001e e e ready welcome everybody thanks for being here tonight appreciate it we'll go ahead and call the meeting to order and I'll have Craig our clerk call the role lead us in the Pledge of Allegiance and then we will go from there thank you thank you madam chair I'll first read the meeting protocols and then call the rooll and then lead everyone in the Pledge of Allegiance in a moment of silence if everyone would please take a minute 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 Behavior will be asked to leave and I'll
002call the role Paula Lewis present Carol Thompson present Lori Bowman present Jessica sentes present Dana Meister present Mike Shelton present Juan Lona present mag Melaney we have a quorum and if everyone would please stand for the Pledge of Allegiance and a moment of silence I pledge allegiance 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 remain standing for a moment of silence thank you you may be seated we have no public comments today so that brings us to 3.01 the superintendent's update superintendent pulk good evening chair Lewis Vice chair Bowman and members of the board I want to share some great things happening across okcps as we work toward our goal of providing every each
003and every student with a great education as always we start with our vision because this is our North Star as we prepare our students to be graduate ready on this slide great culture is about fostering connections collaboration in Student Success led by our chief of staff and our chief operations officer [Music] our e families if you haven't yet met with your child's teacher please do so by Friday February 7th additionally our experience survey for families and staff remain open through this Friday and we encourage everyone to share their feedback with 20 2526 school year right around the corner enrollment is now open and we're committed to making this process smooth and accessible for every family to support this effort enrollment pods will be available on March 27th and April 22nd to provide inperson assistance whether
004transitioning into a new grade level or joining okcps for the first time families can count on us to help in every step of the way recognizing that healthy meals fuels great learning okcps celebrates National nutrition month by highlighting the dedication of our school nutrition services Team every day they provide thousands of nutritious meals ensuring students have the energy to stay focused and ready to succeed in the classroom their work is a crucial part of supporting students well-being and academic achievement through the team Campaign together everyone achieves more we continue to invest in students teachers and schools this year we aim to raise $85,000 to directly support programs that drive student learning last year team donations helped increase reading scores by 7% in high needs schools through targeted literacy and different supports stronger classrooms lead to
005Stronger achievement schools with stable supported staff see higher Student Success in every subject every contribution funds mentorship tutoring and enrichment programs at okcps we know that we can give together we can grow together and we'll stay together whether through family engagement providing nutritious meals or making strategic Investments we are needing your support also when it comes to strong systems they also create strong schools that's why we are committed to clear policy Smart Financial Planning and strategic Investments That remove barriers and support students success under the leadership of Sydney Ward we have launched a financial literacy training initiative to strengthen our leadership team's understanding of school Finance this training is crucial in and aligning our budget with OK cps's strategic goals for 2030 ensuring that every dollar spent supports student learning school Improvement and operational efficiencies
006by enhancing Financial knowledge and investing in long-term planning we are creating a stable Future Ready District that puts students first a very special thank you to Sydney Ward and her team for for providing training to cabinet members and hosting workshops with our leaders these efforts are helping us to become the first district of choice with Bond 2025 we are making critical investments in learning spaces technology and infrastructure to create safe modern environments where students and teachers can Thrive these upgrades ensure that our schools remain equipped for the future providing students with the tools and spaces they need to succeed families can stay updated on bond progress by visiting our web site at okcps.org backc PS Bond 22 at the same time our general council is leading policy development to strengthen District Operations by refining our
007rules and guidelines we are ensuring that policies promote fairness and maintaining an environment where students teachers and families feel comfortable and supported as we invest in our students for students and staff these resources strategic financial decisions will help us reach our 2030 goals through strong financial literacy I look forward to the future for great learning which is led by our assistant superintendent of student achievement and accountability Alicia SEI we are focused on literacy datadriven instruction College and Career Readiness and student wellness to track progress we use nwaa assessment to gather realtime data and provide targeted support on March 7th our staff and volunteers from the community will participate and read across okcps reading with our students to promote literacy and a love for books seeing this work in action will be essential I want to
008say a very special thank you to the City of Oklahoma uh City uh Craig Freeman and his team for participating as well as KO have at least 24 participants this year we were excited for them um to participate this past month I visited several schools where I watched students learn engage with Educators and saw strong instruction firsthand from Capitol Hill School FAA night was very engaging and they had a packed gym for families to ensure their students were ready for uh College if they choose I have to pause here and say to our families if you choose to opt out and not do FASA we need that information also our seniors will not graduate if they don't opt out or fill out those forms and we are looking for 100% of our seniors to be
009ready for that preparing students for the future is a top priority this year eighth graders visited Oklahoma City Community College or o trip C to explore career and higher education option and I'm going to try something here you guys ready to hit this video for me why don't you hit it and uh take a look at [Music] thank you so much yeah go ahead and give it up for our students our eighth graders get it an opportunity to explore uh careers a special thank you to the Communications Department um and especially Kylie for her work on that project next I'd like to talk about the great people at okcps who are laying the foundation for our success that's why I prioritize attending department meetings not just to share our vision but to listen learn and
010work alongside our teams to create meaningful change our structured approach to these meetings ensure alignment accountability and action toward student outcomes in that first meeting when I attend that initial meeting I present our District's vision and goals and sat the stage for how each department contributes to improving student outcomes I then challenge each team to reflect on how their work aligns with the vision and what steps they can take in the second follow-up meeting I return to hear each Department's reflection and action steps this is an opportunity for teams to share their progress discuss challenges and refined their strategies to ensure they are making a direct impact on Student Success and then that third and final meeting I asked the supervisors to walk through their Department's 90day plans and do during those plans we ensure
011that they align to what we are looking for to be focused and accountable to Advanced student learning by following this structured process we ensure every department is not just aligned with our vision but actively driving the changes needed for okcps to be the first choice district for students family and staff recently I had the opportunity uh to meet with our transportation department a team that plays a vital role in ensuring that learning starts the moment a student steps onto the bus these uh discussions ensure that we are working toward more efficient and reliable solutions to ensure our students are at school in a timely timely manner tonight I want to take a moment to recognize any bus driver that is in the audience will you please stand I say thank you all for being here
012H yes give it up let's stand up for her thank you thank you thank you for for being here traveling over 2 million miles miles a year our caring drivers provide nearly 11,000 students a safe trip to and from school thank you all for the work that you're doing and I look forward to in about seven days I'll be back at uh your site again thank you beyond these meetings I want to take a moment to thank our principles for the well done that they turn in to the uh school board members we continue to celebrate the incredible achievements of our students and staff made possible through their dedication and Leadership this past month I was honored to witness our student Leadership Council break ground at the State education Committee in the past they have
013honored championships wrestlers or championship basketball team Senator Pew asked if Oklahoma City public school students could be there and I just want to take a moment to say how exciting and to thank senat Pew for accepting the challenge that one of our students put before him in regards of ensuring that they were at the capital thank you Senator Pew I o would like to share I have the privilege of attending a black belt ceremony first time ever for me uh but I was invited by Jon a eighth grader at B Al and his younger brother Jasper from Cleveland Elementary very exciting for to actually watch them go through that process and earn their black belt I'd like to also celebrate a freshman uh Felicity ditt who earned runnerup in Class 5A girls wrestling uh new
014sport for us to participate and for a freshman to get second place I say lookout for her in the years to come I also um want to continue to ask and to share if you'd like to join OKC PS we will have a career fair at Douglas High School we remain committed to recruiting and retaining the best Educators and staff who reflect the diversity and Excellence that our students deserve when we invest in our people means that we invest in long-term success for our city so together we are making a difference just some dates to remember uh that may or may not have on your calendar one I'd like to uh share is the district being closed uh March 17th through the 21st for um spring break and the rest of those dates are there
015please pick up your tea up which is our team t-shirts that deadline is April 3rd lastly but not um without further Ado I'd like to say thank you for the work that's going forth very special thank you to our families and with that chair Lewis I say take care and we're ready to go to work it's a great report thank you that's that's a good one hey anybody have questions comments looking around no how cool is it we've got a female wrestler come on that's pretty cool right okay um and the eighth graders how many eighth graders went like how many eighth graders do we have in this District we usually have an average per grade um I it would almost say about 2,000 2000 yeah but they could not all attend so it was
016a select group but we tried to get as many as possible to go I'm betting it took bus drivers to get them there very good it did didn't it thank you for getting the eighth graders there appreciate it appreciate it how she did that all right okay well such a great report we don't have anything else we got to talk about on it thank you there you go all right okay so that brings us to reports and presentations uh 4.01 is um the ossba is Oklahoma State School boards Association we're part of region six region six with there's 14 regions in Oklahoma State Schoolboard Association and and they we have uh meetings every so often and it's for board development but this particular one was um hosted over at ossba um offices and it was
017their legislator one and be before they got to the legislature piece and so there's 14 regions but not every school district in every region gets to have an appointee um only Tulsa and Oklahoma City have um one all the time and it's been a variety of people since I've been on the board uh Ron milikin was like one of the longest serving ones I think he might have been on it as long as he was on Craig probably knows that answer but it's a long time and then since he's come off it's kind of rotated through uh Mark man was a couple years I think um I'm trying to go back in my tenure but this is my first year that I've ever done it and it's been kind of it's it's been fun to
018meet different people from across the state because they have an annual Retreat where you go and you meet all the um board board members for ossba or they the executive directors and then they have these individuals but region 6 sometimes we've hosted it here this time it was over there but that's like Milwood keto Western Heights Moore kind of in that general area and the first thing they did was talk about the open meeting statute because again it's for board development and what I'm always struck by and the reason I wanted to talk about this is that a lot of times I sit in that and I'm like hm like uh Chief staff Jason Galloway was there for the first time and Dr pulk was there and Jessica was there Juan Lori Dana I believe
019we're all there um but we don't need the information they give us in the very beginning because not everybody gets to have a Craig Kate as their clerk who handles [Applause] it good job Craig and so the first part was that because there's literally chairs that when you talk about setting the agenda they literally are writing the agenda and making sure the things are getting posted and and we're just we're very less and it's because we're a large District but I still just wanted to take a minute to shout that out and then the legislators legislators that were there um I'm sure I probably miss some but uh I didn't miss Senator Mark man since he used to be on the board he was there uh Nikki n Senator nice representative pogam Miller Fugate and
020geese were there and they're all sitting on education some version of an education committee and it was nice to see so many people um really talking about the Val value of public education and um trying to push forward what's good for our kids and our staff so that was it does anybody have any questions or thoughts on that I just wanted to share yes no uh and that that uh time was incredible honestly um there was also a representative uh Emily gu recently elected was also there um and no it was just very uh refreshing to see that uh you know those legislators really do care about public education and uh want to do what's right and they want to hear our voice they did state that you do want to hear our voice um
021and continuing to uplift um what is public education so no it was a great great uh session thank you yes I want to Second what you said chairman Lewis uh about Craig because I sat next to her and if she said we're lucky because we have C Craig if she said it once she said it a dozen times so yes we do appreciate you thank you okay all right so then the next one is student outcomes Focus governance wait sorry if I if I may Madam CH I just want to say thank you for all the complimentary words I also wanted to say did you happen to mention was Senator Mark man there he was and I just thought you might want to speak a little bit about Mark's history on this board yes uh
022he did uh was on the board for seven years he said that the other night that's so I exactly know that years and it's because I was District Four for a year before I became the chair and then we appointed him and then he completed that term for three years then he successfully ran another term um and then we get Dana which is filling those shoes well and he is a hardcore one of the bills that he has out of committee and Jason probably has this better memorized than I do but it was a way to help districts I can't think the exact term it was but for our emergency certified teachers if we can get them certified within a certain amount of time there's a way to draw down money out of the state
023there will be a fund if this goes through that helps districts help teachers become certified teachers financially so I don't think I miss that too much yeah so that was that was a Senator man bill right there okay um so student outcomes focused governance 4.02 that is also um me we met on February the Sunday after Valentine 16th I knew that um for eight hours right here and we had uh AJ kill and our coach from Council of great City Schools Carol here we had a good turnout the uh staff that um Turned out Dr PK's team was phenomenal to have them in the room and basically we were presented with PR's report of the summation of our listening sessions and the 16,000 surveys that came in to say you know what we're doing well
024we should keep doing what we should stop doing immediately what our students need to know and be able to do when they graduate and the whole goal of it was to come up with draft goals that will eventually become the outcomes for students that Dr pul and her team are measured on and the draft goals roughly landed on one for elementary that was third grade reading shake your head no if I'm saying something fourth fourth grade fourth grade fourth grade reading there you go knew someone corrected it uh eighth grade math y all right got that one and then um participation in postsecondary Opportunities and high school that and so the Dr P and her team have those and they're taking them to kind of figure out how we would measure those what that would
025look like they'll bring them back to us within the next month or so four to six weeks we'll go back through that so the public can see that um that meeting was live streamed so if you want to see all the eight hours you can go to our YouTube channel and you can watch every bit of it um and there was no laughing I promise um but then we will eventually get all that out we will send that back out to our stakeholders so that they see that we're doing exactly what we said we would do with our data I'm not exactly sure if the raw data is loaded up yet I'm looking for it is loaded up now as we promised we would do so that is on the website as well as the
026summation anybody else have anything to add okay that moves us to clicking this right along there must be a Thunder game is somebody want to get to a Thunder game nobody's talking okay um 4.03 operations committee report uh Vice chair Bowman please sure thank you um yes the operations committee met on February 26th and um one of the topics of conversation um that I'm hoping we can engage in conversation up here about was the naming of the new middle school that is Cur currently under construction and just for context that's the middle school that's at the intersection of Southeast 25th and South High Avenue um and basically it's a brand new middle school that is going to merge wheeler and Capitol Hill um into one building and per policy um d-08 the board shall be
027responsible for all decisions relative to the naming or renaming of all district facilities and properties and school facilities may be named after individuals geographic area or function subject to the criteria established in the policy and so I say all that to today because the district needs our feedback um in the committee meeting basically on the naming of this new school um so in the committee meeting we discussed three potential options and wanted to bring it to the rest of you for feedback and discussion um one was Capitol Hill Middle School which would that middle school all the students will feed into Capitol Hill High School and so we thought that's a nice tie in that feeder pattern to give the identity um along the lines of John Marshall um B Isle so to to have
028that connection Middle and High um wheeler Middle School which this new building is um about a quarter of a mile east of the current wheeler middle school so it's in closer proximity to the current wheeler Middle School however there is another prominent District in Oklahoma City called The wheeler District so that's just something for us to contemplate about just identity and um and wanting you know not wanting to be confused about where that school will be located um and the third option is a new name um and so I bring it today because I want to open it up and see what you all think for the people who weren't on the call and um even if you were on the call and you've had more thoughts as we've you know molded this over over
029the last week and um so if we could I'd like to open it up and see what you all think I'll go okay got it I was on a meeting um because I am on the operations committee and I was um all for naming this new Middle School um Capitol Hill Middle School simply because it was it was to give continuity to what we already have we as you know we have John Marshall John Marshall Middle School and so forth um bow Bellow middle school and also class in SAS and class in middle school this is just keeping with the continuity that I think Oklahoma City Public Schools needs to continue if we start out going in left field somewhere we're going to end up there if we just stay with what we're doing I
030think that's a that sends out a good message to our parents and the community okay thank you yes I'll try mine okay um I'm really torn on this I love the idea of the continuity of keeping it Capitol Hill Middle because of the community and there's been a lot of change down there already um but I really like the idea of naming it something new since we are combining communities and neighborhoods and that could be a really fun way to engage the community and the current student students families and I know that we've done that successfully in the past I think one of if I remember correctly the last new name to a new school we've given was Centennial is that what came out of that no Caesar Chavez Caesar Chavez was the last new
031one okay it was a brand new build yes I'm just curious is there a rule or policy about naming somebody do they have to be they don't have to be deceased I assume because we've got thma Parks not there is a policy about if a naming a there is policy about naming the school after someone it's changed as of July 1 2025 and or 2024 prior to that it only required three letters from the community to recommend it so for example the Sandy Garrick Center for Early Childhood that was G would is that and that came out of three recommendations it was brought to the board per policy but that has since changed and I would have to get Tony up here because I honestly don't know all the rules about that on the new
032one well the rule the reason why really because this is a new all new building it really is in the purview of the board the policy is very it it's it basically says individuals geographic area or function subject to the criteria established but the um you know the the reason why it's a little more open-ended that's kind of the extent of it is the policy goes into detail about any party or group who wishes to propose a name and these are the what they go through you know the letters and all this but back to your point it um it says when the name of an individual is proposed the person shall have made outstanding contributions to the school Community city state country or World um and it can't be named after current employees or
033sitting school board members dang I know darn it no Mike Shelton uh Middle School sorry and but you're not looking for a name you're not looking for a name on this right now I think it's more about what individual or state use the continuities and it it'd be more like these are the three options that at least we discussed in committee what direction does the board want to go and then we would push it back um to the district to say put together a process for coming up with the new name so we're not proposing new names at the no we're not proposing new names if it's if it was the will of the board that going name it Capital Hill Middle School it simply as they would bring it to us as an action
034item we vote on it and move on or wheeler same thing vote on but if it's a new name you have to have some version of survey engagement something you know of that nature so that that's the difference that's really why we're up here trying to figure fure out because when I was on I was on the operations committee and I was like well literally nobody is on this operation committee who has a school south of I40 said we better take it to the like we needed a voice we needed the people who had those schools to talk to us about it yeah but you kind you kind of answer my question about survey I was going to ask have we send out a survey to the people in the community so no we're waiting
035for y'all to tell tell us what to do oh thank you yeah so what what's your thoughts well I I like both names Capital Hill and I also like Willer but of uh just thinking out loud and I wrote down I wrote down Community Middle School but since we're com since we're combining two so so are you're leaning towards a new name you feel like we should look at a new name that that is my personal opinion but I would wait to receive the survey and hear from the of so engage the community yes okay gotcha the one thing I will say is I don't I don't think we should go with wheeler middle school as a name because the district and there's already you know I think that's going to get confusing because I
036get emails about that and questions from the community often about hey your middle school wheeler Middle School is in the wheeler District right or the new one's going to be in the wheeler District right and it's just it's confusing I think it needs to be either Capitol Hill Middle or a brand new name Mike I'm GNA go back to you what kind of your thoughts on this I mean again it's not my district and so uh I know my district would definitely have some opinions and so you couldn't just throw a name out there but there's somebody that has really dedicated ated their their life to okcps that I I don't want to throw out their name do you I mean you don't want me to throw out their name either right I mean I
037I just think that Mary Malone has just done in a tremendous job and and I just think that she's done so much for okcps but outs that's me Outsider uh it's not my community and and if it was in my community uh likely the community would want somebody looks like looks like it reflect who it that makes sense yes yeah so new name so engage Community engage Community got it okay did I was not on the board at the time but when was from the outside you're looking in it seemed like there was a lot of conflict uh changing Classen and Northeast to you know when they were trying to decide what to call that school and finally they set it on classes SAS at Northeast which is kind of cumbersome but would we get
038be getting into the same situation with the wheeler versus yeah but that well both of their schools are going to be taken offline which is a little bit different I mean class and SAS split as part of Pathway to Greatness to double this number of quote quality seats and that's not a word I mean it's a weird word but that's literally what it was um Northeast was severely under populated for that so there was lots of reasons that the community was upset there there was years and years of just not supporting the Northeast side by the district that caused a lot of that unrest so it wasn't necessarily I mean if we' taken class in SS offline and Northeast offline and built a new high school I I have no idea where we would have
039ended up on that name I can't even I me because there was just there's too much stuff to unravel to really figure out whether it would have been yeah I mean it just that a little bit different and high school's a little different than Middle School too you know high schools have a lot more um emotional attachment to it in my opinion y all right yes um I do also agree with um what Meg said earlier that wheeler is just too conflicting um because I also get questions about wheeler middle school but I have the wheeler District so I have the other side of that coin um and then um I'm also kind of more leaning towards um a new name um and honoring somebody um I mean I came up with the name but
040I I was just thinking of Jean rainbow um and his contributions to education overall but that's just that's just a name um and then I was also a little confused too because if it does become Capitol Hill Middle School and we talked a little bit about feeder patterns I mean the feeder patterns could potentially change in the future but that's that's that's what I think would also spark more confusion is if we do something that is like capital or wheeler um but no I do like also the idea of getting the feedback of from the community and seeing what they think who maybe we could honor with this new school okay soundss to me like we are going to community engagement Yes sounds like it okay so um so I think that at this point
041we would um ask The District staff um the communications and PR um Team I assume with working with operations to propose a with I mean you see you know our feedback but I think the feedback would be getting Community input from a survey and yeah yeah and it'll be it'll be a pretty quick turnaround not super quick but a fairly good pace of a turnaround on this so we'll get um response back to the plan from the superintendent within the next couple weeks I would imagine and then we'll get it out it won't be a longterm engagement because of where they are in getting the school kind of branded for lack of a better so that um just so you know all right thank you anybody else no yes no just I agree with uh
042um M uh Bowen about getting the community involved all right thank you for the conversation all right 4.04 student academic growth report vernam Martin senior executive director of secondary schools and Laura McGee senior executive director of elementary schools are making a presentation there we go good evening board chair Lewis Vice chair Bowman and superintendent pulk along with The Honorable members of our Board of Education thank you so much for this opportunity tonight to take our first stab at student Focus outcomes governance or the other way around student outcomes Focus governance sofg I always get wrong every time but I'm going to get better we are really excited tonight to share with you the great growth of our students and my job is just to remind us and ground us in our vision by providing Equitable
043access to a worldclass education every Oklahoma City public school student will graduate ready to fulfill their unique purpose in a healthy Vibrant Community I just want to ground Us in what nwea is we have had our work session with you two times already this year and it's been a joy to share some great outcomes with you already in those work sessions but nwaa stands for the Northwest evaluation Association over 9 million Scholars throughout the United States States take this assessment every year and we are a part of that cohort of people that are taking n WEA so that we can know where our students are growing and how well they are achieving the map growth assessment data gives all of us Educators insights on growth and achievement norms and our Norms are correlated to projected
044performance on the Oklahoma test the ostp and the ACT via a leaking study we've learned a lot about growth and achievement so I'm going to move past these two slides because I want to get us to what we're going to Center in on tonight which is projected growth the nwea projected growth refers to an estimate of how much a student is expected to improve academically over a specific period based on their current score and compared to the average of similar students in the nwaa norming data it essentially predicts how many RIT score points a student should gain based on their starting point and grade level so tonight we're going to ground ourselves in our okcps scholar success spotlights for their projected growth and where they ended up growing thank you Miss McGee this is far
045so good evening superintendent pul board chair Lewis board members thank you tonight we have the honor of sharing six inspiring stories of Scholars who have demonstrated remarkable academic growth and success this year each of these 5,381 okcps Scholars who Dem who doubled their Pro Ed growth in Reading from fall to winter has their own unique story of progress and achievement we celebrate all of these Scholars for their demonstration of perseverance diligence and academic Excellence Additionally the administrators teachers and staff members who invest in our Scholars lives are to be commended for their unwavering commitment to our students success together the entire Oklahoma City Public Schools team is building a First Choice District ensuring that every student will graduate ready to fulfill their unique purpose in a healthy Vibrant Community it is my pleasure at this
046time to be joined by Miss Natalie Papa George Johnson Elementary principal supervisor and Mr Shane Sanders second principal supervisor they each will be sharing our stories of success thank you Verna and have you been over at that mic Dr Paul it's kind of tall it is kind of tall like I should have wor my heels tonight but thank you Verna and Laura good evening Madam chairperson honorable board members and honorable super intendent Dr pul it is it brings me such great joy to come and be able to talk about Student Success and share some spotlights wow look at look at the slide one 1,151 Scholars doubled their projected growth in Reading from Fall 2024 to Winter 2024 as measured by our nwaa and so we had a hard time selecting which Scholars we wanted to
047bring forth and share with you and so as you can tell out of the 1,151 we randomly chose two great Scholars our first scholar is from Adams Elementary a fourth grader scholar who is an English language learner had a projected growth of seven RIT points however through goal setting and his hard work he achieved 26 growth points from fall to winter he tremendously moved his growth and helped grow his reading achievement from the 24th percentile to the 69th percentile which means that he is projected to be proficient on the Oklahoma State assessment in the spring C that scholar is that the right yeah I don't is this the right information miss papa George I just wanted to share we had an update to our scholar so this is the correct scholar on the screen so
048she actually is sharing another students information with us we had so much we we updated the slide so I apologize miss papa George we also want to share this information with you this third grade where was this kiddo from was he Adams too he was also Adams yes so both from Adams so we have two Amazing Stories awes so miss papa George you may want to double check on the screen and and uh on this next one just double check you also Mr Sanders thank you I apologize board no problem we are right on point our second scholar is from Bodine Elementary a second grade scholar who is projected to grow 10 RIT points from fall to winter in Reading achieved growth of 23 R Points his Scholars hard work moved him from the 20th
049to the 52nd percentile in achievement that's got to be some kind of good gemstone there I don't know which one it's got to be a big one Diamond there you go thank you thank you Natalie thank you Natalie thank you so much for that this is actually the first time I've had to lift up the microphone so I appreciate that sorry inside joke so good evening Madame chair Lewis members of the board superintendent poas it's my honor to be here with Natalie Papa George Johnson and the Warton to celebrate the work of our Scholars from the secondary perspective um just like what Natalie shared with you all we have a a selected group of middle school students that we want to celebrate Middle School Scholars that we want to celebrate uh and also High School
050Scholars that we would like to celebrate as you see on the slide here uh we support and honor and celebrate all of our Scholars and we have about 2,123 secondary Scholars or Middle School Scholars that we want to focus on throughout the time here but just on our short time tonight we have identified four stories that we want to share with you guys indiv visually about specific scholar Scholars okay first up and I want to match up my uh slides with our notes to celebrate these young people first up we have Capitol Hill Middle School at capit Hill Middle School a fifth grade scholar who was projected to grow five rip points from fall to winter in Reading achieved growth of 22 RIT points that's worth clapping for guys [Applause] this in addition in addition
051this Scholar's hard work moved him for the from the 43rd percentile to the 82nd percentile in [Applause] achievement coming after your job all right next up FD Moon Middle School a seventh grade scholar was projected to grow three RIT points but she grew a total of 13 RIT points from fall to winter in Reading we are excited to share that this Scholar's growth resulted in her performing at the 71st percent percentile in achievement in Reading yes in comparison her achievement percentile in the fall was at the 48th percentile let's give that scholar a round of [Applause] applause next up is our High School Scholars as you can see we serve and support 2,17 scholars in our district we want to identify and highlight just a few of those Scholars right here first up we have
052John Marshall Enterprise High School in this story an 11th grade scholar achieved the impressive 97th percentile in achievement after she yes let's celebrate that real quick and I'll read that again an 11th grade scholar achieved the impressive 97th percentile in achievement after she exceeded her growth projection of one RIT Point she sure did her actual growth of 19 RIT points moved her achievement from the 81st percentile in the fall to the 97th percentile in the winter that's [Applause] crazy great job Scholars the last secondary scholar we want to honor and celebrate this evening is from putam Heights Academy we have a 10th grader excuse me a 10th grade Scholar's projected growth was two two points from fall to winter however he grew nine points the result of this amazing growth moved him from the 25th
053percentile to the 39th percentile in Reading let's all give a round of applause to scholar as well all these Scholars you should stand up for all those [Applause] Scholars thank you for standing up for our kids and for our education we certainly appreciate that and we want to just take just a minute just to say how these were truly great examples of the great work that's being done within our okcps um schools and as we continue to strengthen our work through our 90-day plans at each site utilize the instructional framework our district resources curriculum and support intentional planning through our backward design and utilization of our common formative assessments but that's not all we have to be more focused in intentional with our small groups and differentiated support and we will continue to see more
054of our Scholars increase their academic growth and academic achievement this was just the growth from the beginning of the year to the middle of the Year stay tuned The Best Is Yet To Come for the end of the school year data and as Dr Pope would say look out look out first choice Okay C yes hey I do have a question real quick um I love celebrating overachievers and clearly these kiddos are some overachievers but I kind of want us uh you know the next time y'all bring it to us let's talk about the kids that met their goals too because even if they just met their growth goal that's pretty cool I don't want them to think we're not noticing thank you Sher Lewis we will absolutely do that what was so exciting about
055this is that between math and reading we had over 11,000 and Scholars double their projected growth that's impressive I mean that's awesome yes thank you so [Applause] much all right thank you uh see okay yes sorry um okay this is what okcps is about we are prioritizing growth within our students um we are using evidence-based practices and um just to see some of these data points today is incredibly and truly so beautiful and a inspiring this is what Oklahoma City Public Schools is about this is what I'm talking about guys and I am so incredibly proud to be serving on this on this board right now for this District um and this is the right direction um I am I am in tears right now just at how happy I am for these Scholars and
056the way that we are becoming uh forward- facing um being uh transparent with our community where we are and where we're projected to go and and and where we can go we're showing our Scholars what they can do what they can be and I'm so excited to continue on the journey so congratulations everybody this is huge yes is absolutely okay anyone else I just want to say a few things too um yes besides the scholars but let's take a moment to recognize the teachers you know the the staff so thank you very nice I would add to that the leadership here at the board too I mean I know how hard you guys work and absolutely thank [Applause] you okay all right 6.01 special business um this item is just a clerical item of you
057know we had to we did the election of officers um on Sunday when we were here for the um sofg and this is to um make an assistant Treasurer so I will make a motion to elect Clint Everhart Executive Director of Finance to serve as assistant Treasurer until the reorganization meeting following the 2026 Schoolboard election is there a second second I second that motion to everything that Paula just said didn't one say second I'm Sorry Miss sentus I'm sorry but Mr Lona beat you to it on that second I'm trying to do the proper thing guys we just learned in our thing that we was actually for the first one we have to say the whole thing guys I think it's the first time anyone's beaten you to the second all right so we've got
058the second and we will call for the vote if there's no authors you know I don't see Clint out there do I okay just making sure I wasn't going to acknowledge him if he was there all right so call for the vote please having received eight I votes and zero nay votes the motion carries thank you that brings us to the consent agenda is there any member who who desires to pull any items for discussion only or to be voted on separately all right is there a motion to approve the consent agenda [Music] I'm okay is there a second to approve the consent agenda second okay call for the vote Mr Lona is on his game tonight thank you Craig having received eight I votes and zero nay votes the motion carries thank you all
059right there is no new business and it appears that we do not have a reason to need to go into executive session tonight and so um I will make a motion to adjourn if there's a second second okay and call for the vote let's go all in favor say I I any oppose say nay hearing none the motion carries the board