The Guthrie Public Schools Board approved a contract for a deaf or hard-of-hearing teacher, an agreement with Oklahoma State Universitys speech-language-hearing lab, approved personnel reports after executive session, and adopted red-line revisions to the support personnel handbook including an alternate salary schedule for new hires and a $500 longevity stipend for eligible current staff.
The Guthrie Public Schools Board approved bids and accepted an initial guaranteed maximum price for a new Guthrie High School wrestling facility, awarding the pre-engineered metal building to Red Dot Buildings for $224,089 and approving a GMP amendment with Crossland Construction Company.
The Guthrie Public Schools Board unanimously awarded bid packages and accepted a guaranteed maximum price (GMP) for a new Guthrie High School wrestling facility, approving Red Dot Buildings as low bidder for a pre-engineered metal building and a GMP with Crossland Construction Company.
The board approved redline revisions to the 2025–26 support personnel handbook to create an alternate salary schedule for new hires who opt out of the Teachers' Retirement System and to add a $500 annual longevity stipend for support staff after seven years of continuous service.
The board entered executive session to discuss personnel matters under 25 Oklahoma Statutes §307(B)(1) and (7), returned to open session noting no votes were taken in executive session, and then approved personnel reports on a 7–0 roll-call vote.
Guthrie Public Schools approved a contract for a deaf/hard-of-hearing certified teacher for 2025–26 and an agreement with Oklahoma State University’s speech-language-hearing lab to identify specialized staff and reduce outside contracts.
Guthrie Public Schools on Oct. 13 approved a 20-year solar energy management agreement with Brightwell Solar to install arrays at Guthrie High School, Guthrie Upper Elementary and Cotterell, with a board vote of 7-0. The contract includes a buyout option starting in year seven and a safe-harbor timeline to secure current federal tax incentives.
After a first reading last month, the Guthrie Public Schools Board unanimously adopted three new policies Oct. 13: A-4 (Discrimination, Harassment and Retaliation), D-52 (Pregnant Workers Fairness Act) and G-16 (flagged protocol required by state administrative code).
Guthrie Public Schools recognized October students and staff of the month and received a brief construction update: Charter Oak occupancy is finished and Crossland Construction reported punch-list work is underway at another site.
At its Sept. 8 meeting the Guthrie Public Schools Board of Education approved multiple contracts, committee rosters and the districts sudden cardiac arrest response plan, and reviewed a dropout and college remediation report showing an enrollment of 3,523 students and local remediation rates near state averages.
