Menu

Poteau Public Schools board meeting, date not confirmed yet

1 h 11 min

Click any moment below to jump the video to that second. Video length 1 h 11 min.

This board doesn’t post agenda times.

What happened

What happened at this meeting

Poteau school board reviews proposed '26-'27 budget under legal spending limits 17:25

  • A district staff member presented the proposed budget for the '26-'27 school year and said the general fund proposal was $848,000 under its legal limit even with a 6.4% increase. 17:25
  • The board also took up increases in the flex benefit and health savings account amounts as of January 1st, 2027, contracts and agreements for the 26⁠-⁠27 school year, and the gifted and talented plan. 37:22
  • After an executive session on personnel items, in which no action was taken, a motion was sought to hire a part-time math teacher, wrestling lay coaches and a district athletic trainer. 1:09:47
Item by item (15)
  1. Opening, prayer and pledge 0:00
    • A PKMS student leadership group led the Pledge of Allegiance. 0:30
    • The meeting was called to order at 6 o'clock, followed by roll call. 2:52
  2. Support Employee of the Month recognitions 3:09
    • A staff member said honorees receive a certificate with a $25 gift card, and that Monument Bank sponsors a $400 award for the Support Employee of the Year. 8:13
  3. Public comment 8:57
    • When comments from the public were requested, a speaker responded that there were none. 8:57
  4. Monthly financial report and encumbrances 9:22
    • A speaker presenting the financial report said state aid was about $34,000 monthly up this year and that about $16,000 in school resource funding came in during September. 9:28
    • The presenter said general fund expenditures were down from last September, when the district bought 2 school buses for about $260,000. 9:28
    • The presenter said the activity fund ending balance as of September 30th was $626,946. 9:28
  5. Proposed budget for the school year 17:25
    • The staff member said state aid makes up 63% of general fund revenue and local sources 12%, and that the PVA program brought 24 new students to the district this year. 17:44
    • A district staff member said the general fund estimated needs were $25,644,875.15 and the proposed budget was $848,000 under that amount with a 6.4% increase. 23:57
    • The staff member said the building fund proposal was $1,047,000 against a legal limit of $2,415,000, and the child nutrition proposal was $267,000 under its legal limit of $1,864,648. 28:30
  6. Flex benefit and health savings account increases 34:19
    • A staff member said most plans have a 10 to 20% change in rate statewide and that the district needed board approval because the expenditure was more than planned. 34:44
    • The staff member said the health savings account number jumped from $214,000 to $229,000. 34:44
  7. Indian Education and Johnson O'Malley bylaws 36:03
    • Staff members said the Indian Education bylaws and the Johnson O'Malley bylaws must be approved every October and had no changes this year. 36:22
  8. Contracts and agreements 37:21
    • A staff member said the cost of the police department partnership for school resource officers changed from $46,000 to $49,000. 37:44
    • The staff member said the elevator inspection contract had a $20 per month increase and other agreements had no cost or no price increase. 38:12
    • Asked whether there were other changes from previous years beyond the 2 price increases, the staff member said no. 38:58
  9. Interlocal positions 39:46
    • The board took up OLAP positions 4, 6, 7, 8, 11, and 14 as recommended by the Oklahoma Public School Investment Interlocal. 39:46
    • A staff member recommended approving the list and said the district does not control the selections. 40:01
  10. Gifted and talented plan 40:29
    • A staff member said 344 students, or 19% of students in 2nd through 12th grades, are identified as gifted and talented. 40:48
    • The staff member said 57 students are in Category 1 and 287 are in Category 2. 41:15
    • A staff member said no changes were made to the plan other than the committee members. 41:57
  11. Fundraisers and out-of-state trips 42:25
    • A staff member listed activity fundraisers for girls wrestling, girls basketball, the 7th and 8th grade center and a STEM class. 42:30
    • The staff member said cheer and girls basketball would travel to Charleston, Arkansas, November 16th through the 19th, and basketball teams would attend a media day in Fort Smith on October 13th. 43:23
  12. Surplus technology items 44:12
    • A staff member said the surplus list was outdated technology that was not worth selling and that a third party would pick it up for scrap. 44:15
  13. Facilities report 44:59
    • A staff member said work had started on gymnasium units for the primary and upper buildings and that prep work on the primary gym flooring began that day. 45:24
    • The staff member said riprap was added to the baseball field ditch to help with erosion and a larger tin horn was installed. 46:52
  14. Superintendent's report 48:51
    • A staff member reviewed parent-teacher conference participation numbers tracked over the last 4 years and said participation drops at the secondary level. 48:51
    • The staff member said the projected loss to schools was $45 million in year 1 and $228 million by year 5, and that there is no plan for that revenue loss. 51:53
  15. Executive session and personnel 54:00
    • The chair said the board met in executive session to discuss personnel items, took no action and returned to open session at 7:08 PM. 1:09:47

Written by software from the meeting's transcript and checked sentence by sentence against it.

Who spoke

Who spoke

We can’t yet tell who is speaking at this board’s meetings.

Video: posted by the district as “Board of Education Meeting 6:00P.M. October 12, 2026”