At its Dec. 11 meeting the board approved the consent agenda (items 113) and voted to approve contracts with Midwest Sports and Under Armour, PD agreements (First Educational Resources and Advancing Literacy), a visiting-author visit, a speech-language services contract with Chatterbox, capacity limits, and MOUs with the city police, OSU IT and the Muscogee Creek Nation; the board also declared surplus items and moved into executive session on real-property matters.
Board heard that general fund net cash stood at about $860,000 and that the projected year-end fund-balance estimate is lower than last year (projected ~6.32%); discussion focused on personnel costs, ESSER rollovers, and requests for five-year staffing and expenditure breakdowns.
The Bixby Board of Education approved 17 district pathways aligned to OSDE 20/30 graduation requirements and a new "explorer" pathway for students previously on the core diploma; staff outlined counselor training and January advisement sessions for families.
The board reviewed an application for an off‑site, elective release‑time course for grades 4–8 (up to 60 minutes, up to 3 times per week) but did not vote after attorneys said converting an agenda item posted as information only to a voting item would violate the Open Meetings Act; staff will repost and return the item for action.
At its Nov. 13 meeting the Bixby Board approved a package of routine items including a $28,000 demographic study, an updated alarm monitoring contract, safety training, an architect contract for a vocational construction program and other operational items; the board also heard a coach’s state‑of‑program briefing and a Quarterback Club financial update showing positive cash position as of Sept. 30.
Consultant Kathy O'Connor told the Bixby Board of Education a Vertex Group proposal would add 90 apartment units and about $22 million in private investment to a downtown Tax Increment Finance (TIF) district, with roughly $1 million in infrastructure costs to be reimbursed via an 80/20 increment split; the presentation was informational and any decision will be made by the city.
Bixby Public Schools’ Board of Education on Oct. 13 approved an agreement with Open Doors to give student‑athletes a managed platform for name, image and likeness (NIL) opportunities and to let district staff monitor those arrangements.
At its Oct. 13 meeting the Bixby Public Schools Board approved multiple consent and action items including training contracts, district policies, the distance‑learning plan and several service contracts; auditors presented the 2024–25 audit and noted recurring untimely activity fund deposits.
Consultant Dr. Francis Stetson told the Bixby Public Schools board that the district has strengths but needs clearer district-wide standards, more targeted professional development and improved parent engagement; the presentation was discussion-only and produced a recommended action plan.
The board approved two contracts with the City of Bixby to fund four school resource officers for the 2025-26 fiscal year at a total cost of $275,733.28 and discussed grant applications for additional officers.
