001Okay. All right. It is at least 9:00, maybe 9:01 or two, depending on who's watching on. So, I'm going to get everybody to come up here so we can call the meeting to order. While I'm waiting, thanks again for all the new hires, promoted retirees for being here this morning and visiting. Hope you get home before the heat kicks up too high today. All right, we have quorum. Craig, I'll call the meeting to order, please. >> Thank you, Madam Chair. If everyone would please take a moment to silence your cell phones, we would appreciate that. If you need to have an extended conversation with the person next to you or on your phone, please do so in the lobby. Please note, spontaneous comments from the floor are not permitted. Individuals who exhibit disruptive or distracting
002behavior will be asked to leave. And those who come to the podium to address the board are asked to please introduce yourself by name, title, and organization. And with that, I will call the role. >> Paula Lewis, >> present. >> Carol Thompson, >> present. Lori Bowman, >> present. >> Jessica Suentes, >> present. >> Dana Meister, >> present. >> Mike Shelton, >> present. >> Juan Lona, Maghaney, we have a quorum. >> Thank you. That brings us to Dr. Jamie Pulk for superintendent's update. >> Thank you, board chair Lewis and board members. I want to thank you for the opportunity to provide a brief update on the district operations and recognitions. As you review the accompanying video shared in advance of today's meeting, you'll see clear evidence that our students and staff are thriving even in summer
003months. We always organize these around great themes. These highlights showcase the energy, commitment, and excellence that define Oklahoma City Public Schools. When you look through the video, you'll see the great systems. You'll see summer sports programs in action. From early morning practices to even skills clinics, our students are staying active, safe, and connected at multiple sites across the city. The attendance and energy have been outstanding. In the great learning category, you'll catch snapshots from summer school laser focused on strengthening foundational literacy and numeracy. And don't miss the excitement from our gate summer camp where high-erforming scholars across the district engaged in powerful enrichment experiences. In the great culture section, we celebrated our legacy leaders of learning lunchon honoring the instructional leadership that moves us from compliance to excellence. You'll see joyful moments from Kaiser Elementary
004where the Thunderbus rolled in with reading games, family fun, and free books for every child. And needless to say, in the great people section, you'll see some of our newly appointed principles already deep into their onboarding, ready to lead from day one. And I'm hope you smile when you see KCO's teacher of the month, one of our very own OKCPS educators, shining brightly in the classroom and beyond. I hope everyone then enjoys the video. It's not only tells the story of summer and OKCPS, it reflects our districtwide effort to stay relentlessly focused on what matters most, and that's improving outcomes for every student. Thank you for your continued leadership and commitment to our scholars and families. board chair. That ends my superintendent reports. >> Does anybody have any questions, comments? Yes, Mike. >> First of
005all, good morning to everyone. >> Good morning. >> Uh I would just uh want to talk about progress and so uh just commenting on progress, talking about specifically Douglas High School. We all got to sit at that graduation. I had the opportunity to talk to some 1965 alumni celebrating their 60th uh reunion this weekend, this past weekend. And uh of course uh over the over the last several years that you know they were asking the question, you know, what's the status of Douglas this year? I was proud to tell them and report that Douglas has come off the needs improvement list. I got to also pro uh tell them in the sever last several years Douglas had uh had no students really receive scholarships and this year's they had $2 million worth of scholarships. So
006I just want to say that it is progressing. >> Thank you for that acknowledgement. >> Anyone? Okay. All right. What brings us to special business 3.01 01 is to consider taking action on the John Rex charter school contract renewal. As you know, we had this on information a couple of months ago and then last board meeting just to kind of give a little bit more information of the plans and how well John Rex is doing. Would anyone like to make a motion to approve the John Rex charter school contract renewal? >> So move. >> Anyone like to second that? >> Second. Okay, there's no discussion. Call for the vote. While we're taking the vote, um I know there's some John Rex representatives out in the audience. Thank you for being here this morning and thank
007you for serving kids. Having received six I votes and zero nay votes, the motion carries. >> Thank you. Brings us to 3.02. Uh, I would like to make a motion to approve revisions to the policy D-15 bond citizens oversight committee. This was on information at our previous meeting. Is there a second? >> Any discussion? >> Discussion. >> Oh, did you say discussion? >> Yes, discussion. I apologize. Uh, yes, ma'am. Madam Chair, um what I was just pointing out is that uh you know I'm glad to know that the CI citizens oversight committee was done. Uh I was asked to come to a meeting to make some suggestions for for the uh citizens oversight committee. Uh, and I did make those suggestions and turn them in to the proper um proper uh people. And I just
008wanted to make sure that although uh some of the suggestions were not accepted that uh I just want to make sure that uh they know that their representative of district 5 schools is working on their behalf. So, I just wanted to go through the a couple of them that I suggested. I I just wanted to make sure that every every board representative uh deserved representation on that citizens oversight committee. I also uh recommended Spencer schools because it often becomes an island uh have a specific uh person dedicated for the Spencer area on that oversight committee. Uh I ask the way that the policy is written, anybody can be a uh citizens u on the citizens oversight committee as long as they work or live in Oklahoma City. That doesn't necessarily mean that they have a
009vested interest in Oklahoma City. I recommended that uh that uh that they be res residents of Oklahoma City P OKCPS uh affinity groups I've recommended PTA should be represented on that committee. I rep I recommended the way the policy is written that uh that contractors be excluded as as well as uh OKCPS uh board members are excluded just like uh current OKCPS employees are excluded. contractors that may have a vested interest. The current way that it's written, contractors can be a part of uh board policy. Um, and I also said that it needs to reflect the racial makeup of our student population to make sure that we uh are doing a better job of ensuring that uh that the committees that when we represent 60% Hispanic, then black, then the others, we need to make
010sure that uh the the racial makeup on some of these committees we that we do our level best to make sure that it looks like our student population. That's all. >> Okay. Thank you. >> Yes. >> Oh, yes. Thank you. Uh good morning, Wenos. Uh so, board member Shelton, um are and I guess maybe anybody who's listening, does are you trying to say that those populations are not being represented in this uh policy change? What I am saying, and I appreciate that question because it's so important, we don't know what the board's going to look like, but one thing I do know about policy, if you don't write it down, you it can be made up the way you want it to. And it and my purpose of offering these suggestions is ensure that we
011write down policy that we stick by rather than making it up based on whoever's making this the decisions. Okay. So, no >> uh the policy does not say that and yes, you are correct. Uh there's no guarantee that the makeup of the committee will be made up to look like our community. >> Is it within our jurisdiction to explicitly state that in our policy? >> Absolutely. >> Okay. >> Today is an up down vote. So at this point the option is voting yes for the policy or no for the policy. What it does say is that there will be an application process to be on the committee and there will be a board committee that goes through this board OKCPS committee that goes through the applicants and they bring forth the names to the whole
012board and then again the board gets to vote on a yes no do they approve that person. So in theory that we will have a way to I mean if identity politics is the way the board wants to go then they will get to vote yes or no on that. >> The the board will get to vote yes or no on that >> as the when the committee brings it up. >> Okay. Are we on a time crunch for this policy? >> Yes we are. We had it on information last time. This is the vote today. Okay. >> Thank you. All right. Any further discussion? All right, call the vote. [Music] >> Having received five I votes and one they vote, the motion carries. >> Thank you. Okay, brings us to 3.03. Uh, consider taking
013actions on revisions to OKCPS board policy F-04, student transfer and F-05, student transfers for children of active duty military members. This also was on our previous meeting as information. Uh, our attorney Tony is at the podium. If there's any questions, is there a motion to approve the revisions to policy F-Z4, student transfer and F-05, student transfers for children of active duty military? >> So moved. >> Is there a second? >> Second. >> Any discussion? >> Call the vote. Having received six I votes and zero nay votes, the motion carries. >> Thank you. 3.04. Uh is there a motion to approve revisions to policy policy I-03 curriculum guides and course outline. This as well was on information at our previous meeting. >> So moved. Is there a second? >> Any discussion? Call the vote. Mr. Childers,
014you've done a great job of giving us the information. Thank you. >> Thank you. >> Having received six eye votes and zero nay votes, the motion carries. >> Thank you. 3.05. I I make a motion to set the date, time, and place for a hearing on the superintendent's recommendation of termination of employment of Michael Dunn, Marian Analapo, Keane, Lucetta Phillips, Marisol Rodriguez, Gary Smith, Lis Wixs, all probationary teachers to be held at 5:30 p.m. on August 18th, 2025 in the great room of the Clara Looper Center for Educational Services located at 615 North Classen Boulevard, OKC, Oklahoma 73106, and acknowledge receipt of the superintendent's recommendations for the terminations. Is there a second? >> Second. Okay. Any clarifying questions on this? This is personnel, so um as you know, we can't just have big discussions about
015this. Did you let one marked? >> Uh, it should have been marked out. Please don't say that one out loud. That one already reassigned, so I read exactly what was here. >> Yeah. >> Yes. >> Thank you, members. That that person resigned after the agenda was posted. >> Okay. >> All right. Any other discussion, questions? All right. Call the vote. >> Was there a second? Did somebody give me a second? Okay. Just making sure. Having received six I votes and zero nay votes, the motion carries. >> Thank you. Okay, that brings us to the consent agenda. Is there a member who wants to pull any item off for discussion only or to be voted on separately? >> Madam Chair, >> Yes, I have a few. Um 5.01, >> vote on or discussion? Uh discussion. >>
016Okay. >> Uh 9.03 discussion. 10.06 discussion. 13.05 discussion. Those four. >> Anyone else? Did you get those, Craig? >> I did. Thank you. >> Absolutely. All right. Let me get myself to them real quick. See Okay, let's start with 5.0 uh 01 and that is additional courses for the 2025 2026 OKCPS middle school and high school course cataloges. Yes. Um yes. Uh this was pretty exciting to me to read. Um so there were um a couple courses. So, Advanced Robotics Engineering, Drone Technology. Um, and so I I did have a question about those two because those are pretty exciting new uh I would say um advancements that, you know, I'd love for our students to have, but um are we going to have these courses at specific areas in the district, like specific schools in
017the district? Um that like can are we going to be able to ensure that all students have these opportunities for these courses? because I know some of them require like materials and Yeah. >> Yeah. First of all, just Okay, it's on. Good morning everyone. Good morning. How are you? >> Um those courses were um I'm trying to think about how to say this the best way. They're they're available to everyone if they're approved by the board. However, they do align with specific programming that is being offered uh at specific sites. A lot of it is directly aligned with workforce development and the directions that the specific high schools are going with that and partnerships that they have. >> So, they're only going to be available at certain high schools. >> Yes. >> Okay. If a
018student wishes to take these courses, could they go to a different if it's not offered to their at their school? >> Um, are you talking about transferring to another site? >> Sure. or um so if it's not that's more of a superintendent question that's more superintendent p >> we'll make it happen we're here for scholars >> yes ma'am >> and I'm excited that you're excited because that says a lot because of your background thank you >> thank you thank you so much um and do we know what schools these are going to be available at >> so the robotics is at Southeast High at this point >> in the drone technology >> Southeast High School. >> Southeast. Okay, awesome. Um, and I think I think that's all for me. Thank you. Thank you so much
019for offering these courses. We're pretty excited. I'm pretty excited for our scholars. So, >> well, if I could just say all of the the courses that are being proposed today are directly aligned with workforce development initiatives. And the reason that they weren't uh brought in December when we normally bring our courses is because planning has taken place since then and you know they just they they were requested at a later date. So it is very exciting. Can >> I ask one question? >> Yes. >> Uh when I first joined the board uh approximately a year ago we voted on something very similar. Uh I knew that class and SAS was trying to earn some type of backord. I can't remember a special backyard. I can't remember what they >> international backyard and they got approved
020for 28 classes where other schools got approved for three. Uh do schools have the opportunity to add any add? They have to wait a full school year before they see a need or can add another class. They can only do it per year, right? We start the process early in the fall um to allow sites to request to add courses that align with programming or things that they want to extend. Um usually bring those in December for for the board to approve and we do that at that time so that we can uh get them approved in time for course selection early in the spring by students. But no, they do have the opportunity through the spring as they're continuing to work with uh community partners and Metro Tech and other uh organizations. They have
021the opportunity to propose or request new courses. I try to limit that to twice a year just for your sake. I don't feel like that you should have to I don't want to bring you new courses every month, but we are definitely trying to support sites. So, um, you know, we're we're going to we're going to make it happen if they want to offer courses. Did did that answer your question? So, right now it's it's happening about twice a year. If I may please, Miss Herser secondary um curriculum. Will you explain a little bit about the international balora regarding the 28 classes offered there? We're only there's only two in the entire state and we just so happen to have one here. So when it appears a lot of courses are being um thrown in
022at one particular time, it's because it's under a different governance also. But if you'll explain just a little bit that we're real special in >> that for just a second too though that was those that amount of courses wasn't that just bringing the middle school officially to the program. So it wasn't really an addition to the high school. It was aligning a feeder pattern from fifth through the middle years programs. >> It was the middle years program to support um the high school and and it was it's actually a great thing. Uh Mr. Alferos and his team have had my department over a few times to just bring us up to speed on the middle years program. It's a great great program and one of the things that I was most excited to learn was
023that it could actually be offered at any school. And I haven't really talked to my supervisor or uh district leadership about that yet. But while it is in place at class and SAS middle school to support the high school, it's a program that would be good for all students. Of course, we're just launching it over there. We need to see, you know, kind of how things go, but it it's a very good program. But you're right, Chair Lewis. >> Okay. There's no further discussion on 5.01. Go to 9.03. is >> was it was it 9.03 or 7.03? >> 9.03. >> Okay. >> Yes. And that is has to do with school activity fund sub accounts. >> Yes. Uh yes. So, for this this one, um I just had a question because I know that um
024we recently put out