Tulsa School of Arts And Sciences
Board of Trustees Regular Board Meeting - May 13, 2025
Published on May 9, 2025 at 2:50 PM CDT
Date and Time
Tuesday May 13, 2025 at 5:30 PM CDT
Agenda
| Purpose | Presenter | Time | |||
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| 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. | Faculty Council's Report | FYI | 5 m | ||
| III. | Finance | 5:57 PM | |||
| A. | April Financials | Discuss | Liesa Smith | 10 m | |
| B. | Approval of General Fund Purchase Orders, #138-141 | Vote | Liesa Smith | 5 m | |
| C. | Approval of Activity Fund Purchase Orders, ### | Vote | Liesa Smith | 5 m | |
| D. | Approval of Activity Fund Purchase Order #32 increase of $1,200. | Liesa Smith | 5 m | ||
| E. | Discussion, consideration and vote to create a new Board policy allowing the Head of School to approve Purchase Order increases not to exceed $2,500 without requiring Board approval. | Vote | Emily Mortimer | ||
| F. | Discussion Consideration and Vote to approve or not approve the creation of a new Activity Fund for the new Basketball team. | Vote | Liesa Smith | 5 m | |
| G. | Discussion, consideration and vote to approve or not approve transferring $6,200 from Activity Fund #821, Director’s Discretionary, to the new Basketball Activity Fund. | Vote | Liesa Smith | 5 m | |
| H. | Discussion, consideration and vote to approve or not approve the Temporary Appropriations for 2025-2026 school year. | Vote | Liesa Smith | 5 m | |
| I. | Discussion, consideration and vote to approve or not approve the proposed budget for the 2025-2026 school year. | Vote | Jesse Stallings | 5 m | |
| IV. | Vendor Contracts | 6:42 PM | |||
| A. | Discussion, consideration and vote to renew the contract for TalkingPoints for the 2025-2026 school year. | Vote | Liesa Smith | 5 m | |
| B. | Discussion, consideration and vote to renew the contract for Sylogist/Wengage for the 2025-2026 school year. | Vote | Liesa Smith | 5 m | |
| C. | Discussion, consideration and vote to renew the contract for OCAS Accounting for the 2025-2026 school year. | Vote | Liesa Smith | 5 m | |
| D. | Discussion, consideration and vote to renew the contract for HUB International Insurance for the 2025-2026 school year. | Vote | Liesa Smith | 5 m | |
| E. | Discussion, consideration and vote to renew the contract for OSSBA for the 2025-2026 school year. | Vote | Liesa Smith | 5 m | |
| F. | Discussion, consideration and vote to renew the contract for Partners in Wellness for the 2025-2026 school year. | Vote | Liesa Smith | 5 m | |
| G. | Discussion, consideration and vote to renew the contract for Hickman Law Group for the 2025-2026 school year. | Vote | Liesa Smith | 5 m | |
| H. | Discussion, consideration and vote to enter into a new contract with H & E Landscape LLC for Groundskeeping services for the 2025-2026 school year. | Vote | Liesa Smith | 5 m | |
| I. | Discussion, consideration and vote to enter into a new contract with Kunz Janitorial for custodial resources and support for the 2025-2026 school year. | Vote | Liesa Smith | 5 m | |
| V. | Executive Session | 7:27 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 | |
| VI. | Executive Session Discussion Items | 7:28 PM | |||
| A. | Discussion and consideration of recommendation to hire two full time custodians: Jeron “Jay” Harbert and Melvin Hunter. | Discuss | Liesa Smith | 5 m | |
| B. | Discussion of the 2025-2026 contract recommendations for faculty. | Discuss | Dan Hahn | 10 m | |
| C. | Discussion and consideration of recommendation to hire Dr. Jennifer Edwards for 9th grade English position. | Discuss | Dan Hahn | 5 m | |
| D. | Discussion and consideration of recommendation to hire Matthew Myers for 8th grade English position. | Discuss | Dan Hahn | 5 m | |
| E. | Discussion and consideration of recommendation to hire Maryalice Carrol for 8th grade Math position. | Discuss | Dan Hahn | 5 m | |
| F. | Discussion and consideration of recommendation to modify Colton Tucker’s Special Education Director position to High School Special Education Instructional and Transitional Support. | Discuss | Liesa Smith | 5 m | |
| G. | Discussion and consideration of recommended staff salary increases. | Discuss | Liesa Smith | 5 m | |
| VII. | Reconvene into Open Session | 8:08 PM | |||
| A. | Discussion, consideration and vote to approve or not approve reconvening to Open Session. | Vote | Emily Mortimer | 1 m | |
| VIII. | Board Membership & Personnel Contract Renewals | 8:09 PM | |||
| A. | Discussion, consideration and vote to approve or not approve hiring Jeron “Jay” Harbert and Melvin Hunter as full-time custodians. | Vote | Emily Mortimer | 5 m | |
| B. | Discussion, consideration and vote to approve or not approve the 2025-2026 contract recommendations for faculty. | Vote | Emily Mortimer | 5 m | |
| C. | Discussion, consideration and vote to approve or not approve hiring Dr. Jennifer Edwards for 9th grade English position | Vote | Emily Mortimer | 5 m | |
| D. | Discussion, consideration and vote to approve or not approve hiring Matthew Myers for 8th grade English position. | Vote | Emily Mortimer | 5 m | |
| E. | Discussion, consideration and vote to approve or not approve hiring Maryalice Carrol for 8th grade Math position. | Vote | Emily Mortimer | 5 m | |
| F. | Discussion, consideration and vote to approve or not approve pay increases of $500 for all non-teaching staff members. | Vote | Liesa Smith | 5 m | |
| G. | Discussion, consideration and vote to approve or not approve $3,000 pay increase for Cathy Denton, $1,500 for Daniel Sharples, and $5,000 for Jesse Stallings. | Vote | Liesa Smith | 5 m | |
| IX. | Standard Order of Business | ||||
| X. | Unfinished Business | ||||
| XI. | 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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| XII. | Citizen Comments | ||||
| XIII. | Announcements | ||||
| XIV. | Closing Items | ||||
| A. | Adjourn Meeting | Vote | |||