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Burlington School Board President Terry Graham called the group's regular June meeting to order last Thursday night at 8 p.m.; the meeting adjourned at 12:38 a.m. Just three board members were present, including Graham, Allison Armbruster and Aaron Smith. Members Robert Hill and T.J. Rockenbach were absent.

Also present were Superintendent Stacey Croft, Principal Lane Pruett and Minutes Clerk Tamre McGinnis. Teacher Judy Elliott also attended as did Clark Bittle, representative with Oklahoma School Risk Management Trust (OSRMT).

Bittle presented an update on insurance coverage from (OSRMT) for the 2018-19 school year. He quoted $40,220 for Burlington's coverage. This increase is due to the storms nationwide the past couple of years, Bittle said, and explained that OSRMT did not take much of an increase this year so an increase shows for next fiscal year. The board accepted Bittle's quote of $40,220 from OSRMT.

Dr. Croft's superintendent's report included a report on finances, some of which was routine end-of-the-year financial business. Since the meeting was prior to the Supreme Court's ruling regarding teacher pay, the superintendent said the ruling would dictate the pay schedule Burlington will use.

She reminded board members that the OSSBA/CCOSA Convention is Aug. 24–26. Giving a review of the comparison report on telephone and utility expenses for the 2017-2018 school year, Croft said it is all about the same.

Many summer maintenance projects are going on at Burlington School. One is fixing wiring issues in the kitchen. Another is repairing some cement issues. For example, she said the board gave the go-ahead to pave the entire handicap parking area. The superintendent also reported on inventories of the buildings and vehicles, vehicle mileage and current legislation.

Employees Reemployed and Much More Burlington Board Action

Following several executive sessions throughout the meeting, in open session the board took action on employees, salary schedules and more.

Kathy Motycka, Aliene Gosselin, Kristen Sciara and Brenda Russell were reemployed as para-professionals and Jenny Stewart as teacher assistant for the 2018-19 school year.

Cheryl Czerniak was reemployed as assistant cook for the 2018-19 school year.

Jana Hickman received board approval as OTR (occupational therapist registered) for the 2018-19 school year.

Jan Eden was employed as RPT (registered physical therapist) for the 2018-19 school year.

The board approved the minimum teacher salary schedule as presented for 2018-19 school year. They also approved the extra-duty pay schedule as presented for 2018/2019 school year.

The board voted to adhere to the state mandated support personnel salary schedule as presented by the legislature for the 2018-19 school year.

Two items were tabled: employment of a head cook for the 2018-19 school year, and giving certified employees stipends for attendance at professional workshops.

The board approved purchase of school supplies for students for the 2018-19 school year.

The board tabled a decision until the next meeting after discussing quote(s) they received for the addition of walls in the north and east wings of the main building to create additional rooms. This is so the board can gather more information. Dr. Croft said the person they had in mind to do the work cannot at this time, so they are searching.

The superintendent said the walls will create two smaller rooms. The rooms will be used by a reading specialist, speech pathologist or other visiting professionals and as needed.

A written proposal from D&M Electric to do the grounding wire work for the main building and early childhood buildings received board approval.

Upon reviewing the copier quote and printer maintenance agreement from Office Solutions, Inc., the board approved the maintenance and rental agreement quote for the copiers and the maintenance agreement quote for seven printers for the 2018-19 school year.

Elliott updated the board on changes for the student handbook for the 2018-19 school year. They'll act on it at the next meeting. They approved the changes as is in the board policy book for 2018-19 as presented by Elliott.

Receiving board approval were the following encumbrances, change orders and warrants for 2018: general fund encumbrances $7,211.84, change orders ($33,734.45), and warrants $69,275.43; building fund warrants $535.64; and child nutrition fund warrants $418.97.

More items approved were the May 2018 Activity Fund report, the transfer of $77.50 from student council subaccount to concessions subaccount and the transfer of $308.53 from the Class of 2018 subaccount to the FFA subaccount in the activity fund via adjustments in those subaccounts.

More transfers approved were $38.18 from the petty cash account and $10,175 from the clearing account to the general fund and $6,005.60 from the lunch account of the activity fund to the child nutrition fund.

The board agreed to reserve the funds available for purchases and projects for bills that have been approved by the board, which invoices have not yet been received as follows: general fund $95,915.07 and building fund $485.24.

The board also approved District membership into Northwest Oklahoma School Officials (NWOSO) at $500, Oklahoma State School Board Association (OSSBA) at $1,600, Organization of Rural Oklahoma Schools (OROS) at $500, and Oklahoma School Advisory Council (OSAC) at $350 for the 2018-19 school year.

Following a short discussion regarding the licenses for the online virtual program K-12 Edgenuity, the board approved K-12 Edgenuity as the school's online curriculum and professional development with unlimited access for the 2018-19 school year for $15,000.

Also board-approved were the E Grants Management and Assurance Statement and LEA Agreement, workers comp with OSAG (Oklahoma School Assurance Group) for $9,726, and membership in Oklahoma Public School Unemployment Compensation Trust Account (OPSUCA) at $292.50.