Putnam City Schools Board of Education Meeting Agendas
February 2003
AGENDA
REGULAR BOARD OF EDUCATION MEETING
Date: Monday, Feb. 3, 2003
Time: 6 p.m.
Place: Putnam City Administration Building, 5401 N.W. 40th, OKC
1. Inspirational Message and Pledge of Allegiance – John Lunn.
2. Public Participation.
3. 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. The consent consists of the discussion, consideration, and approval of the following items:
a. Minutes for regular Board meeting January 21, 2003 and special Board meeting January 25, 2003.
b. Financial report and bimonthly bills for purchase order numbers 200305127 to 200305644 inclusive for time period from January 14, 2003 to January 27, 2003 for the 2002-2003 school year.
c. School Activity Fund Transfer List.
d. School Activity Fund-raisers.
e. Renewal of Cooperative Letter of Agreement between the Community Action Agency of Oklahoma City, Oklahoma and Canadian Counties, Inc. and Putnam City Schools.
f. Off Campus Federal Work-Study Agreement between Southern Nazarene University and Putnam City Schools.
g. Appeals for Deviation from Activity Absence rules.
h. Overnight travel requests as submitted under separate cover.
i. Out-of-state trips:
1. Putnam City High School baseball team to the Texas Festival in Wichita Falls, Texas on March 6 – 8, 2003.
2. Putnam City North High School Select Mixed Choir to the annual Blue Bonnet Choral Festival in San Antonio, Texas on May 7 – 11, 2003 or May 8 – 12, 2003.
j. Retirements and resignations as listed on Attachment A.
4. Consideration of and vote on recommendation of employment of new personnel as listed on Attachment A.
5. Consideration of and vote on motion to approve the recommendation of the 2003-2004 Negotiating Team.
6. Consideration of and vote on motion for approval to submit replacement of network switches for E-rate Approval. $381,117.96 (bond fund project 34-190)
7. Consideration of and vote on motion for approval of Software Development Participation Agreement with Education Technology Labs. $18,750.00 (general fund project 005)
8. Superintendent’s Report.
9. Comments by Board members.
10. Consideration of and vote on motion for new business.
11. Conduct a work session to discuss possible restructuring and/or budget cuts to be implemented in the 2003-2004 school year.
12. Consideration of and vote on motion to set a date, time and place for a Special Board Meeting.
13. Consideration of and vote on motion to adjourn.
AGENDA
REGULAR BOARD OF EDUCATION MEETING
Date: Monday, Feb. 17, 2003
Time: 6 p.m.
Place: Putnam City Administration Building, 5401 N.W. 40th, OKC
1. Inspirational Message and Pledge of Allegiance – Phyllis Harris.
2. Performance by Central Middle School stomp group.
3. Consideration of and vote on motion to approve the proclamation of declaring March Youth Arts Month in Putnam City Schools – Barbara Gabel.
4. Public Participation.
5. Consideration of and vote on approval of proclamation "Read Across America" – Jan Sands.
6. Organization of Board of Education for 2003: election of president, vice-president, clerk of the board, deputy clerk, and encumbrance clerk.
7. 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. The consent consists of the discussion, consideration, and approval of the following items:
a. Minutes for regular Board meeting February 3, 2003.
b. Financial report and bimonthly bills for purchase order numbers 200305645 to 200306068 inclusive for time period from January 28, 2003 to February 10, 2003 with the exception of purchase order numbers 200306011 and 200306013 ($223.32) for Triangle A & E for the 2002-2003 school year.
c. School Activity Fund Transfer List.
d. School Activity Fund-raisers.
e. Contract for Secondary and Full-Time Adult Career and Technology Education Program(s) for 2002-2003 School Year.
f. Declaration of obsolete and/or surplus items.
g. Appeals for Deviation from Activity Absence rules.
h. Overnight travel requests as submitted under separate cover.
i. Out-of-state trips:
1. Mayfield Middle School students to Six Flags in Arlington, Texas on May 3, 2003.
2. Putnam City High School DECA students to International DECA Career Development Conference in Orlando, Florida on April 25 – 30, 2003.
3. Putnam City North High School DECA students to International DECA Career Development Conference in Orlando, Florida on April 25 – 30, 2003.
4. Putnam City West High School DECA students to International DECA Career Development Conference in Orlando, Florida on April 26 – 30, 2003.
j. Retirements and resignations as listed on Attachment A.
8. Consideration of and vote on recommendation of employment of new personnel as listed on Attachment A.
9. Consideration of and vote on motion for approval of purchase order numbers 200306011 and 200306013 ($223.32) for Triangle A & E.
10. Consideration of and vote on motion for approval of low/best bid for athletic facilities at Hefner Middle School and Putnam North High School.
11. Superintendent’s Report.
12. Comments by Board members.
13. Conduct a work session to discuss possible restructuring and/or budget cuts to be implemented in the 2003-2004 school year.
14. Consideration of and vote to reduce the Putnam City Police Department staff to result in budget reductions of $350,000.00 for the 2003-2004 school year.
15. Consideration of and vote to change the high school delivery system effective the 2003-2004 school year.
16. Consideration of and vote to reduce the Coordinator Department staff to result in budget reductions of $100,000.00 for the 2003-2004 school year.
17. Consideration of and vote to reduce the District’s substitute pay to $55.00 per day as a budget reduction for the 2003-2004 school year, for potential savings of $72,000.00.
18. Consideration of and vote to eliminate the Elementary Strings Program as a budget reduction for the 2003-2004 school year, for a potential savings of $26,120.00.
19. Consideration of and vote to rescind District Policy DL, Sick Leave Sharing, effective July 1, 2003, as a budget reduction for a potential savings of $30,000.00.
20. Consideration of and vote to initially approve the Superintendent’s recommendation to close Kirkland Elementary School and to direct the Superintendent to comply with District Policy BH before final action on the recommendation is made.
21. Consideration of and vote to eliminate emergency transfers (out-of-district) to result in a budget reduction of $100,000.00 for the 2003-2004 school year.
22. Consideration of and vote to eliminate elementary and middle school membership in the North Central Accreditation Association to result in a budget reduction of $9,200.00 for the 2003-2004 school year.
23. Consideration of and vote to eliminate all summer programs in the summer of 2003 as a budget reduction for the 2003-2004 school year, for a potential savings of $50,000.00
24. Consideration of and vote on motion for new business.
25. Consideration of and vote on motion to adjourn.