Vanoss Board Of Education Agenda Regular Board Meeting
The key discussion topics for the meeting included the presentation and authorization for the Superintendent to encumber and expend monies against various operational funds. The consent agenda covered the approval of minutes from previous meetings, authorization for purchase orders for the 2026 Fiscal Year General Fund, and presentation of financial statements for approval. Other significant items involved discussion and possible action on account totals, a blanket purchase order list, transfers of funds in activity accounts, expenditures for fundraisers and trips, and approval of the agreement with the Cooperative Council for Oklahoma School Administration (CCOSA) for legal and district level services for FY 2025-2026. The board planned to discuss and possibly act on cafeteria bids, class schedules for FY 2026, the renewal of a Sublease Agreement with Pontotoc County Educational Facilities Authority, Faculty and Student Handbooks, setting lunch prices for FY26, the RAVE Panic Button, and a potential sales tax increase. The agenda also included an executive session to discuss employment matters (temporary staff, coaches, paras, cafeteria worker, and bus drivers) followed by reconvening in open session to take action on those employments. Additionally, the board was to discuss the Ada Police Department's request to use school facilities for training, approval of the substitute teachers list for FY26, approval of a contract with K12 Consulting and Therapy Services, acceptance of bids for a new ag truck, and authorizing an ag instructor to drive a vehicle home with associated taxable income reporting.