001[Music] all right good evening welcome to the Guth Public Schools Board of Education meeting for Monday March 10th 2025 can I get a roll call please Pearson here Davis here Gerard here Smedley here husky here flag here schroer here Mr President we have a quorum can you please stand and join us in the Pledge of Allegiance I pledge alance to the flag of the United States of America and to the Republic for which it stands one nation under God indivisible with liy and justice for all As We Begin this meeting let us pause for a moment of silence thank you item number six presentation of employee and student recognition Mr Hancock uh get everybody showed up and was ready to go for our uh student and employ of the month so we got everybody here
002um our Mark student of the month is Bailey Harden she was nominated she's at the junior high she is nominated by Miss molz funny story about this is she as uh Mr whims is uh reading everything miss m put in there that she's probably the best student or one of the best students uh she's ever had well Mr Whimsy was in her class at one time um but we're we're proud to say that she received a $50 gift card to Walmart um from Foundation Insurance our Mark support employee of the month is U Miss P she's at Central uh she was nominated by Bailey blitt um had wonderful things to say except for whenever um we were there they were like sure you would show up on PJ take pictures you know I said they
003were all she was very honored to receive this and be nominated by Miss L our uh certified employee of the month is Mr BR Stone he was uh nominated by Mr Justin Stevens we walked into his room and you could see kind of the panic in his eyes he was like well I have everybody in here he was like what do I do and then whenever Mr Stevens read everything you know you could see some pride and so again he's at the high school and those are our employees of the month and students thank you thanks thank you item 7A comments by the board by any citizens registered to speak we have none any comments to the board by any board members item eight superintendence report thank you Mr President um board member training balances
004for continuing education are at your seat if you notice a discrepancy please see Samantha we uh recently completed our winter sports season Our Boys wrestlers finished ninth and crowned two state champions in Bryson Hall and Kaden herendine Kaden becomes guth's first three-time state champion um Quality young men uh I I'll say this about both of them they're watching them and I I watched them from the floor in the semi-finals and finals and they're Warriors and uh Bryson fought off um a nose bleed that could make a surgeon cringe and uh in order to get uh get his match W and uh we look forward to honoring them next month and uh great great ambassadors of our school district the Guthrie Educational Foundation is hosting are you smarter than a GPS fifth grader on April 11th
005at the Meridian South Campus it begins at 5:45 p.m. please see Mr Hancock or Miss Walters for tickets uh this is the largest fundraiser for the foundation that grant that funds grants annually to our teachers and their classrooms um little pre uh little reminder um and I this is also for the community and I'll put some some stuff on uh social media about it as well but we look forward to this Thursday night as we will be as we will have a ceremonial ribbon cutting to open the new codal Elementary building uh we're having this ceremony before the official move in to allow members of our community to walk through the old building one last time and then see the new building the old building will be open from 6:00 until around 6:45 650 and
006then we'll have everyone assembl in the ceter of the new building for ribbon cutting with remarks from a few people beginning at 7 p.m. and following the ceremony the new building will be open for the public to tour uh there will not be tours of the new building until we have uh completed the ceremony uh wanted to give a little recap of um uh the board knows I was um at the national superintendent conference uh this last week in New Orleans um really uh always a great time to listen to people from around the country speak about things that are working and things that they are doing um successfully in uh to help kids it's a tremendous um opportunity that I don't take for granted that the board grants me every year uh also I
007would uh say that um one of the things that was probably one of the greatest concerns that I saw in talking with my colleagues is the national view of Education in our state is likely at an all-time low and I credit that to um a lot of things but a couple of things that are very specific that unfortunately in my opinion I think I'm not going to get too specific about that but uh don't have anything to do with helping kids and I can tell you that um I as as you guys know I was fortunate enough to be the state selection for superintendent of the Year well what what I got to do was sit in the back be in backstage with 49 others from every other state and when they heard that I
008was from Oklahoma they offered me their sympathies and sometimes we don't realize when we're on the inside of all of this what it looks like to the people that are on the outside looking in and I wanted to share that with the board because I know how much you all are champions of kids and how much we're regardless of all of the political things that are going on how much we're working every day to help our kids in Guthrie and so I uh thank you for that and then on to Good News spring break is March 17th through the 21st and that's my report thank you Dr doc Dr Simpson and again I want to congratulate you on uh being recognized as a superintendent of the year it's a big honor and we're lucky to
009have you here in the district we appreciate what you do for our students and staff and the district as a whole so it doesn't go unnoticed thank you thank you for that [Applause] and I've been reminded that it was already smarter than a than a fifth grader is April 10th not 11th okay they're nodding back there so I was writing this in the New Orleans airport item number nine codor Elementary construction update Lane thank you guys we are making really good with the classroom expansion we're really excited about how that has turned out so far the new classrooms are completely dried in we've moved the the doors out to the end of the hallway where they'll go and today we poured the ramps that'll go up to the new doors and um the hallways the
010drywalls up the walls are painted the ceiling grid is in we will be very very close to being finished entirely before um you guys move into the new building and there will be what we're really excited about is that there will be a a clear path out to the end of the hallways that's a a fire safety exit there's not going to be any special adjustments that we have to make you know we had all sort of contingency plans for how we were going to make that work but we just we got it done so that was uh there's still more work to do we're not done yet but um it'll be life safety accessible and we'll be able to have most of the work completely done you guys so that's that's really exciting uh
011one thing I wanted to mention is um on Friday we're going to be helping move the uh the teachers to the new school so we'll have we'll have several people there in a crew to help move as much as we can help move um on Friday prioritizing the teachers classrooms and anything else we need to help with after that but we have a good plan exced you guys Lane I want to compliment you guys on we did we we talked through every possible scenario of what we needed to do to make sure that we could have safe uh exit and eress to meet fire code requirements depending on where the construction was going to be and I some of the board members probably saw this but um while they're getting the brick uh on the
012on the extension of those four classrooms on a Sunday on a Saturday and Sunday there are guys out there working and uh I I went by and actually went in the building on a uh on a Friday night this is Before Time changed and it's 6:45 or so it's dark and they were still out there uh you know that's um truly appreciate the C do uh attitude that you guys have brought to to us for for this project and look forward to the the future ones thank you we've been we really enjoyed it it's been a great very successful project thank you thank you thank you item number 10 the consent agenda Mr President I Mo we approve the consent agenda second have a motion and a second any discussion roll call Pearson yes Davis
013yes Gerard yes Smedley yes husky yes plag yes schroer yes 7 i z n we're now going to jump to business agenda items 12 A and B and then we'll go back to 11 so 12a receive bids for the purchase of 6,150 th000 General obligation building bonds series 2025a of the district and vote to award said bonds to the lowest bidder complying with the notice of sale and instructions to bidders Mr Wolf evening they don't have those it was a busy day and a half this morning out a very good day we had six b sometimes it's bettery we have um the equity markets hav been well in the last few days and so whenever the stock market's not doing well they jump into the bond market which drives interest rates down so you guys
014were a windfall of that on your bids that you received today like I said you had six do we have enough to pass out okay uh this is on uh your series a the 6,150 basically just two maturities matures in 27 you had six bids and TD Securities out of New York uh city was a low bit at a 3.01 2443 per. uh what that means to you is when we were looking at this and put the docu the actual offering document together or the official statement uh the market was probably a quar per higher back then so this ended up helping you out it'll help you out as you um when you do your estimate needs for next year your actual requirements will be down a little bit and uh so that's always good
015it's been tough Market to kind of figure out um couple other things S&P affirmed their A+ rating um the only comp that we had today although there's enough variables involved but uh we also had a union public schools which they are double A+ um but they had a fiveyear and I think they were a little I think they were in the three teens like 3.1 I can't remember what their actual bid so yours was a shorter term but I this this is a great rate for you guys and uh it helps out the community the taxpayers um saves you money so um said it had six bids I'll be glad to answer any questions that you guys may have but we certainly recommend awarding to TD Securities as the L they John did they partner
016with anyone uh I don't think they were in association with anyone I don't believe they were motion Mr President I motion that we approve the purchase of $ 6.15 million General obligation building bond series 2025a of the district and vote to award said bonds to the lowest bidder TD Securities complying with the notice of sale and instructions to bids second we have a motion and a second any discussion roll call Pearson yes Davis yes Gerard yes Smedley yes husky yes plag yes schroer yes 7 i z n item 12b consider and vote on a resolution providing for the issuance of General obligation Bonds in the sum of 6,1 15,000 by Independent School District number one Logan County Oklahoma authorized an election called and held for such purpose prescribing form of bonds designating bonds as general
017obligation building bonds series 2025a providing for the registration thereof approving the form of a continuing disclosure certificate providing for the levy of an annual tax for the payment of principal of and interest on the same and fixing other details of the this uh resolution is on page 40 of your board packet and U through 51 recommend approval Mr President I move that we vote on a resolution providing for the issu of General obligation Bonds in the sum of 6,1 15,000 byp District number one Logan County Oklahoma authorizing an election calling help for such purpose for bonds bonds obligation building bond series 2025 right to registration there approving the form of the continuing disclosure certificate providing for the for the levy of an annual tax for the payment of principal and interest on the same and
018fixing other details of the issue second motion second any discussion R call Pearson yes Davis yes Gerard yes Smedley yes husky yes flag yes Schroeder yes 790 a okay now we'll hop back to item 11 appeal hearing student a appeal of the superintendent's decision regarding students potential academic Awards proposed executive session persuant to Oklahoma statutes title 25 section 307 B7 where the disclosure of which information would violate confidentiality requirements of state and or federal law do I have a motion to go into executive session so moved second motion is second any discussion roll call Pearson yes Davis yes Gerard yes smidley yes husi yes plag yes schroer yes 790 names we'll go okay back to item 11 number two we will acknowledge the board's return back into Open Session item three uh statement of the
019minutes only the items in agenda number 11 were discussed in executive session and no votes were taken this shall constitute the executive session minutes now for item 11b motion and vote to affirm the superintendent's decision regarding student a or to modify or reverse the superintendent's decision in whole or in part Mr President I make a motion and vote to affirm the superintendent's decision regarding student a second we have a motion and a second any discussion roll call Pearson yes Davis yes Gerard yes Smedley yes husky yes plag abstain schroer yes six eyes and one exension thank you back to business agenda item 12 C thank you Mr Willer item 12C recommendation consideration and action upon contract with snbs CPAs Associates pllc for auditing services for 2025 2026 for fiscal year 2024 2025 this uh is
020renewal of our auditor um year three Dr Chapel yeah year three with our with our auditor uh recommend renewal um with them and this will be a auditing the books for this year and next fiscal year Mr President I make a motion that we approve the contract with S and B CPA Associates P LLC for auditing services for 2025 2026 fiscal year 2024 2025 second we have a motion in a second any discussion roll call Pearson yes Davis yes jard yes smidley yes husky yes flag yes Sher yes seven eyes and zero n item 11 D recommendation consideration action upon renewal contract with fmx for 2025 2026 this uh this is a renewal with the just a slight increase um year four yeah of this one uh recommend renewal Mr President I move that we
021renew the contract with f fmx for 2025 2026 second we have a motion and second any discussion roll call Pearson yes Davis yes Gerard yes Smedley yes husky yes clag yes schroer yes 7 i z n item 12E recommendation consideration and action upon contract with imagine learning for school year 2025 2026 page 63 has uh this contract this is the uh uh this is uity Imagine Learning is the company but uity is the product that we utilize uh for a lot of our distance learning and recommend approval Mr President I make a motion that we approve the contract with imagine learning for school year 2025 2026 second I have a motion and second any discussion roll call Pearson yes Davis yes Gerard yes Smedley yes husky yes plag yes Schroeder yes 7 i0 item 12f
022recommendation consideration action upon K through6 remedial summer school program annual item that we bring to you and we bring it at this time so that we can make preparations and hire staff uh for the uh annual summer school uh page 64 is the description of it I don't believe we've changed anything from past years have we Miss Walters okay so recommend uh recommend approval Mr President I move that we um approve the K through six remedial summer school program second I have a motion and a second any discussion roll call Pearson yes Davis yes Gerard yes Smedley yes husky yes plag yes schroer yes 79 z n item 12g recommendation consideration action on District policy F5 transfers exhibit a our quarterly uh affirmation uh and ratification of our transfer capacities um and recommend approval Mr
023President I make a motion that we approve District policy F5 transfers exhibit a second I have a motion a second any discussion roll call Pearson yes Davis yes J Gerard yes smidley yes husky yes plag yes schroer yes 7 i z n item 13 proposed executive session for the purpose of discussing employment of personnel FMLA request resignation separation from employment and transfer position requests all is set out on Personnel reports extra Duty assignments as listed for 20124 2025 discussion of all building level administrators contracts as listed for 2025 2026 and periodic evaluation of Dr Michael Simpson superintendent of schools disclosure of which information would violate the confidentiality requirements of State Andor federal law all persuant to 25 Oklahoma statute Section 307b 1 and 7 do I have a motion to go into executive session so
024moved second roll call Pearson yes Davis yes Gerard yes medley yes husky yes flag yes schroer yes 790 okay item 13B we will acknowledge the board's return to open session item C only items in agenda number 13 were discussed in executive session and no votes were taken this shall constitute the executive session minutes item 14 vote on action as set out on the Personnel report Mr President I move that we approved the Personnel reports second have a motion and a second any discussion roll call Pearson yes Davis yes Gerard yes smidley yes husky yes flag yes schroer yes 7 item 15 action upon recommendation of extra Duty assignments as listed for 2025 Mr President I make a motion that we approve the extra Duty assignments as listed for 2024 2025 second we have a motion
025in a second any discussion roll call Pearson yes Davis yes Gerard yes smidley yes husky yes flag yes yes Schroeder yes 79 z n item 16 recommendation consideration action upon approval for Chase plin to be classified as an adjunct teacher for physical science at Guthrie High School Mr President I move that we approve Chase plins as an agent teacher for physical science at Guthrie High School second we have a motion and second any discussion roll call Pearson yes Davis yes Gerard yes Smedley yes husky yes plag yes schroer yes 7 i0 item 17 recommendation consideration and action upon building level administrators contracts as listed for 2025 2026 without specification for salary or assignment Mr President I make a motion that we approve the building level administrator's contracts as listed for 2025 2026 without specification for
026salary or assignment second have a motion and second any discussion roll call Pearson yes Davis yes Gerard yes Smedley yes husky yes flag yes schroer yes 7 i z nay item 18 recommendation consideration action to accept any resignations offered since the posting of the agenda we have none item 19 discussion of possible action on new business not known about or could not have been reasonably foreseen at the time of the agenda posting we have none item 20 adjournment so move second motion and a second roll call please Pearson yes Davis yes Gerard yes yes husky yes flag yes schroer yes 79 thank you