Tulsa School of Arts And Sciences
BOT Regular Meeting
Date and Time
Location
1202 W. Easton St. Tulsa, OK 74127
TSAS Commons, 2nd Floor
Agenda
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| I. | Opening Items | 5:30 PM | |||
| A. | Record Attendance | Ashanti Dumas | 1 m | ||
| B. | Call the Meeting to Order | Cricket Moore | 1 m | ||
| C. | Approve Minutes | Approve Minutes | Cricket Moore | 3 m | |
| Approve minutes for BOT Regular Meeting on August 11, 2026 | |||||
| II. | Reports | 5:35 PM | |||
| A. | Head of School's Report | FYI | Liesa Smith | 5 m | |
| B. | Principal's Report | FYI | Dan Hahn | 5 m | |
| C. | Faculty Council Report | FYI | Wes Hill | 5 m | |
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Wes Hill: History and Social Studies Department Chair |
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| D. | Friends of TSAS Report | FYI | Daniel Sharples | 5 m | |
| III. | Executive Session | 5:55 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. | Vote | Cricket Moore | 1 m | |
| B. | Executive Session | Discuss | Cricket Moore | 5 m | |
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| IV. | Reconvene into Open Session | 6:01 PM | |||
| A. | Discussion, consideration and vote to approve or not approve reconvening to Open Session. | Vote | Cricket Moore | 1 m | |
| B. | Discussion, consideration and vote to approve or not approve Amber Maner to serve as a TSAS Board Member. | Vote | Cricket Moore | 3 m | |
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Three-year term: September 2026–September 2029. |
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| V. | Finance | 6:05 PM | |||
| A. | August Financials | Discuss | Mickey Peercy | 10 m | |
| B. | Approval of General Fund Purchase Orders, #70–86. | Vote | Liesa Smith | 5 m | |
| C. | Review of Activity Fund Purchase Orders, #2–5. | Discuss | Liesa Smith | 5 m | |
| D. | Discussion and consideration and vote to approve or not approve opening 9 new Activity Fund accounts for new clubs and/or programs. | Vote | Liesa Smith | 3 m | |
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| E. | Discussion and consideration and vote to approve or not approve SY27 Estimate of Needs. | Vote | Liesa Smith | 3 m | |
| VI. | Governance & Oversight | 6:31 PM | |||
| A. | Discussion, consideration and vote to renew Dr. Emily Mortimer for a second term as a member of the TSAS Board of Trustees. | Vote | Cricket Moore | 3 m | |
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Dates effective: July 2026 - July 2029 |
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| B. | Discussion, consideration and vote to approve revised bylaws of the TSAS foundation: Friends of TSAS. | Vote | Daniel Sharples | 5 m | |
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Guest: Ryan Starkweather — President, Friends of TSAS |
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| C. | Discussion, consideration and vote to approve overnight, out-of-state Experience Learning class field trip to St. Louis, Missouri. | Vote | Dan Hahn | 3 m | |
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Request for Board approval for an overnight, out-of-state Experience Learning trip to St. Louis, Missouri, with educational stops in Hannibal, Missouri; Cahokia, Illinois; and Joplin, Missouri. The trip is a direct extension of students’ coursework, providing opportunities to explore sites connected to authors including Mark Twain, Kate Chopin, Maya Angelou, and Langston Hughes, as well as the Indigenous history and cultural heritage of the region through sites including Cahokia Mounds. Students will connect texts and historical study to the places and communities that shaped them, with an emphasis on inquiry, engagement, cultural understanding, and experiential learning. All TSAS Student Handbook expectations and established academic, attendance, behavioral, and safety requirements will remain in effect throughout the trip. |
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| D. | Discussion, consideration and vote to approve or not approve policy regarding implementation of Fentanyl Awareness Education Program (Rain's Law). | Vote | Liesa Smith | 3 m | |
| E. | Discussion, consideration and vote to approve or not approve the revised Admissions Policy. | Vote | Liesa Smith | 3 m | |
| F. | Discussion, consideration and vote to approve or not approve the new Transfer Policy. | Vote | Liesa Smith | 3 m | |
| G. | Discussion, consideration and vote to approve or not approve SY27 days-to-hours school calendar calculation. | Vote | Liesa Smith | 3 m | |
| VII. | Standard Order of Business | ||||
| VIII. | Unfinished Business | ||||
| IX. | New Business | ||||
| A. | In accordance with Oklahoma Statutes Title 5 § 311 (A) (9) | ||||
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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. |
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| X. | Citizen Comments | ||||
| XI. | Announcements | ||||
| XII. | Closing Items | ||||
| A. | Adjourn Meeting | Vote | |||