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Covington-Douglas Public Schools Regular Meeting September 8, 2015 7:30 P.M Covington-Douglas Public Schools Regular Meeting September 8, 2015 7:30 p.m. – School Library 400 E. Maine, Covington, OK 73730 AGENDA I. Call to order and Notation of Compliance with the Open Meeting Law II. Roll Call III. Superintendent’s Report: (Discussion may occur but no action will be taken on items listed on superintendent’s report) A. OSSBA Annual Conference Recap B. Facility maintenance and improvement C. Financial Update D. Special Meeting Estimate of Needs E. Superintendent Meeting F. Teacher contracts review and signing IV. Consent Agenda: All of the following items, which concern reports and items of a routine nature normally approved at board meetings, will be approved by one vote unless any board member desires to have a separate vote on any or all of these items. The consent agenda consists of the discussion, consideration and approval of the following items: A. Approval of the August 3, 2015 Regular Board Meeting Minutes. B. Approval of General Fund Encumbrances #134-158 in the amount of $55,867.09 and #70013-70044 in the amount of $1,224,219.00 C. Review the Investment of School District Funds D. Review of Calendars E. Approval of Activity Funds. V. Business Items: A. Discussion/Action concerning declaring items listed on appendix A as surplus B. Discussion/Action on fund raisers C. Discussion/Action concerning marquee sign for the highway D. Discussion/Action concerning a declaration that Jamie Bowen is highly qualified to teach one hour of Anatomy/Physiology as an adjunct instructor. E. Discussion/Action concerning a declaration that Jeremy Harper is highly qualified to teach one hour of 7th grade science as an adjunct instructor. F. Discussion/Action to convene into executive session to discuss the following items: Pursuant to 25 O.S. Section 307 (B1) 1. Resignation of Katlin Wicker 2. Employment of Erin Cardin to a temporary contract for the 2015-16 school year. 3. Bus Driver contracts for all route drivers: Mike Schram, Brenda Schram, Allen Hobson, Charles Metscher, Jackie Radford, and substitute drivers. 4. Extra Duty contract of Stacey Kroll G. President’s acknowledgement of a return to open session and a summary of executive session. H. Discussion/Action on recommendation concerning Katlin Wicker resignation I. Discussion/Action on recommendation concerning the employment of Erin Cardin as a certified teacher to a temporary contract for the 2015-16 school year. J. Discussion/Action on recommendation concerning bus driver contracts for all route drivers and substitute drivers: Mike Schram, Brenda Schram, Allen Hobson, Charles Metscher, Jackie Radford, and substitute drivers. K. Discussion/Action on recommendation concerning extra duty contract of Stacey Kroll VI. New Business Defined as: “any matter not known about or which could not have been reasonably foreseen prior to the time of posting”. VII. Adjournment. This agenda was posted on the front door at the Elementary, Library, and High School by 3:00 p.m. on September 4, 2015. Notice of this regular meeting was given to the Garfield County Clerk prior to December 15, 2014. Posted by _______________________________________________________ Date ____________________ Appendix A DEFENDERS OF THE UNIVERSE THE BORROWERS THE POWER OF UN THE MOUSE RAP INTO THE LAND OF THE UNICORNS THE POWER OF UN ME,MOP,AND THE MOONDANCE KID RODZINA THE BIRCHBARK HOUSE ME,MOP,AND THE MOONDANCE KID LUCY WHIPPLE SAVE HALLOWEEN TWISTED SUMMER THE COFFIN QUILT MIRIAM'S WELL THE BEST SCHOOL YEAR EVER THE SUMMER OF THE SWANS ONE-EYED CAT MY BROTHER LOUIS MEASURES NASTY STINKY SNEAKERS PROJECT MULBERRY SANG SPELL THE SEVENTH TOWER A STITCH IN TIME THE JOKE WAR FREAK THE MIGHTY THE SUMMER OF RILEY TIE THAT BIND SUMMER OF THE SWANS STUFF COMPETITON AS LONG AS THERE ARE MOUNTAINS RODZINA SILENT THUNDER A CIVIL WAR STORY THE BEADED MOCCASINS THE STORY OF MISSING SINCE MONDAY MARY CAMPBELL AFTER THE DANCING DAYS UNDER THE SAME SKY HOW COULD YOU DO IT, DIANE CHASER THE APPRENTICESHIP OF LUCAS WHITAKER MURDERED, MY SWEET INVINCIBLE LOUSIA DEVIL'S BRIDGE HERE LIES THE LIBRARIAN THE TOOTHPASTE MILLIONAIRE FLYING SOLO THE LAST SAFE PLACE ON EARTH YOU'RE A BRAVE MAN JULIUS ZIMMERMAN SHADOW SPINNER ALONG WAY FROM CHICAGO THE GHOST OS KAZY THE SILENT STORM THE LOTTIE PROJECT SURVIVING BRICK JOHNSON TRULY GRIM TALES FIGURING OUT FRANCES THE PROMISE THE EFFRCT OF GAMMA RAYS ON MAN-IN- THE ABSOLUTELY TRUE STORY MOUNTAIN POSE THE-MOOON MARIGOLDS THE MYSTERY OF THE INVISABLE KNIGHT A MOTHER TO EMBARRASS ME ALL ALONE IN THE UNIVERSE A GIRL NAMED SUMMER AFTER THE BOMB GIRL IN BLUE BREAKING FREE AFTER THE BOMB TOM'S MIDNIGHT GARDEN BLUE WILLOW FREAK THE MIGHTY PICTURES IN THE DARK BLUE WILLOW BELLE PRATER'S BOY PICTURES IN THE DARK THE TRUE COLOR OF CAITLYNNE BREATHING UNDERWATER JACKSON GIRL IN BLUE BANDITS MOON EARTHSHINE THE SNOW STORM GREATFUL HARVEST GEORGE WASHINGTONS SOCKS LIFE'S A FUNNER PROPOSITION HORATIO HOPE'S CROSSING IF I FORGET YOU REMEMBER DON'T MAKE ME SMILE WHO KILLED MR. CHIPPENDALE? THE COMEBACK DOG RACING THE SUN STONE WATER THE ORNAMENT TREE BRIDGE TO TERABITHIA SNAIL MAIL NO MORE GHOSTS DONT GET GOOSE BUMPS BETWEEN A ROCK AND HARD PLACE THER'S A BAT IN THE BUNK FIVE MIRACLE'S BOYS THE SHADOW BROTHERS P.S. LONGER LETTER LATER WELCOME TO THE ARK YESTERDAY'S DAUGHTER THE CAT ATE MY GYMSUIT THE RAVENMASTER'S BIGGER EARTH TO MATTHEW THE LEMMING CONDITION THE COMEBACK DOG STAR IN THE STORM KEEP LAUGHING NO SCARLET RIBBONS WHAT HEARTS PLAIN CITY RIOT CON-FIDENCE STEAL AWAY RIOT TUCKER SWEET AND SOUR LILY EIGHT TALES OF TERROR DURANGO STREET ACCIDENTAL LILY TARANTULA SHOES A STRING IN THE HARP WELCOME TO THE GRAND VIEW HANNAH THE MAN IN THE CEILING THE HAND THUNDER FROM THE SEA SPILLING INKTIME ENOUGH FOR DRUMS LET ME FALL BEFORE I FLY ACE THE VERY IMPORTANT PIG A MATTER OF PROFIT GRATEFULLY YOURS THE WITCH OF THE BLACK BIRD POND THE BLACK CAT SKELETON MAN DO THE FUNKEY PICKLE JACOB TWO-TWO AND THE DINOSAUR SKELETON MAN BROKEN BOW'S BLACK COMMUNITIES SHADOW OF THE BULL AND DUNBAR HIGH SCHOOL CADDIE WOODLAWN MAKE LEMONADE RYAN WHITE: MY OWN STORY A TREE A ROCK A CLOUD IF YOU COME SOFTLY DOWNRIVER TOBBER-MOREY ANOTHER WAY TO DANCE THE HISTORY OF THE MILWAUKEE BUCKS THE CONVERSION OF THE JEWS A WOLF AT THE DOOR THE HISTORY OF THE BOSTON CELTICS THE GUEST THE HISTORY OF THE MEMPHIS BEHIND REBEL LINES GRIZZLIES A CHRISTMAS TREE FOR LYDIA THE BURNING QUESTIONS OF BINGO THE DOOR IN THE WALL BROWN BAREE THE STORY OF A WOLF-DOG THE BLACK PEARL THE 18TH EMERGENCY THE FACE ON THE MILK CARTON THE GHOST OF FOSSIL GLEN THE CYBIL WAR TUNE IN ANYTIME CHECKING ON THE MOON THE PINBALLS A STING IN THE HARP RUBY RAVEN THE NOT JUST ANYBODY FAMILY SING ME A DEATH SONG JUST LIKE MARTIN THE NOT JUST ANYBODY FAMILY TEH REVENGE OF THE WIZARD'S GHOST SHIVER MYSTERY OF THE DARK TOWER A MATTER OF PROFIT SARAH AND ME AND THE LADY FROM THE THE RED BADGE OF COURAGE SEA MY NAME IS BRIAN BRIAN LIZZARD RULES OF THE ROAD DURANGO STREET THE RED BADGE OF COURAGE STICKS THE MIDDLE MOFFAT STAYING FAT FOR SARAH BYMES THE LILIES OF THE FEILD HOMESICK MY OWN STORY THE SLAVE DANCER I WONT LET THEM HURT YOU HOMESICK MY OWN STORY THE VILLAGE BY THE SEA THE KNIGHTFISHERS GIFT THE CABIN FACED WEST THE MIDWEIFES APPRENTICE stephan fair GONE-AWAY LAKE THE MIDWEIFES APPRENTICE BARBARA PARK RETURN TO GONE-AWAY CATHERIN CALLED BIRDY CHRISTOPHER PIKE SPIDERWEB FOR TWO A MELENDY MAZE DADDY LONG LEGS SHADES OF GREY REFUGE TREASURE DIVINE SECRETS OF THE YA-YA SISTERHOOD SHADOWS ON THE SEA PICK-UP STICKS JO'S STORY TEN MILES FROM WINNEMUCCA A BLIZZARD YEAR DO THE FUNKEY PICKLE THE LITTLE PRINCE A DOG ON BARKHAM STREET LAZY LIONS LUCKEY LAMBS MANY WATERS SHABANU A WALK IN WOLF WOOD DIFFERENT DRAGONS SHABANU DAUGHTER OF THE WIND CROSSING JORDAN AFTERNOON OF ELVES BRIDGE TO TERABITHIA PREMONITIONS MAEBELLES SUITCASE REMEMBERING MOG KNOTS IN MY YO-YO STRING ADDIE ACROSS THE PRAIRIE SPEED OF LIGHT THERES A GIRL IN MY HAMMER LOCK RABBIT HILL MIDNIGHT SECRETS THE BELL THE BOOK AND THE SPELLBINDER A HIVE FOR THE HONEY BEE A FINE WHITE DUST THE INVISABLE MAN THE TOUGH WINTER THE ISLANDER SHANE THE TOMBS OF ATUAM ROUGH WATERS SUKEY AND THE MERMAID THE TOUGH WINTER IDA EARLY COMES OVER THE MOUNTIAN LOST AND FOUND ANTARTICA QUEENIE PEAVY THE RELUCTANT GOD YOUNG FU OF THE UPPER YANGTZE THE ENORMAOUS SHANE THE TWO PRINCESSES OF BAMARRE THE INCREDIBLE JOURNEY COAST TO COAST THE ACORN PEOPLE CIVIL WAR GHOSTS BINGO BROEN AND THE LANGUAGE OF BATTLE OF THE BANDS MY DARLING MY HAMBURGER LOVE ANUT MORNELIS AND THE SCREMING THE SWEET HEREAFTER THE PIGMAN &ME SKULLS SLEEPING BEAUTY NIGHT OF THE BAT ZINK THE VELVETEEN RABBIT THE GHOST COMES CALLING ZINK THE LIGHT IN THE FOREST LOCOMOTION TEH SPELL OF THE SORCHERE'S SKULL THE FIRST WOMEN DOCTOR THE COMPUTERNUT A HEART DIVIDED BRAVE NEW WORLD RIOT SNOWBIRD SWEET GRASS AFTER THE GOAT MAN JACKAROO NOT MY DOG KEEPER OF THE DOVES PRIVATE LILLY OUR ONLY MAY AMILIAR TOURNAMENT UPSTART MULTIPLE CHOICE ONLY CHILD INFEILD HIT THE JOY LUCK CLUB THE CASE OF THE SASSY PARROT OUTSIDE SHOOTER S SOLITARY BLUE THE MIDNIGHT FOX STEALING THUNDER SAMMY KEYES AND THE HOTAL THIEF THE DARK IS RISING I AM THE CHEESE THE STEPS DRAGON FLIGHT DARK GARDEN YEARS OF IMPOSSIBLE GOODBYES MARGARET BOURKE-WHITE WAR COMES TO WILLY FREEMAN LEROY AND THE OLD MAN THE LUCKY STONE THE FAMILY UNDER THE BRIDGE THE DOOR IN THE LAKE MIEKO AND THE FIFTH TREASURE TUNES FOR BEARS TO DANCE TO OREN BELL MIEKO AND THE FIFTH TREASURE THE WANDERER OLD PIPES AND THE DRYAD DEAR NAPOLEON IKNOW YOU'RE DEAD SADAKO AND THE THOUSAND PAPER CRANES BUT ..
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