Rhonda Howard

This document outlines Spiro Public Schools' plan for utilizing ARP ESSER III funds to address the impacts of COVID-19. The plan focuses on implementing prevention and mitigation strategies for safe in-person learning, including facility improvements and social distancing measures. It also details the use of funds to address academic learning loss through evidence-based interventions such as additional support staff and after-school tutoring. Furthermore, the plan addresses potential financial impacts from enrollment decline, supports classroom expansion, and aims to meet the academic, social, emotional, and mental health needs of all students, especially those disproportionately affected by the pandemic, through initiatives like counseling and special education support.

The board meeting covered various topics, including the approval of payments, review of the treasurer and activity report, discussion of the Safe School Committee Report, approval of purchasing officers and workers' compensation insurance, renewal of membership with the Oklahoma State School Board Association, and approval of a service agreement with the Oklahoma Public Schools Unemployment Compensation Account. The meeting also included approval of pay scales for extra-duty stipends, capacity numbers for out-of-district transfer students, contract revisions, the surplus of a bus, purchase cards, and the hiring of a janitor, early childhood pre-k teacher, and paraprofessional.