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KIPP TULSA PUBLIC CHARTER SCHOOLS

KIPP Tulsa Public Charter Schools - Regular Board Meeting

November 18, 2025
Published on November 17, 2025 at 10:34 AM CST

Date and Time

Tuesday November 18, 2025 at 12:00 PM CST

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.

Agenda

Section Number Topic Number Details Purpose Presenter Time
I. Opening Items 12:00 PM
  A. Call the Meeting to Order   Dewayne Dickens 1 m
  B. Welcome   Dewayne Dickens 1 m
  C. Roll Call   Dewayne Dickens 1 m
  D. Agenda Review   Dewayne Dickens 2 m
  E. Mission Moment   Marian Billbury 10 m
II. Public Comment 12:15 PM
  A. Public Comment FYI Dewayne Dickens 5 m
III. Board Committee Reports 12:20 PM
  A. Finance Committee FYI Brett Krieg 8 m
     
  B. Academic Committee FYI Dewayne Dickens 8 m
   

Executive Director Report - November 2025

  
  C. Development Committee FYI Janey Nemard 8 m
  D. Governance Committee FYI Jacob Odom 5 m
IV. Executive Director Report 12:49 PM
  A. Compliance & Operations Update FYI Keet Finley 4 m
  B. Executive Director Updates FYI Donterrio Marzett 3 m
  C. Board Process for Reviewing Complaints and School-Related Incidents Discuss Dewayne Dickens 10 m
   

To engage the Board of Directors in a discussion regarding the appropriate process and governance-level procedures for how the Board reviews complaints or school-related incidents that require board involvement.

  
V. Consent Agenda 1:06 PM
 

Motion and vote on recommendations.

  
  A. Approve October 28, 2025 Regular Board Meeting Minutes Approve Minutes Dewayne Dickens 1 m
    Minutes for KIPP Tulsa Public Charter Schools - Regular Board Meeting on October 28, 2025  
  B. Approval of the October Financial Reports Vote Dewayne Dickens 1 m
     
  C. Approval of General Fund Purchase Orders Vote Dewayne Dickens 1 m
   
  • PO 2026-11-152 through 2026-11-162 and 2026-11-50079 through 2026-11-50088
  • PO 2025-11-29 from $4,053.63 changed to $8,322.2  - Standleys
  •  
  
  D. Approval of Activity Fund Purchase Orders Vote Dewayne Dickens 1 m
   
  • PO 2026-60-37 through 2026-60-46
  • PO 2025-60-7 from $0 changed to $ 3,000 - Amazon
  
  E. Approval of Building Fund Items Dewayne Dickens 1 m
   
  • PO 2025-21-6 from $788 changed to $4,616.64  - Best Buy
  
  F. Routine Staffing Items Vote Dewayne Dickens 1 m
   

Approve Routine Staffing Items 

 

  
     
VI. Action Agenda 1:12 PM
  A. Financial Management Policy - Amendment Vote Dewayne Dickens 1 m
   

This amendment updates KIPP Tulsa’s Financial Management Policy to formally incorporate Federal Programs Cash Management Procedures in alignment with 2 CFR Part 200 and OSDE requirements. The new section outlines federal fund stewardship practices, including the identification and tracking of obligated and unobligated funds, expenditure reconciliation, reimbursement-based federal drawdowns, deposit documentation, monitoring for interest earned, and strengthened internal oversight and record retention procedures. These updates ensure full compliance with federal regulations and enhance transparency and accountability in managing federal program funds. 

  
     
VII. New Business
VIII. Closing Items 1:13 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, January 27, 2026, at 12:00 p.m. in the TNT Room at KIPP Tulsa University Prep High School, 541 S. 43rd W. Ave., Tulsa, Oklahoma, 74127.

  
  B. Adjourn Meeting Vote Dewayne Dickens

This agenda was posted by Mayra Burke at kipptulsa.org and at the front entrances of KIPP Tulsa College Preparatory and KIPP Tulsa University Prep on October 27, 2025, at 8:00 a.m. in compliance with the Oklahoma Open Meeting Act.


 

Regular Meeting, October 28, 2025