Owasso board approves childcare authorization, construction contracts and lease-related bond resolutions
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The Owasso Public Schools board approved the Cherokee Nation SPARK provider application, supplemental and construction management contracts for capital projects, the treasurer's November report, and two lease/sublease resolutions tied to bond funding.
The Owasso Public Schools Board of Education approved several routine and capital items at its December meeting, including a childcare provider authorization, design and construction-management contracts, the treasurer's November report and lease-related resolutions to facilitate bond-funded projects.
On a motion and second, the board authorized staff to pursue the Cherokee Nation Childcare and Development application to make the SPARK program a contracted provider at nine elementary sites and the sixth-grade center for the 2025–26 school year at no direct cost to the district. Mark Officer explained the opportunity, saying the Cherokee Nation now provides grants per student enrolled in before- and after-school programming for eligible children.
The board approved a supplemental contract with the Stacy Group to design a maintenance warehouse that will replace storage lost when an older field house at Ator Field is demolished for the seventh-grade safe room and multi-use athletic facilities; Kerwin Kerner said the project will be funded with remaining 2022 bond funds. Kerner described the warehouse as a practical, metal building intended primarily for storage.
The board also approved a contract with Nabholz Construction Corporation to provide construction management services for a Fine Arts instructional addition at West Campus. The contract includes $30,000 for pre-construction work and a set fee of 4 percent of work after the guaranteed maximum price is set.
Treasurer Philip Storm presented the board with the November 2025 treasurer's report, noting general fund revenue was "a little bit behind" last year's pace due to timing differences in property tax collections and the state textbook fund payment schedule; he said claim reimbursements for title and IDEA programs have been submitted and are expected to be reimbursed in coming months. The board approved the treasurer's report by roll call.
To make funds from the most recent bond election available sooner for planned projects, the board approved two related resolutions: one authorizing the leasing of certain real property to the Tulsa County Industrial Authority and one accepting a sublease back to the district. Ryan McDonald of Stephen H. McDonald & Associates attended to explain the lease-purchase structure and serial-bond maturities that will align with payments.
All motions on the consent agenda, the Cherokee Nation application, the Stacy Group supplemental contract, the Nabholz construction-management contract, the treasurer's report and the two lease/sublease resolutions were approved by recorded roll-call votes.