Final

Tulsa School of Arts And Sciences

BOT Regular Meeting

Published on April 10, 2026 at 11:42 AM CDT

Date and Time

Tuesday April 14, 2026 at 5:30 PM CDT

Location

1202 W. Easton St. Tulsa, OK 74127

TSAS Commons, 2nd Floor

Agenda

Section Number Topic Number Details Purpose Presenter Time
I. Opening Items 5:30 PM
  A. Record Attendance   1 m
  B. Call the Meeting to Order  
  C. Approve Minutes Approve Minutes 1 m
II. Reports 5:32 PM
  A. Head of School's Report FYI Liesa Smith 10 m
  B. Principal's Report FYI Dan Hahn 10 m
  C. Friends of TSAS Report FYI Daniel Sharples 5 m
III. Finance 5:57 PM
  A. March Financials Discuss Jesse Stallings 10 m
  B. Approval of General Fund Purchase Orders, #136-141. Vote Liesa Smith 5 m
  C. Approval of Activity Fund Purchase Orders, #39-46. Vote Liesa Smith 5 m
  D. Discussion, consideration and vote to create an Indian Education Activity Fund. Vote Liesa Smith 5 m
  E. Discussion, consideration and vote to approve or not approve transferring $4,475.87 from Activity Fund #821 (Director’s Discretionary) to the newly created Indian Education Activity Fund. Vote Liesa Smith 5 m
  F. Discussion, consideration and vote to approve or not approve 2026-2027 temporary appropriations. Vote Liesa Smith 5 m
IV. Governance & Oversight 6:32 PM
  A. Discussion, consideration and vote to approve or not approve the contract with OCAS for school year 2026-2027. Vote Liesa Smith 5 m
   

 (Jenkins Accounting & Payroll)

  
  B. Discussion, consideration and vote to approve or not approve the subscription renewal for Common Goal for school year 2026-2027. 5 m
   

(Student Information System/Gradebook) 

  
  C. Discussion, consideration and vote to approve or not approve the contract with OKDHS for school year 2026-2027. Vote Liesa Smith 5 m
   

(School Based Specialist)

  
  D. Discussion, consideration and vote to approve or not approve the contract with Clearwater Enterprises for school year 2026-2027. Vote Liesa Smith 5 m
   

(Natural Gas Provider)

  
  E. Discussion, consideration and vote to approve or not approve the contract with Talking Points for school year 2026-2027. Vote Liesa Smith 5 m
   

(Parent Communication Application) 

  
V. Executive Session 6:57 PM
  A. Discussion, consideration and vote to approve or not approve convening into Executive Session as authorized by Title 25 O. S. (2001) Section 307. B 1 and 7 Vote Emily Mortimer 1 m
  B. Executive Session Discuss Liesa Smith 30 m
   
  1. Discussion and consideration of 2026-2027 contract renewal recommendations for TSAS leadership team.
  2. Discussion and consideration of 2026-2027 contract renewal recommendations for TSAS faculty and staff.
  3. Discussion and consideration of approving Erin Abbott as a new member of the Friends of TSAS foundation.
  4. Discussion and consideration of approving Melody Allwine as a new member of the Friends of TSAS foundation.
  
VI. Reconvene into Open Session 7:28 PM
  A. Discussion, consideration and vote to approve or not approve reconvening to Open Session. Vote Emily Mortimer 1 m
  B. Discussion, consideration and vote to renew or not renew the recommended employment contracts for the TSAS leadership team for school year 2026-2027. Vote Emily Mortimer 5 m
  C. Discussion, consideration and vote to renew or not renew the recommended employment contracts for the TSAS faculty and staff for school year 2026-2027. Vote Emily Mortimer 5 m
  D. Discussion, consideration and vote to approve or not approve Erin Abbott as a new member of the Friends of TSAS foundation. Vote Emily Mortimer 5 m
  E. Discussion, consideration and vote to approve or not approve Melody Allwine as a new member of the Friends of TSAS foundation. Vote Emily Mortimer 5 m
VII. Board Member Training and Compliance 7:49 PM
  A. Discussion of required Board Member training for state compliance. 5 m
VIII. Standard Order of Business
IX. Unfinished Business
X. New Business
  A. In accordance with Oklahoma Statutes Title 5 § 311 (A) (9)
   

New business is limited to any matter not known about or which could not have been reasonably foreseen prior to the time of posting this agenda. 

  
XI. Citizen Comments
XII. Announcements
XIII. Closing Items
  A. Adjourn Meeting Vote

The TSAS Board of Trustees Agenda for April 14, 2026 will be posted on Friday, April 10, 2026 by 3:00 p.m. 

 

Prepared by: Ashanti Dumas, Minutes Clerk. 

 

 

TSAS is an independent public charter school in which every student is welcomed as they are, 

known and valued for who they are, challenged to become a better version of themselves, 

encouraged in their efforts to become that person, and celebrated for their successes.