Oklahoma / School Districts / Alva Public Schools
Board members and attendees lauded a career-technical program visit where students demonstrated wind-powered models and welding projects, noting its alignment with future graduation-credit opportunities and strong project-based learning outcomes.
Oklahoma / School Districts / Alva Public Schools
The Alva Public Schools Board approved contract addenda tied to a 2026 bond, accepted multiple donations including $30,000 to Long Island Elementary, authorized hires, approved an out-of-state trip for the Alva High School show choir on 04/28/2026, and voted to convene an executive session for the superintendent's evaluation.
Oklahoma / School Districts / Alva Public Schools
Contractor Kai Construction outlined two phases for the Washington Early Childhood Center project: masonry restoration (cleaning, tuckpointing, selective brick and cast-stone resealing) and site improvements including a new accessible ramp, transformer screening and ADA parking signage. The work is proposed as part of a broader bond package.
Oklahoma / School Districts / Alva Public Schools
Finance advisers outlined two bond-schedule options (illustrative voted amounts of $46.94M and $51.2M with differing net project proceeds), explained series bonds and lease-purchase interim financing, and estimated a 15-year schedule at an illustrative 5.5% interim rate. The board voted to table some contract items to Jan. 6 and approved a contract addendum from Kyler Construction.
Oklahoma / School Districts / Alva Public Schools
Designers showed a proposed 82,350-square-foot elementary school on about 10 acres with four classroom pods, a combined media/STEM lab, flexible rooms and a 4,260-square-foot storm shelter rated to hold about 811 people by the presenter; playgrounds, bus circulation and food-delivery access were also detailed.
Oklahoma / School Districts / Alva Public Schools
At its meeting the Alva Public Schools Board approved the consent agenda (items 3.1–3.12), a resolution to report school hours to the state, out‑of‑state travel for the high school show choir, and a motion to convene an executive session for the superintendent’s evaluation.
Oklahoma / School Districts / Alva Public Schools
After a detailed budget presentation, the Alva Public Schools Board approved a $12,137,363 working budget for the 2025–26 fiscal year, citing one-time collections and pressures from lower assessed valuation and inflation.
Oklahoma / School Districts / Alva Public Schools
The board reviewed a package of policy updates required by state law, including new requirements for reporting suspected abuse, background-check options for recently employed staff, expanded grounds for dismissal and updated student-transfer capacity limits by grade.
Oklahoma / School Districts / Alva Public Schools
The Alva Public Schools Board of Education approved multiple personnel hires, adjusted child-nutrition pricing, contracts for athletics support and several committee appointments, and scheduled a special meeting to deliver the districtestimate-of-needs to the county.
Oklahoma / School Districts / Alva Public Schools
The Alva Public Schools Board of Education voted to approve district handbooks and a package of policy updates that reinstate a 90% attendance standard for credit and activity eligibility, revise retention language after the states move to the Strong Readers Act, and tighten drug- and alcohol-related discipline while allowing counseling-based reductions in suspension.