Board approves revised 2025‑26 and 2026‑27 calendars, signs MOUs with USAO; items cleared on consent agenda

The Board of Education considered multiple action items including revised school calendars for 2025‑26 and 2026‑27, Memoranda of Understanding (MOUs) with the University of Science and Arts of Oklahoma (USAO) for clinical experience and for federal work‑study participation, and a package of routine consent items.

Calendar changes: District staff presented two revised calendars with two added snow days for 2025‑26 (February 16 and March 13). To preserve total instructional and professional‑development counts the district shifted the school year start one day earlier (from Thursday, Aug. 14 to Wednesday, Aug. 13) and moved a professional‑development day into August. The revisions also designate two Fridays in April as "inclement workdays" for staff if snow days are used; these would be staff work days without students only if inclement weather forced using other snow days. Administrators said the district lengthened daily instructional minutes slightly during the year to bank additional time and now has three banked days above the baseline 1,080‑hour count. A board motion to accept the revised 2025‑26 calendar was made and seconded; the motion carried by recorded assent during roll call.

The board then considered a mirrored revision to the 2026‑27 calendar and approved it by the same motion/second pattern.

MOUs with USAO: The board accepted an updated MOU for clinical experience and student teaching with USAO (item 11 on the agenda). The superintendent said the agreement updates a long‑standing partnership; a board member moved to accept the MOU and the motion was seconded. A separate MOU to permit qualified USAO students to participate in federal work‑study tutoring and reading placements (item 12) was also approved after motion and second.

Other actions: The board reviewed revised job descriptions (counselor positions), accepted routine consent‑agenda items including financial reports and renewals, and approved an item to go into executive session to discuss hiring/retirement/resignations of insured public officers under Oklahoma statute for personnel actions. Motions were moved and seconded for these items and roll calls were held; no controversial roll-call dissents were recorded in the public transcript excerpt.

Votes at a glance - Revised 2025‑26 calendar (add Feb. 16, Mar. 13 snow days; shift Aug. start; PD day moved): motion moved by Cliff (recorded as the motion maker), second by Miguel; outcome: approved (board members recorded assent during roll call). - Revised 2026‑27 calendar: same motion/second; outcome: approved. - MOU — USAO clinical experience/student teaching: motion moved and seconded; outcome: approved (roll call recorded affirmatives). - MOU — USAO federal work‑study participation: motion moved and seconded; outcome: approved. - Revised job descriptions and consent agenda items (financial reports, renewals, routine personnel under Exhibit A): motion moved and seconded as a package; outcome: approved. - Motion to convene executive session to discuss employment/hiring/resignations/retirements under OK statute 25 O.S. §307(B)(1): motion moved and seconded; outcome: approved to proceed to executive session.

Board discussion recorded concerns about losing instructional days if snow days are used; administrators clarified that the two April Fridays designated as staff inclement workdays would be used only if needed and that the overall counts for instructional time and PD days remain unchanged. Administrators also said the changes were developed with input from site administrators and district stakeholder groups (Case and CUDA referenced in discussion as impacted constituents).