Board honored lead mentors in the Bruins on the Run program and showcased state-chamber videos and testimony about internship pathways that let students earn diploma credit, highlighting students Ella Goodwin and Owen May.
The Bartlesville School Board received bids and approved awarding the 2025 A Series tax-exempt bonds ($4,460,000) and the 2025 B Series taxable bonds ($1,035,000), both to low bidder BOK Financial Securities. The board also authorized issuance of the bonds.
District staff reported Ranch Heights construction is progressing well, with punch-walks complete and plans to start site work and move classrooms around May 1; principals submitted prioritized summer projects and some work (IT closet, dimmable lights) was completed over spring break.
Board members nominated and approved Scott as president and Kendra Shamhart as vice president and clerk, approved the consent agenda (items a–p) and voted to enter executive session to discuss reappointment of administrators under 25 O.S. §307(B)(1).
District staff reported punch‑walk completion at Ranch Heights, advanced elevator scheduling and plans to start moving classrooms around May 1; principals submitted summer project requests and the district is ordering materials to begin summer work.
The Bartlesville school board accepted bids and approved issuance of two 2025 bond series (tax‑exempt Series A and taxable Series B), awarding both low bids to BOK Financial Securities and voting unanimously to authorize issuance.
District staff and students told the school board that internships now count toward diploma requirements under recent Oklahoma changes, with 65 high‑school interns and about 102 program participants districtwide this year and dozens of local employer partners.
At its regular meeting, the Bartlesville School Board nominated and approved Scott as president, an unnamed vice president, and Kendra Shamhart as clerk. The board then continued with its agenda under the newly seated officers.
The board approved routine consent items including a revised Internet/technology policy to address AI use, an agreement with the City to remove a structure at 703 S. Delaware for park use, and a supplemental appropriation tied to state-aid midterm allocations.
The Bartlesville School Board approved a notice of sale for $4.46 million in 2025A general-obligation bonds, a $1.035 million taxable 2025B series and authorized a $3.6 million lease-purchase for district technology; all three items passed by voice vote.