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Lawton Board approves cleanup to school‑property use policy, confirms fees apply
Summary
The Lawton Board of Education approved revised language for the district's school-property use policy (agenda items 5a and 5b), clarifying fee provisions and exempting nonprofit groups; no fee amounts were specified at the meeting.
The Lawton Board of Education on Oct. 11 approved revised language to the district's policy governing use of school property, including provisions that confirm the levying of fees for facility use.
Superintendent Kevin Heim described the change as "just kind of some cleanup language on the on the use of school property," saying the revisions consolidate similar provisions that had been duplicated across versions of the policy. A board member asked whether the change included "the fees that they're gonna charge," and a board speaker replied, "Yeah," clarifying that nonprofits would be handled differently: "And not non profit. We Not non profit. Yeah. We work with them as long as they do things right, we do our best." The meeting did not include any specific fee amounts.
A motion to approve both agenda items 5a and 5b carried on a roll call vote with all present members voting in favor. The board did not specify implementation dates or publish a fee schedule during the meeting.
The vote follows the board's stated intent to reduce confusion from multiple policy versions after staff changes. The superintendent and board members indicated the language change is intended to standardize how the district manages outside use of facilities going forward.
Board members did not request additional study or delay; the motion passed and staff are expected to implement the revised policy language and related procedures, though the meeting record does not list follow-up deadlines or the exact fee schedule.
