Brent Core

This plan serves as the district's Comprehensive District Academic Plan (CDAP), outlining strategies to meet federal planning requirements for academic instruction and achieve educational goals. It focuses on several key areas, including monitoring student progress through a tiered instructional system and various assessments, ensuring an equitable distribution of qualified teachers, and providing targeted support for specialized student populations such as homeless, English Learners, and migrant students. The plan also emphasizes promoting robust parent and family engagement, facilitating effective student transitions between grade levels and to postsecondary education, and reducing punitive disciplinary practices. Furthermore, it details the coordination and integration of various educational programs, including career and technical education, and commits to continuous evaluation and revision based on student outcome data.

The board meeting agenda includes the formal adoption of the agenda, reports from the Superintendent and board members, and reviews of monthly financial, treasurer, and activity fund reports. The consent agenda features the renewal of a professional services contract with Jenkins & Kemper CPAs for the 2025-2026 audit, the ratification of student transfer capacities, and the renewal of a transition program contract with the Department of Rehabilitation Services. Additionally, the board will consider facility use requests, the declaration and disposition of surplus property, the purchase of time clocks, and a transportation services contract with Tulsa Technology Center. The board will also convene in executive session for personnel evaluations and contract considerations before addressing any new business.

The meeting includes the formal adoption of the agenda and sections for community members to address the Board. Reports from the Superintendent and the Board of Education are scheduled, including recognition of board members for their service. Financial matters include the review of monthly financial, treasurer, and activity fund reports. The consent agenda covers the ratification of treasurer and coordinator appointments, various fund transactions, payroll, and personnel actions involving employment, resignations, and changes in status. Staff services include a discussion on draft calendar options for the upcoming school year.

The board agenda included procedural items such as the Pledge of Allegiance and a moment of silence. Key discussion topics covered a resolution to provide one-time stipends to certified and support employees, review of monthly financial and treasury reports, and the ratification of various committees including teacher induction and curriculum advisory groups. The board also reviewed proposals for instructional services from Renaissance and BorderLAN Cyber Security, and addressed requests from booster clubs for facility usage. Furthermore, the meeting addressed personnel matters, salary schedules for the upcoming fiscal year, and student meal rate structures.

The Board meeting included reviews of the Superintendent's report and the proposed 2026 meeting schedule. Financial actions involved the approval of the 2025-2026 Estimate of Needs for the General, Building, and Child Nutrition Funds, along with reviews of monthly financial, treasurer, and activity fund reports. The Board ratified various items including student transfer capacities, an interlocal agreement for cooperative purchasing, sudden cardiac arrest response plans, and revisions to several district policies. Additionally, the Board authorized non-certified adjunct teacher status for physical education and chemistry, approved personnel changes, and reviewed annual dropout and student college remediation reports.