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On budget matters, the board approved an application for temporary appropriations that sets the district’s July 1 temporary budget while auditors complete year-end work. The roll call shows Dr. Kate Williams abstained and remaining members voted yes.

For school security, the board awarded the Broken Arrow High School Access Control Project to Merrick Group for $79,200. The work described in the presentation is access control primarily for doors in the high-school courtyard; the work will be paid for from general funds, the presenter said. The motion passed on roll call with Dr. Williams recorded as abstaining.

Technology and classroom equipment: The board approved the final phase of replacing SMART Boards at the high school with interactive BenQ panels and associated monitor upgrades, funded through bond dollars to complete the district-wide replacement. The district described this as the third installment of the replacement program; staff said some infrastructure and cabling work will begin over the spring break and installations will be planned around summer school. The motion passed with a roll call that again recorded Dr. Williams abstaining.

A general consent motion covering items 13 through 72 was approved by roll call earlier in the meeting. The transcript indicates motions, seconds and roll calls for these routine consent items; no specific dissent or amendments were recorded during the meeting.

The board later moved to an executive session on a separate motion; that motion passed by roll call with the members present voting yes.

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A presenter (Miss Thornton) praised Coach Christina Gould, assistant coach Jennifer Montgomery and volunteers for building a program focused on “empowerment, inclusion, and proving that anything is possible with the right support,” and noted the team brought home a state title. The transcript records the presenter saying the team’s work “inspired an entire school community” and that student and staff volunteer dedication was “remarkable.”

Coach Gould introduced athletes and staff members and described the program’s growth: Broken Arrow was the first group to field an interscholastic cheer team that allowed athletes to perform on the football sideline, she said, and Special Olympics Oklahoma and OSSAA have recently added cheer as a competitive program. Gould and staff acknowledged support from the high school, athletics department and parent volunteers; the board and meeting attendees offered congratulations and posed for photographs.

The team’s selection for the 2025 USA Games in Minnesota was announced to the board; no funding request or formal board action relating to travel or expenses was recorded in the transcript.

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The presenter — identified in the transcript as Ms. James — briefed trustees on several bills that have passed committee or moved to a floor vote, including measures to change school-board election timing, to expand Oklahoma’s Promise eligibility for students of in-state teachers, to direct the State Board to adopt a single statewide student information system, and to ease certification barriers for special-education teachers.

Ms. James said two election-related bills had advanced out of committee: one (referred to in the meeting as “652”) would allow moving board elections to specified months while preserving special elections; another house bill (referred to as “1151”) would shift to four-year terms and hold elections in November on a more limited cycle. She said the district prefers maintaining the current staggered-format option that preserves continuity and local focus.

On teacher recruitment, she described House Bill 1727, which would automatically qualify students for Oklahoma’s Promise if a classroom teacher taught them (subject to students meeting the program’s academic and admission criteria). Ms. James said supporters see it as a significant recruitment tool. She also said Senator Pugh and others have proposed pay-raise measures but noted a likely flat state budget could limit how much raises legislators can fund.

Ms. James flagged House Bill 1522, a proposal to direct the State Board of Education to adopt a single statewide student information system. District staff cautioned that switching systems is costly and disruptive: the transcript records district implementation figures for prior platform changes (implementation for Infinite Campus was described as “under $100,000” with annual software costs “in the ballpark of about $200,000,” while eSchool implementation previously ran closer to $500,000). She said the district recently implemented Infinite Campus and would prefer local control in choosing systems.

On special education, Ms. James highlighted House Bill 2893, which would ease certification requirements for paraprofessionals or other certified staff moving into special-education teacher roles by exempting them from extra coursework and tests in some cases. Ms. James characterized that as a recruitment win.

She also described a spending-threshold proposal (House Bill 1280) that initially would have required 60% of funds to go to classroom teacher salaries and directly purchased classroom materials; the presenter said the threshold was later amended to 50% and that districts could face difficult trade-offs between classroom services and other functions such as counseling, transportation or mandated special-services. Ms. James said the bill had moved to appropriations after committee with the amended threshold.

Finally, Ms. James noted a bill to allow Northeastern State University (NSU) to offer more lower-division courses in Broken Arrow; she said local leaders and the Chamber support the effort to expand 4-year college access locally.

Board members asked clarifying questions about term lengths, zone vs. at-large voting and which positions would be affected. Ms. James said she and other district leaders are regularly meeting with legislators and that the district will continue to track and provide input on bills that reach the floor.

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Board members took an oath for Williams and then voted to keep Steve Allen as president and John Cockrell as vice president, keep the existing board clerk in place and name Debbie Taylor deputy board clerk. The motion to reorganize passed on a roll call with the members present voting in favor; Williams was sworn in before the vote and participated in the roll call.

The reorganization followed the swearing-in ceremony. The board president and clerk positions named in the motion will remain in effect until the board’s next organizational change or until the board acts again. The transcript records the motion, a second and a roll-call vote indicating the motion carried. The meeting record does not specify the names of the motion maker or the seconder beyond what was announced at the meeting.

The swearing-in and reorganization occurred without further debate. The board moved on to recognitions and its regular agenda after confirming the new member and leadership roles.

The meeting later recessed to other agenda items and subsequently moved toward other routine business.

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