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Cherokee board approves policy updates, consent agenda and routine reports
Summary
The Cherokee Public Schools board approved updates to the medication (epinephrine) policy, flag policy, nondiscrimination language and accepted the 2023 dropout and college remediation reports; the board also approved the consent agenda.
The Cherokee Public Schools Board of Education approved several policy updates and routine reports during its regular meeting.
Board members voted to adopt updated language on medication administration that addresses epinephrine use and staff training; the board recorded unanimous affirmative votes from members present. The board also approved a revised flag policy to require that the American and Oklahoma flags be flown in accordance with law and clarified when other flags may be displayed with administrative approval. The board approved an updated nondiscrimination statement that adds antisemitism to the list of protected characteristics referenced in district policy and Title IX language.
The board accepted the district’s most recent dropout report for 2023 and approved the college remediation report covering graduates who were first-time freshmen in the 2022 cohort. The consent agenda, containing five items including activity fund approvals, passed without recorded objection.
Votes at a glance: - Consent agenda: motion to approve (motion text not specified in transcript); outcome: approved. Vote roll call: Michael — yes; Poe — yes; Gibson — yes; Collins — yes; Parker — yes. - Medication/epinephrine policy update: motion text not specified; outcome: approved. Recorded roll call: Michael — yes; Poe — yes; Gibson — yes; Collins — yes; Parker — yes. - Flag policy update: motion to approve the updated flag policy; outcome: approved. Recorded roll call: Michael — yes; Poe — yes; Gibson — yes; Collins — yes. - Nondiscrimination policy update (adds antisemitism): motion text not specified; outcome: approved. Recorded roll call: Michael — yes; Poe — yes; Gibson — yes; Collins — yes; Carter — yes. - 2023 dropout report: motion to approve the 2023 dropout report; outcome: approved. Recorded roll call: Michael — yes; Powell — yes; Gibson — yes; Collins — yes; Parker — yes. - College remediation report (2022 cohort): motion to approve; outcome: approved. Recorded roll call: Parker — yes; Collins — yes; Benson — yes; Poe — yes; Michael — yes.
The medication policy discussion referenced standard language recommended by the Oklahoma State School Boards Association; district staff said they do not plan to keep stock epinephrine pens and will rely on individually prescribed devices carried by students when appropriate, with staff trained to administer epinephrine and contact 911 after use. On the flag policy, district staff said the revision clarifies that only the American flag and the Oklahoma flag will be flown during school hours unless other flags are authorized by administration; military flags may be allowed with approval. The nondiscrimination update adds antisemitism explicitly to the district’s nondiscrimination statement as requested by state guidance.
No formal motions to amend these policies were recorded in discussion. Where the transcript did not specify motion makers or seconds, those fields are shown as not specified in the actions record below.
