Under the Canopy School

General Board Meeting

Under the Canopy School
Published on November 28, 2025 at 1:13 PM CST

Date and Time

Tuesday December 2, 2025 at 6:00 PM CST

Location

3205 W. 39th Street

Tulsa, OK. 74107

Persons who require a special accommodation to participate in these meetings should contact the Under the Canopy offices, 1110 South Yale Avenue, Tulsa, Oklahoma, 74112, (918) 205-1193, or via Email: info@underthecanopy.org, as far in advance as possible and preferably at least 48-hours before the date of the meeting. Persons using a TDD may contact OKLAHOMA RELAY at 1-800-722-0353 and voice calls should be made to 1-800-522-8506 to communicate via telephone with hearing telephone users and vice versa.

 

Authority: Title 25 Oklahoma Statutes, Section 311.A.1.


 

The agenda for this meeting was posted with the County Clerk, at our principal place of business, and online, 48 hours prior to the meeting.

Agenda

Section Number Topic Number Details Purpose Presenter Time
I. Opening Items 6:00 PM
  A. Record Attendance   1 m
  B. Call the Meeting to Order   Stan Khrapak 1 m
  C. Approve minutes - November 11, 2025 Board Meeting Approve Minutes Stan Khrapak 5 m
     
II. Reminder: 6:07 PM
  A. Vote to approve October Financial Statment Vote Margaritte Arthrell-Knezek 4 m
III. For Vote 6:11 PM
 

These items are for consideration, discussion, and possible approval, denial, adoption, amendment, or revision by the board.


 

 
  A. Vote to approve amended bylaws Vote Margaritte Arthrell-Knezek 4 m
   

Bylaws amended with new board member signatures. 

 
  B. Vote to approve epinephrine administration policy Vote Margaritte Arthrell-Knezek 5 m
   

A policy on administering epinephrine.

 
  C. Vote to approve mandated reporting policy Vote Margaritte Arthrell-Knezek 5 m
   

Mandated reporting policy for the school. 

 
  D. Vote to approve UTCS Title IV policy Vote Margaritte Arthrell-Knezek 5 m
  E. Vote to approve Prayer and Moment of Silence Policy Vote Margaritte Arthrell-Knezek 4 m
  F. Vote to approve the policy for flag display and Pledge of Allegiance Vote Margaritte Arthrell-Knezek 4 m
  G. Vote to Approve Personal Electronic Device Policy Vote Margaritte Arthrell-Knezek 4 m
  H. Vote to Approve Policy for Military Student Transfer and Enrollment Procedures Vote Margaritte Arthrell-Knezek 4 m
  I. Vote to Approve UTCS FERPA policy Vote Margaritte Arthrell-Knezek 4 m
IV. Old Business
V. Reports 6:50 PM
 

These items are for consideration, discussion, and possible approval, denial, adoption, amendment, or revision:


 

 
  A. Head of School Report FYI Margaritte Arthrell-Knezek 10 m
   
  • Verse
  • State of the School
  • Enrollment
  • Upcoming school-wide events
 
  B. Education Report Discuss Amber Gates 5 m
  C. Operations Report FYI Kris Miller 5 m
  D. Governance/Legal Committee FYI Patrick Boulden 5 m
VI. Discussion 7:15 PM
 

Other than discussion, no action by the board will be taken.


 

 
  A. Ribbon Cutting Event Planning Discuss Stan Khrapak 5 m
  B. Foundation formation Discuss Stan Khrapak 5 m
VII. NEW BUSINESS:
 

New business is any matter not known about or which could not have been reasonably foreseen prior to the time of the posting of this agenda. 25 O.S. Subsection 311.A.10


 

 
VIII. Proposals for Future Agenda Items
 

Board members and UTCS school employees can propose agenda items for upcoming board meetings.

 
IX. General Announcements
 

General announcements about any topic, not necessarily UTCS related, by board members.

 
X. Public Comments
 

Any person who is a not a school board member may address the Board for a maximum of 3 minutes after submitting a request no less than 7 days prior to the meeting.  Requests can be submitted online at underthecanopy.org or at the Under the Canopy School office.

 
XI. Closing Items 7:25 PM
  A. Adjourn Meeting FYI Stan Khrapak 1 m