001[music] Good evening. I would like to call to order the Guthrie Public Schools Board of Education in regular monthly meeting for Monday, February 9th, 2026. Roll call, please. >> Flag, >> here. >> And Pearson, >> here. >> Schroeder, >> here. >> Davis, >> here. >> Gerard, >> here. >> Husky, >> here. >> Smmedley, >> here. >> Madam President, we have a quorum. Please stand for the pledge of allegiance. >> I pledge algiance to the flag of the United States of America and to the republic for which it stands, one nation under God, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. >> Please join me with for a moment of silence before we begin our meeting. Thank you. Okay. Agenda item number six, presentation by Mr. Brian Buildings from Sonic of East Guthrie. >> You won't always
002enjoy this uh evening. And uh the winner, the recipient this year will be Charter Oak Elementary, but uh but she's unable to be here. Uh so Miss Walters will accept on behalf of Emily Carpenter. >> Congratulations. >> Thank you. >> Nice. >> You're very welcome. Brian, we always thank you for your generosity to our district and also the other things that you do for us and around town. >> I never feel like it's enough. So, any anything else you can keep asking? I'll keep doing what I can. Teach your drinks in May. Don't forget to get your orders in. They got to call somebody last year to remind Did I call you last year? [laughter] >> Giving these away. So, please come get your drinks. You definitely have earned it plus more. And if y'all
003need anything, just don't don't hesitate to ask if I can do it. Absolutely. >> Thank you. How much was it? How much was the check? [laughter] >> She know I tell you$7,000. >> Very nice. >> A little a little history. >> A little history on that. Uh when when Brian first told me when I first got here about his he was doing it uh every site got $1,000. Well, especially at in those days, we were so strapped for money that we needed bigger things. And so that's why I uh I asked him to to do it differently. And we would take it we would draw. And so we draw every year and until we cycle through and everybody that has won that site gets out of the drawing until we recycle back. And so it
004is a uh it's and Sam handles that for me. And uh that has worked out really well because it gives a a shot in the arm to those sites for some some really really good stuff too. And I I tried to think of like like what can we do to make it new and better and I was like you really can't beat that because I mean just you get a good chunk at once and then you just everybody gets a turn. I think it's just the best way to go. It used to be 7,000 but Charter Oak added then we moved it to eight so we can still keep the >> $1,000 to all the schools. >> Very nice. >> Thanks Brian. Thank y'all for y'all support. [applause] >> No. >> Okay. Agenda item number
005eight. Comments to the board by citizens registered to speak. >> We have none. >> Okay. >> And we've got employee. >> Oh, sorry. I skipped number seven. Presentation of employee and student recognition. I'm [laughter] so sorry. >> Mr. Hancock was chomping at the bit here. >> Sorry. I >> Hey, who was it that told me to get out of here early tonight? [laughter] >> Sorry. I I like what I'm doing here. Um, I [clears throat] want to welcome you all before our uh January uh student of the month. We had a student from guest. He she was nominated by Mr. Bryce Farwell who is her coach at this moment and he had many great things to uh say about Miss Emilyn Dunwy. Um, and I'm gonna be honest, whenever we went in there, she was
006she was already at the teacher's desk, engaged with the teacher and wanting to learn. So, you know, it was great to see a student who was engaged and so forth whenever we uh go in just to make the announcement. And then as we're sitting there talking, you could tell she's pretty shy little girl and um you know, and she we we were like, "Here it is." and uh it was a $50 gift card from uh foundation insurance that was uh given to her. But you know, she just the smile that was on her face whenever she received that award was awesome. So uh that was Miss Emilyn Dunwood. Yes. Your January support employee of the month is Miss Katie Doug. She was nominated for her hard work and uh what she does with the students
007at Central Elementary. Um, as you can tell, she has a great team. All three of them had positive things to say about Miss Doug. She was nominated on one sheet, but all all three of them, Miss Hefner, Miss Fosi, and Miss Burgess were all um ecstatic that the uh she was selected for our support employee of the month. And then for certified, Miss Kristen Friend was nominated by Chris Rainey at the junior high. You know, it was whenever uh we went in there and Mr. Rainey, he he went off script on me. Usually I have him read what they wrote and he was like, you know, I really this doesn't mean much. He was like, from a veteran teacher to a younger teacher, I respect everything that you are doing in this classroom and you
008inspire me to continue to grow as well. So, uh, Miss Christian friend was nominated by coach Ren and that's ours. >> Very nice. Very nice. Thank you. Okay, now we're going to do agenda item number eight, comments to the board by citizens registered to speak. >> We have none. >> Okay. Comments to the board by board members. >> Okay. Uh number nine, superintendent report. >> Okay. I've got a few things to share with with the board tonight. Uh first of all, we will have professional development next Monday, February 16th. We will not be in class for that day. Staff will report. A reminder, uh I know we've reminded you several times, but also this is for the community, uh that we'll uh on Monday, February 23rd at 5:30, we'll host our teacher of the year
009celebration at the Meridian Technology Center South Campus uh here in town. This event will honor the building teachers of the year and then name the district winner and the entire community is invited to the to this event. You remember that we u started last year with uh making that a standalone event. It was highly successful. We had a a huge uh turnout that was uh a lot of fun. We expect something uh like that this this year as well and it's a great opportunity to for all of the donors to actually come and and see what we're doing with it. And so I know Sam has worked very hard to uh secure those donations and u and she is each time she talks to them she invites them to this event too. So, I think
010we'll have a lot of community members there as well as as a lot of our U staff in support of and just because they want to see who it's going to be, too. Um, so the current legislative session has begun and 2,648 new bills were filed that join the 2,638 that were carried over from last year. That brings the total uh under consideration to 5,286 for this session. And I'm following close uh or directly or indirectly uh all the bills that are related to education. And um all of this with a backdrop of a flat budget, ballooning cost of Medicaid expansion in our state and inflation. And so with all of the challenges we face in Oklahoma, the governor's first remarks in his state of the state address related to education centered on abolishing the
011OSSAA. I think it's a sign of misplaced priorities given that over 10% of our teachers in this state are either adjunct or emergency certified. We have bigger problems that I don't think should be ignored. uh some of the things that with regard to education that are that we're watching discussion continues about lengthening the school calendar along with making the student cell phone ban permanent uh I think that one will happen and I I and it's worked out we've it has been successful with what we have done another focus of the legislative session will be on improving literacy rates of our students particularly before their third grade year. And I'm on several committees or focus groups to advise legislators about what those reforms should actually look like. The item which affects the funding the most is
012the appetite to lower property taxes. There are at least 71 bills filed with different mechanisms to lower property taxes. Oklahoma is 26th out of the 51 states in DC for property tax in each state's largest city. Texas is seventh, but with no state income tax. And I I put a brochure that I received Friday morning u at your seat. That is the Oklahoma property tax fact sheets provided by county assessors. Uh I got uh that was presented to us at a meeting that we had uh Friday morning and it has a whole lot of facts in there. And so uh as you encounter uh community members that maybe ask you about property taxing [clears throat] and what's going on with that. Uh, I wanted you to have that and uh I think it will uh
013provide you some facts and then if you've got other questions obviously uh holler at me and if I don't have an answer for you I'll I'll get one. Um and that and we've also got a an initiative petition to uh abolish all property tax that is uh on homestead exemption property. And so uh the conservative estimate of that uh impact to the state budget is 1.2 two billion and the conventional wisdom is that that's closer to 1.8 to2 billion dollars. Um Chris, Mr. Schroeder is is in the middle of of all of those discussions as well and he and I have talked regularly about that uh and what that will do to county government [clears throat] as well as the schools. So, uh, we'll there's a lot of rhetoric about that and then then there's
014some facts that are about that as well. So, we'll try to make sure that we stay with the facts and provide those to you. On a better note, um, our boys wrestling team qualified for dual state. They're going to wrestle Chicochet at noon on Saturday at uh, at Tulsa Union. And uh the way that is arranged this year, it is all in one day. And so that is uh that is at the UMAC over in Tulsa. And so we wish them uh good luck in that uh in that state championship. And that's my report. >> Very good. Thank you. >> Agenda item number 10, Crossland Construction Update. Hey Lane. >> Hello. Thank you guys. I know it's been a little bit since I've been here, but um we finally got started this week and last
015week a little bit on the wrestling facility. So, we had intended to start the week before, but then we had a snowstorm, so that pushes back a week. But, >> [clears throat] >> um we're starting with utilities. There's going to be a lot of utility work before uh building goes up. So, it'll be a little while before you'll see anything come out of the ground, but um we started off strong this week and everything's going good. You guys have any questions about what we're doing or timeline or anything? >> You might give them a little bit of a timeline of what expectations are right now on uh [clears throat] the completion date. >> So, we expect to have a slab about 90 days from now. It's kind of our goal there. And then we'll go
016vertical after that. And then um our our schedule right now is showing the end of middle of October, end of September to be uh punching up. So that's our timeline. >> All right. >> Good deal. >> Thanks, Lane. >> Appreciate you guys. Thank you. >> Okay. >> Agenda item 11, [clears throat] presentation by Synergistic. >> We will uh put that push that to another board meeting. >> Okay. Okay. Agenda item number 12, consent agenda. Do we have a motion? >> Madam President, I move that we approve the consent agenda. >> Second. >> We have a motion and a second. Roll call, please. >> Plagg, >> yes. >> Pearson, >> yes. >> Schroer, >> yes. >> David, >> yes. >> Gerard, >> yes. >> Husky, >> yes. >> Medley, >> yes. >> 79 zero nays. Agenda
017item 13, minutes of regular meeting held on January 12th, 2026. [clears throat] >> Madame President, I move that we approve the minutes of the regular meeting held on January 12th, 2026. >> Second. >> We have a motion, a second. Roll call, please. >> Plagg, >> yes. >> Pearson, >> yes. >> Schroeder, >> abstain. >> Davis, >> yes. >> Gerard, >> yes. >> Husky, >> yes. >> Smmedley, >> yes. >> Six eyes and one abstension. >> Okay. The item uh business agenda item 14A, recommendation, consideration, and action upon Guthrie High School's drivers education summer school 2026. >> This is an item that we bring uh annually for approval at this time so that we can begin staffing uh for our driver's ed and also uh advertising for the students that are uh interested in it. Pages
01837 and 38 are uh this gives you the state uh paperwork that we must complete and would recommend approval. >> Madame President, I move that we approve the Guthrie High School driver's education summer school program uh 2026. >> Second. >> We have a motion and a second. Any discussion? >> Roll call, please. Plag, >> yes. >> Pearson, >> yes. >> Schroeder, >> yes. >> Davis, >> yes. >> Gerard, >> yes. >> Husky, >> yes. >> Smidley, >> yes. >> 790. >> Agenda item 14B, recommendation, consideration, and action upon renewal agreement with Frontline Technologies for absence and time solution services for 2026 [clears throat] 2027. >> This item that we bring to you is the annual renewal of this agreement. And this is what we use uh specifically with our hourly employees to track their time
019for payroll along with uh absences for all staff members uh to track their leave and would recommend approval. >> Madame President, I move that we approve the renewal agreement with Frontline Technologies for Absence and Time Solutions Services for 2026 27. >> Second. >> We have a motion, a second. Any discussion? >> Roll call, please. >> Plagg, >> yes. >> Pearson, >> yes. >> Schroeder, >> yes. >> Davis, >> yes. >> Gerard, >> yes. >> Pusky, >> yes. >> Smmedley, >> yes. >> Seven eyes, zero ns. >> Agenda item 14 C, recommendation, consideration, and action upon or or excuse me, to approve technology plan for 2026 through 2029. Pages 40 through 54 of your packet contain the the technology plan and its updates and uh would recommend approval. This is an annual item that we bring
020to the board and Mr. Benson can answer any questions you might have. >> Madam President, I make a motion to approve the rate technology plan for 2026 through 2029. >> Second. >> We have a motion and second. Any discussion? Roll call, please. >> Plag. >> Yes. Pearson, >> yes. >> Schroeder, >> yes. >> Davis, >> yes. >> Gerard, >> yes. >> Husky, >> yes. >> Smidley, >> yes. >> Seven, zero. N. >> Agenda item 14D, recommendation, consideration, and action to approve category 1 - rate contract with Cox and OneNet as a service provider for internet and uh WN service on a month-to-month basis for 2026 2027. We uh excuse [clears throat] me, we need to approve this contract before uh Mr. Benson can continue to uh complete the -ate application. This is our uh internet
021uh provider and wide area network. Recommend approval. Madam President, I move that we approve the category 1 - rate contract with Cox OneET as the service provider for internet and W service on a month-to-month basis for 2026 2027. >> Second. >> Have a motion and second. Any discussion? >> I'll mention that uh it's been fairly reliable other than when Dobson uh cuts it. [laughter] >> Roll call, please. Flag, >> yes. >> Pearson, >> yes. >> Shredder, >> yes. >> Davis, >> yes. >> Gerard, >> yes. >> Husky, >> yes. >> Smiddley, >> yes. >> 790 Naz. >> Agenda item 14E, recommendation, consideration, [clears throat] and action to approve category 2-ray contract with AeroIT solutions for 2026 2027. >> This is where uh D says he needs more technology with [laughter] uh with our 10 new
022switches. uh as we know this uh we've we've come a long ways with technology and uh with that we still have a long ways to go and so uh this will be an -ate expenditure >> and uh thankfully the the majority of this cost will be borne by the federal government's uh rebates. So recommend approval. Madam President, I make a motion to approve the category 2 - contract with AeroEdit Solutions for 2026 2026. >> Second. >> I have a motion to second. Any discussion? >> Roll call, please. I >> Yes. >> Pearson. >> Yes. >> Shredder? >> Yes. >> Davis? >> Yes. >> Gerard? >> Yes. >> Husky? >> Yes. >> Smidley? >> Yes. >> 790. Agenda item 15, proposed executive session for the purpose of discussing employment of personnel, FMLA requests, reg resignation separation
023from employment and transfer position requests. All is set out on the personnel reports. Extra duty assignments as listed for 2025 2026. Discussion of all district level administrators contracts as listed for 2026 2027. Disclosure of which information would violate the confidentiality requirements of state and or federal law. All pursuant to 25 Oklahoma statute section 307B17 and 70 Oklahoma statute section 5-118. We added some. >> Yes. [laughter] >> So moved. >> Second. >> Roll call, please. >> Plag. >> Yes. >> Pearson. >> Yes. >> Shredder. >> Yes. >> Davis. >> Yes. >> Gerard. >> Yes. >> Husky. >> Yes. >> Smmedley. >> Yes. 790. We'd like to uh acknowledge the board's return to open session. Um the only items in agenda item number 15 were discussed in executive session and no votes were taken. This shall constitute
024the executive session minutes. Uh agenda item 16, vote on action as set out on the personnel reports. Madame President, I move that we approve the action set out on our personnel reports. >> Second. >> We have a motion, a second. Roll call, please. >> Flag, >> yes. >> Pearson, >> yes. >> Shredder, >> yes. >> Davis, >> yes. >> Gerard, >> yes. >> Husky, >> yes. >> Smmedley, >> yes. >> Seven, I zero names. >> Agenda item 17, action upon recommendation of extra duty assignments as listed for 2025 2026. Madam President, I move that we approve the extra duty assignments as listed for 2025 2026. >> Second. >> We have a motion of second. Roll call, please. >> Plagg, >> yes. >> Pearson, >> yes. >> Schroeder, >> yes. >> Davis, >> yes. >> Gerard,
025>> yes. >> Husky, >> yes. >> Smidley, >> yes. >> 790. Agenda item 18, recommendation, consideration, and action upon district level administrator contracts as listed for 2026 2027 without specification for salary or assignment. >> Madam President, I make a motion to approve the district level administrators contracts as listed for 2026 2027 without specification for salary or assignment. >> Second. >> We have a motion and a second. Roll call, please. >> Clag? >> Yes. >> Pearson? >> Yes. >> Schroeder? >> Yes. >> Davis? >> Yes. Gerard, >> yes. >> Husky, >> yes. >> Smmedley, >> yes. >> 790 ns. >> Agenda item 19, recommendation, consideration, and action to accept any resignations offered since the posting of the agenda. >> We have none. >> Agenda item 20, discussion and possible action on new business not known about
026or could not have been reasonably foreseen at the time of the agenda posting. >> We have none. >> Number 21, adjourn. So move. >> Second. >> Roll call, please. Flag, >> yes. >> Pearson, >> yes. >> Schroer, >> yes. >> Davis, >> yes. >> Gerard, >> yes. >> Husky, >> yes. >> Medley, >> yes. >> 790. Thank