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.
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.
The Bixby Board of Education approved a slate of handbook and policy updates July 17, including a districtwide bell-to-bell ban on wireless devices, added nondiscrimination language, and changes to student transfer capacity and medical response procedures.
The board approved renewals and expansions for classroom technology and AI-detection tools and amended a summer professional development contract after federal Title II funds were frozen. The district will pay for a shortened WritersWorkshop training from SRA funds.
The board approved child-nutrition vendor contracts, a nutrition pricing update for 2025-26, and a new five-year Pepsi sponsorship structure that caps annual sponsorship payout at $11,000 tied to sales.
