
The meeting was adjourned at 6:41 p.m.
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