001Good evening. We're going to go ahead and call this meeting to order. >> If you would join us for the flag salute, please. >> 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. >> Let the minute show that all board members are present. Is there a motion for the adoption of the agenda? >> So moved. >> Second. >> Mr. New? >> Yes. >> Dr. McNeel? >> Yes. >> Miss McAdams? >> Yes. >> Miss Roman? >> Yes. >> Chair votes yes as well. >> Consent agenda. All of the following items, those items of a routine nature normally approved at board meetings will be approved by one vote unless any board member desires to have
002a separate vote on any or all of these items. The consent agenda consists of the discussion, consideration, and action on the following items A through MM. >> Move for approval. >> Second. >> Miss McAdams. >> Yes. >> Mr. Newman. >> Yes. >> Dr. McNeel. >> Yes. >> M. Roman. >> Yes. >> Chair votes. Yes. As well, information reports. USPA reports. UCTA report. >> President Reyes, Dr. Federline, members of the board. Um, UCA has been very busy this summer. Um, we started our summer off with negotiations and we sincerely appreciate the board approving our language changes and our salary increase. Um we then sent three members, another one went from OEA2, so really it was four, but um to Portland, Oregon for NEA's representative assembly. So we did that for a week and then we sent
003three members um including myself to Baltimore for NEA's um leaders for just schools training for a week. Then our executive committee um spent time this summer at the leader OEA's leadership training. And then recently we were able to host the new hires um for lunch and we recruited several new members for that. We appreciate the opportunity to do that. We're looking forward to another great school year and an opportunity to work with certified staff and supportive admins. So thank you. >> Thank you. Uh hearings and correspondence. Okay. Business agenda. We have consider and take action on the proposed new board policy number 5034, Strong Readers Act. Miss Kiger. >> Good evening, President Reyes, Dr. Federline, and members of the board. Um I would like to recommend a board policy 5034. This is the Strong Readers
004Act that is required by law. Um this um will um direct well the strong readers act which is formerly known as the reading sufficiency act and this will allow us to address um the law which is asking us to have assess children on the beginning middle and end of each school year with an approved screening instrument. Um the policy supports in the reading instruction intervention services and professional development to address all address all of our students reading needs and that each student uh their parent or guardian um is notified and informed of their reading progress throughout the year. Um the board policy also um ensures that we are following the law by including the dyslexia screener which we have been doing. um the same thing as um the professional development, the amount of money that
005we spend on professional development that meets the needs of their reading as well as the new piece to this that we have not had to do in the past, but is a reporting uh requirement that has to be posted on our board on our website September 1st of every year. And specifically in this u policy um the information that will be included will be um and this is required by law. The number of staff that implemented this policy. The average daily classroom time that is devoted to implementing the provisions of this policy by grade. The number percentage of all students in kindergarten through third grade who did not meet grade level targets um which is by the screening instrument that is approved by the state department. the grade number and percentage of all students in
006kindergarten through third grade who were enrolled in the district for less than two years. Uh by grade, the number and the percentage of students kindergarten through third grade who demonstrated grade level proficiency based on the screening instrument. And then the grade number and percentage of students in kindergarten third who were on an IEP and who de and who demonstrated grade level proficiency based on the screening instrument. And all of the copies of the screening instruments are kept in the students file. You have any questions? >> Is every school district doing the same thing with the same metrics or is this unique to you? >> There is a specific report that we have to fill out and every grade level has to use that reporting and post post that on their website. Um now as for
007the screener, there's different screeners that are approved by the state department. So, you know, there's a handful of different screeners. So, some will be like ours and some will be different. >> Apples to apples. >> Yeah. >> Move for approval. >> Second. >> Miss Roman? >> Yes. >> Mr. Shwin? >> Yes. >> Dr. McNeil? >> Yes. >> Miss McAdams? >> Yes. >> Chair votes yes as well. Thank you. >> The annual report on college remediation rates. Dr. Moore. Good evening, President Reyes, Dr. Federline, members of the board. Um, just here to present an item that doesn't require any action, just forformational purposes um to kind of go over the remediation rates for students entering college for the first time. Um, these reports are um delayed a year. So, it wouldn't have been um last year
008would have been the year before as we as we look at the data and try to examine some trend lines. And um the reason for the requirement of this reporting of the data dates back to section 13 of Senate Bill number 183 enacted in 1989. Um it's a program designed to evaluate the performance of individual schools and school districts in the state of Oklahoma. So it's just a metric um to evaluate college readiness uh for our students. So we look at a couple of different indicators as part of this high school indicators report. The remediation rates is one of those. Um, so that would be students that require are required to take a zero-level course in math, uh, science, uh, reading. Um, and so there are some different statistics to look at, um, as we
009go through time here. Um, so I'll go over the inter, uh, remediation rates first, um, to kind of get an idea of where we're at and then can compare to other schools across the state. It's all publicly available information online as well. um a lot of data to dive into, but here in Tulsa County is where we kind of like to look and compare where we stand. Um so last year we had 1,030 graduates as part of this report. 491 of which um attended a university for the first time in the fall, 580 52 attended at some point during the year um including spring semester first-time enrollment. So that's about 48.7% total students that are attending college for the first time. Um Dr. Nelson and I have talked a few times about this data in
010years past was not in alignment with overall data. Um but last year um this organization that puts together this data partnered with the national clearing house to include data for students that attend colleges out of state or private universities. Um so you get more of an overall picture um of exactly how many students are going to college. And so I think that's an important metric for us to look at as we examine our mission of 100% graduation college and or career ready. So realizing that we only have about half of our students that are going to be going to college. Um we want to make some robust pathways for the students that are going to be work ready as well. So that is on par with where we've been in years past. Uh the trend
011line has stayed pretty even. Had some dips um after COVID, but we've rebounded nicely and remained pretty steady in that regard. with regards to the intermediate or excuse me the remediation rates um me pull those up. So we had 447 students excuse me, 455 students that required zero level courses uh at their university. um 25 in the area of excuse me 25 in the area of English um which was a pretty low percentage only 5.5% of our students 94 in math that were had to take remedial courses um so that's a little bit of a higher percentage um that was 20.7% 91 um in reading developmental remedial courses that was 20% of our students and then the total number of students overall was 130 or 28.6% that needed to take a zero level course. And
012that is the conclusion of my report. There are several other indicators including things like mean ACT score um within the district and across the state. Um you can look at different trend lines in that regard too. Overall, there's been a dip in measures of color college readiness um throughout the entire state. And so um with that here at Union, I think we've done a good job at making some renewed efforts, especially postco to get our students ready for whatever's um next out in life after graduation at Union. With that, I'll accept any questions. >> What was the name of the like where could we find the report? The website it's um the Oklahoma State Regions for Higher Education is the organization that puts out the report. The website where it can be found is okayireed.org.
013Um and there's several pieces of data that are available on that website. Um it's pretty pretty robust reporting that you can examine data throughout the state and disagregate it out according to different demographics and things of that nature. >> Gotcha. Do you know just I know it's a lot of data, but do you know if attrition is on there? >> Attrition? >> Um I do not I don't I don't think that that is one of the metrics that I've studied. If it is, it's not one been one that I've examined. >> Appreciate it. >> Yeah. >> Do you have the u percentage from last year or a trend last three years? >> Uh yes. Yes. So over the the trend line uh just for remediation rates um going back to school year 2020 2021 um
014we had uh students that attended first there were firsttime fall firsttime degree seeeking freshmen um and there were 34.6% so the trend line is actually going down. So we had over a third of our students back in 2020 2021. Um and then we had a really tremendous uptick the next year in 21-22 with 23.9% or 100 100 out of 418 students. Um and then the next year it actually went up to 29.4%. So then back down this year by about four four percentage points. So I think it was um nationally again that and in the state our data compares with sort of this downturn and then a a significant rebound in the first year after co when we were back full-time. Um and then it's sort of dropped off again. But it's you know I'm
015pleased to see that ours aren't dropping as much as the national and state average. students. Yeah, I think that's that was interesting when I was looking at the data when when you look at 2021 2022 when we only had 418 students um we had a much lower percentage and so um I think anecdotally you might make a conclusion that if a lower number of students were going that um their goals were probably more aligned with going to college and um and they knew that that was their goal from the beginning and so wouldn't require remedial course. Um but then since we've sort of came out of COVID again, we've got a higher number of students that are going to college and attempting to earn a degree. And so I think when you cast a larger
016net, you are going to have some more um need for remediation to take those zero level courses. All right. Any more questions, comments? >> Thank you. Consider and take action on a contract with the Oklahoma Department of Career and Technology Education for Secondary Career and Technology Education Programs for 2025 to 2026 school year in the amount of $11,750 from the ODCT allocations. Dr. Robinson. >> Good evening, Dr. Federline, President Reyes, and members of the board. Tonight, we are requesting your approval of the agreement with the Oklahoma Department of Career Tech. We currently have eight teachers with approved business and STEM programs who receive a funding allocation from the Oklahoma Department of Career Tech. They are able to utilize this funding for their individual programs for expenses such as equipment, technology, and professional development. I'd be
017happy to answer any questions. >> Second. >> Dr. McNeel, >> yes. >> Mr. New? >> Yes. >> Mr. Oberman? >> Yes. >> Miss McAdams? >> Yes. >> Chair votes yes as well. >> Thank you. Thank you. Consider and take action on the memorandum of understanding with Tulsa Community College, TCC, for concurrent education programs that TCC offers Union High School students in the amount of $194,250 from general funds. Dr. Robinson. >> So this evening, we are requesting your approval of our agreements with our wonderful partner, Tulsa Community College. These agreements allow us to partner with TCC to offer dual credit programs for students at Union High School. Students also have the opportunity to participate in transitional math as well as composition one preparation courses to prepare them for online TCC classes in the spring that will
018be facilitated by Union High School teachers. Uh the transition courses allow UHS students to experience college course or course coursework with more support which helps us to work on that attrition rate that we were just talking about. Um last year we had more than 500 TCC classes that were taken by uh union students. Additionally, we're also continuing with our EDGE earn a degree graduate early program. Our 9th Edge cohort completed orientation last week. We have approximately 150 10th, 11th, and 12th graders who will begin their college classes on August the 18th. And we are celebrating a record high. We had 31 edge students in the class of 2025 who earned their associate degree and their high school diploma. So, we're very proud of that. So that brings the total number of associate degrees completed by
019edge students um since the inception of the program to 136. So I'd be happy to answer any questions about any of that. >> Do you know with this being the ninth cohort and obviously we've done a lot with the first cohort looking at longitudinally is anyone doing data on the return on investment? >> We are working on that. We are working, we've partnered TCC actually has a research project that they are working on and then we are trying to reach out ourselves in terms of trying to figure out with our first five courses. Um I actually sent several messages a few weeks ago. I haven't been able to track yet to see where students are. We have anecdotal data. For example, a student from the class of 2022. I ran into her at a high
020school baseball game and she is getting ready to start physical therapy school this year. So we have some anecdotal data, but we're trying to figure out what the best way is to track the data because as Dr. more said it's kind of hard once they leave us. There's no set place to get all of that information, but TCC is working on a research project. >> Awesome. Thank you so much. >> Is there a cap or a maximum for EDGE participants in the uh sophomore year? >> So, we actually students apply during their eighth grade year. Okay. >> And then it's kind of set based on the budget that I have. So, we usually range somewhere between 60 and 65 students. So this year we have 62 students who were selected in eighth grade who are
021starting the ninth grade college prep class this um Thursday. >> This number seem to kind of fluctuate from year to year. >> Um I can just help finding the right direction or where to get it. The so if we have a class of let's say 31 students and at the end of the time they graduate there's let's say 29 or whatever that may be. Do we know for the initial investment the price per student in Edge? >> We would. I don't have that off the top of my head. I can get it. It's about um $125 per credit hour at 60 credit hours. So, I'll let somebody who's a math person. >> I could take it from there. >> Okay. um TCC but actually so it's about 100 but we TCC pays for 12 hours
022um for the first 12 hours when they're juniors and the first 18 hours. So TCC is paying for 30 of those hours and Union is paying for the other remaining 30 hours. >> Okay. >> And we do they they have given us a rate of $125 per student. So really figuring times 30 because TCC pays for those initial 30 hours >> if that makes sense. It's around $7,000 per per child >> and we don't see that investment fluctuating anytime soon. >> Not right now, of course, with changing climates. We'll have to see, but that's u just that's kind of been the flat agreement. The first uh five years were a pilot program, so the pricing system was different. They were charging per course and then after the fifth year, they went to a charging per
023student system. Gotcha. >> Thank you. Any more question comments? >> Second. >> Miss McAdams? >> Yes. >> Mr. New? >> Yes. >> Mr. Roman? >> Yes. >> Dr. McNail? >> Yes. >> And chair votes yes as well. Thank you. >> Thank you. >> All right. Consider and take action to appoint Morgan Crane as a certified adjunct teacher for 2025 2026 school year. Mr. Lo, >> President Reyes, Dr. Federline, members of the board. Um, we are asking to name Morgan Crane as an adjunct instructor. He is a certified instructor, has a principal certificate and a math certificate, and we are waiting on his physics results. Unfortunately, the state has been slow and we can't emergency certify him. So, we're back again. So, we are one of the few schools who are not doing non-certified adjuncts. There
024are some schools around us that have started bringing in non-certified, so they have no degree and they're not certified in anything else and they are bringing them in as adjunct instructors. >> Move for approval. >> Second question. >> I did have a quick question. Um, if it's all right, I didn't speak quick enough. Sorry about that. You're good. uh on certified adjunct teachers. Once we approve an individual, do we have to go back every year or is there like a a uh statute limitation? >> We would have to go back each year. Most of the time, like in this case, we're hoping we actually get his results in the next two weeks and he'll be a certified physics instructor. Then he'll be a normal certified teacher and we won't have to do this again. In
025fact, two of those that we've already done adjunct have already gotten their certifications, but we don't want to delay it in case it doesn't come through in time and then we have to pay them as a substitute versus a regular teacher. So, >> Thank you. Did we have a first and a second on that? Okay. Uh, Miss Roman, >> yes. >> Miss McAdams, >> yes. >> Mr. New? >> Yes. >> Dr. McNeel? >> Yes. >> Chair votes yes as well. Thank you. uh consider and take action on the bid for the boiler replacement at the high school project and award the contract to Advanced Boiler Repair and Service Inc. in the amount of $683,19253 from bond funds. Dr. Robinson. >> Yeah, Dr. Federline, Mr. Reyes, members of the board, this bid is to replace both
026of the 1999 installed boilers in the old uh plant of the high school. Those boilers were installed in 1999. They're big old technology tube boilers. They're the size of a small car and there's two of them. Uh we're going to replace them with three smaller condensing boilers, the footprint of which is about the size of this podium times three. So it opens up the space a lot in the plant. Um there's also a um a critical malfunction in one of the current boilers which is causing us to have to do this if we want heat this uh this fall and winter. So we're asking for your approval. >> How long will that take to get done? >> So there's a 10 to 12 week lead time. They'll purchase the boilers upon approval tomorrow as soon
027as they have their PO. That'll put us into October, late October for uh for the boilers to get here. They can do a lot of their prep work beforehand, though. Um the old plan is what we call a two-pipe system, so it doesn't use the hot water at all while the while the chiller is running. Um, so they can do a lot of their prep, piping, have the place ready to go, demo out everything, and then when the new boilers arrive, we we hope to have it done and ready by the time we're ready to use hot water, which is typically last week in October, first week in November for the high school. >> And which portion of the high school is this? The whole high school? >> Everything but the UCA. Okay. Move for
028approval. >> Second. >> Dr. McNeel. >> Yes. >> Mr. New? >> Yes. >> Miss Roman? >> Yes. >> Miss McAdams? >> Yes. >> Chair votes yes as well. Thank you. >> Consider and take action on adult meal prices for the 2025 2026 school year. Mr. Bushyhead. >> Yes. President Reyes board. Uh Dr. Federline. Um as of today, we have not received guidance from the USDA on what the pricing is. So, I'm asking for you to authorize an increase in adult meal prices if that's what they send us. Uh, which we're expecting that they will send us an increase um here soon. It is required by by USDA that all adult meals must be increased at a minimum to the USDA free reimbursement rate for lunch plus the additional incentive payment plus the value of the
029USDA for foods. So asking that you authorize us to raise those meal prices once we receive direction from them on what the price is. The only adjustment that we make over and above is for example if they come back and it's $4.96 for a meal, we'll round that up to five. Uh it makes things a little bit quicker. Plus it just it's a lot easier to handle it that way. Uh but other than that, we haven't increased. I think the most we've ever went over and above was seven cents on a meal. Um and and so other than that, we go with what their guidelines are. >> When do those numbers usually come in? >> Uh they're usually the end of July. So we usually have them a couple weeks before this meeting. So uh
030Braden informed me today it was by 3:00 we had not had those numbers yet. So, and it's really I mean the reality is we don't as long as we want to continue to receive USDA produce and and funding um we have to raise the prices at least to that minimum for adults. Any more questions, comments? >> Move for approval. >> Second. >> Miss Sherman. >> Yes. >> Dr. McNeel. >> Yes. Miss McAdams, >> yes. >> Miss Roman, >> yes. >> Chair votes, yes as well. Thank you. >> New business. >> Opportunity for comments from audience board members. >> President Ray as members of the board. I think it's important to note that we have had a marketked decrease uh over the last year in the number of open positions both in certified and non-certified. Uh
031very happy with our staffing levels going into the school year. uh all the educators, administrators, uh teachers, directors that you see out here in front of you tonight have worked extremely hard over the summer to get us in a very good spot to have a successful 2526 school year and we have our kickoff on Wednesday. So, we're very excited. Appreciate your support. >> Thank you. Any board members? >> Thank you everybody for all your hard work. >> Okay. Thank you. Need a motion for adjournment? So moved. >> Second. >> Mr. New? >> Yes. >> Mr. Roman? >> Yes. >> Miss McAdams? >> Yes. >> Dr. McNeel? >> Yes. >> Chair votes yes as well. Thank you.