Board Notes
Frederick Board of
Education
7:00 p.m. June 1, 2009
Robert Reid called the meeting to
order. Board members present were Vinson
Orr, Robert Reid, Brad Benson, James Heap, Felicia Crawford. Staff members present were Tony O’Brien, Superintendent;
Shannon Vanderburg, Business Manager;
and Glenda Longacre,
MinutesClerk. Visitors present were Randy Cottrell and Bill Blankenship.
The Board conducted a public
hearing concerning updates to the Frederick Public School 2009-10 budget.
The Board heard and approved
a request to travel to the National FFA Convention in Indianapolis, IN from Mr.
Bill Blankenship to be held October 21-24, 2009.
The Board approved the
2009-10 budget as presented and then approved a revision to the 2008-09 budget.
The board approved the
consent agenda which included the following items:
Minutes
of the Regular Meeting of May 4, 2009 were approved.
Source
of Fund Forms for the 2009-10 school year were approved.
Contract
with Artist in Residence Albert Grayeagle.
In the business section of the
meeting, the board approved the Professional Development committee for 2009-10
as presented and then discussed the new teacher evaluation instrument as
proposed by the Professional Development Committee with no action to be taken
until the July meeting.
In other business the board approved
the temporary employment of Mr. Brett Converse as a summer drivers education
teacher.
The board also acknowledged receiving the 2008
school report cards. All state
benchmarks for grades 3-8 were met. The
board also approved district membership with North Central Association and
Oklahoma State School Boards Association.
The board then approved the
contract consent agenda containing contracts with the following entities:
FreeFromIt.com
for Classroll.com
Municipal
Accounting Systems
Agreement
with Pioneer Telephone and BESS Software Subscription for internet
filtering.
OSSBA
Policy Maintenance service
Center
of Education Law
CTC
Rental Agreement for custodial uniforms and supplies
Interlocal
Agreement with the Board of County Commissioners
The board approved summer
school extra duty contracts as presented and then approved the sale of surplus
technology equipment.
Supt. O’Brien reported on
summer projects, personnel and finances.
Under new business, the board
also voted to moved the next regular meeting to June 30, 2009 instead of June 25,
2009.
The board convened into
executive session for personnel discussions.
Upon reconvening into open
session the board approved the resignation of Teresa Edwards and approved the
employment of Randy Cottrell as Business Manager for the 2009-10 school year.
*All new employees are
subject to felony and background checks and must meet certification
requirements.
In the financial portion of
the meeting the Board approved encumbrances within the 2008-2009 General Fund
and the 2008-09 Building Fund.
Supt. O’Brien
presented the Activity Fund Report and the Treasurer’s Report and the meeting
was adjourned.