KIPP Tulsa Public Charter Schools - Regular Board Meeting
October 28, 2025
Published on October 23, 2025 at 4:46 PM CDT
Amended on October 24, 2025 at 9:03 PM CDT
Date and Time
Tuesday October 28, 2025 at 12:00 PM CDT
Location
KIPP Tulsa University Prep High School
541 S. 43rd W. Ave.
Tulsa, OK 74127
Members of the public shall be allowed to submit requests to address the board of directors. To expedite requests to comment, the public may send those requests to the board at kfinley@kippok.org at least 1 hour prior to the start of the meeting. The final determination of whether an item will appear as a public comment will be at the discretion of the board chair. Comments will take place in the order they were received via email, will be limited to three (3) minutes, and must be related to an agenda item or topic. Your comment can be heard when the Board Chairperson acknowledges you. A spokesperson must be selected when several people wish to address the same subject. The Board Chairperson may interrupt and terminate any comments that do not meet these criteria. Board members may not respond directly to speakers’ comments.
Board Members:
Jacob Odom, Dewayne Dickens, Michael Epps, Darnell Blackmon, Brett Krieg, Kim Boyd, Kyara Smith, Jumoke Akingbola
School Representatives:
Donterrio Marzett, Superintendent; Keet Finley, School Operations Support; Mayra Burke, Finance Specialist; Sienna Scott, Director of Teaching and Learning; Janey Nemard, Development Director; Jamia Irons, Principal; Melanie Rathod, Principal; and Bill Hickman, Legal Counsel
Access to the board agenda will be posted on the KIPP Tulsa Website: https://www.kipptulsa.org *Click on the KIPP Tulsa drop-down menu, then click on Tulsa Board of Directors, and scroll down to Meeting Dates, Agendas & Minutes of scheduled meetings for the agenda.
Official action can be taken only on items that appear on the Agenda. The KIPP Tulsa Board of Directors may adopt, approve, ratify, deny, defer, recommend, amend, strike, or continue any agenda item. When more information is needed to act on an item, the Board or the Chair may refer the matter to the Superintendent or Legal Counsel. The Board may also refer items to staff or committees for additional study. Under certain circumstances, items are deferred to a specific later date or stricken from the agenda entirely.
The present data represent a summary of remediation rates for 2022-23 Oklahoma public high school graduates who entered an Oklahoma public college or university as first-time, degree-seeking freshmen in Fall 2023. The tables identify the remedial activity of students who took one or more remedial courses during their first year of college. Listed are the freshman student headcount and percentage for each of the four subject areas of remedial courses: English, mathematics, reading, and science. An unduplicated headcount is also provided for all remedial students, as they may take remedial courses in more than one academic area.
The data used to create these summary reports comes from several different sources. The High School to College-Going Rates Report, the Headcount, Semester Hours, and GPA Report, and the Remediation Rates Report all use a list of public high school graduates provided by SDE. These students are then tracked into OSRHE’s Unitized Data System (UDS). The UDS provides the necessary data to create the summary reports. The Mean ACT Scores Report includes an additional data set from ACT, which is matched to the previous two data sources to provide further information on ACT scores.
A representative of each site serving students in Grades 7-12 shall review and discuss, in a local school board meeting, the certified annual dropout report submitted by the school district to the State Department of Education.
V.
Consent Agenda
1:06 PM
Motion and vote on recommendations.
A.
Approve September 30, 2025 Regular Board Meeting Minutes
Approval of the proposed 2026 KIPP Tulsa Board of Education meeting schedule, to be filed with the Tulsa County Clerk and posted on the district website in compliance with the Oklahoma Open Meeting Act.
Approve handbook update adding “Personnel Qualifications (Minimum Standards) – Charter Preference” section: certification preferred (except where required by law), mandatory SpEd/related-services and Title I para credentials, licensed-role requirements, and HR implementation.
Action Item: Approval of Employee Handbook Amendment – Combating Antisemitism, Anti-Blackness, and All Forms of Discrimination
Vote
Dewayne Dickens
3 m
Administration recommends that the Board of Education approve the amendment to the Employee Handbook incorporating the policy titled “Combating Antisemitism, Anti-Blackness, and All Forms of Discrimination,” effective August 29, 2025.
Adopt “Student Transfers for Children of Active-Duty Military Members” policy
Vote
Dewayne Dickens
1 m
Approves a state-required policy aligning with 70 O.S. § 8-103.1(B) to ensure timely approval of transfers for active-duty military dependents (DoD ID + residency within six months), protect enrollment regardless of IEP/504 status, ensure comparable services upon entry, and establish documentation/notice procedures.
Motion, discussion, consideration, and vote to convene into Executive Session as authorized by Title 25 O.S. (2001) Section 307. B 3 to discuss the purchase or appraisal of real property.
Vote
Dewayne Dickens
1 m
B.
Executive Session
Discuss
Dewayne Dickens
15 m
C.
Motion, discussion and vote on motion to return to open session from executive session.
Vote
Dewayne Dickens
1 m
D.
Board President’s statement regarding minutes of executive session.
FYI
Dewayne Dickens
1 m
VIII.
New Business
IX.
Closing Items
1:39 PM
A.
Announcements
FYI
Dewayne Dickens
1 m
The next regular scheduled meeting of the KIPP Tulsa Board of Directors will be held on Tuesday, November 18, 2025, at 12:00 p.m. in the TNT Room at KIPP Tulsa University Prep High School, 541 S. 43rd W. Ave., Tulsa, Oklahoma, 74127.
