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- Who spoke · first speaks at
- Calvin MonizVice PRESIDENT
- Connie DodsonBoard member
- John CroisantBoard member
- Kyra CarbyBoard member
- Stacey WoolleyBoard member
- Susan LamkinPRESIDENT
What happened
What happened at this meeting
Tulsa district staff report 57.6% of students on track for college and career diploma
- The board heard a monitoring report on Goal 3.1, the percentage of students on track for the college and career diploma, which a district staff member said stood at 57.6%, well above the stated target.
- Susan Lamkin announced that the consent agenda passed.
- A district staff member said the target was 49% for May of 2027 and that the district had surpassed it.
- After an executive session on pending litigation, Connie Dodson moved to settle based on the board's discussions in that session.
Item by item (10)
- Opening, agenda changes and minutes
- Susan Lamkin said a quorum was present and noted that Spanish interpretation and closed captioning were available.
- A staff member said several names were being removed from agenda item EG because those individuals would request emergency certification, and said there were no special presentations.
- Susan Lamkin called for a motion and vote on the minutes of the July 27th, 2026 special meeting and the August 3rd, 2026 regular meeting.
- Consent agenda
- During the consent agenda item, it was noted that board questions and district responses were posted on the district webpage for public viewing.
- Susan Lamkin announced that the consent agenda passed.
- Goal 3.1 monitoring report presentation
- A district staff member said 57.6% of students were on track for a college and career diploma, well above the stated target.
- A staff member said the share of students on the college and career curriculum rose from 84% three years ago to 95%, and that 96.1% of the 2026 cohort of seniors were on that path.
- Another staff member said students experiencing chronic absenteeism were more than 34 percentage points less likely to be on track and described a focus on attendance and the 9th grade experience.
- Board questions on on-track report
- Stacey Woolley asked when the core diploma would be phased out, and a staff member answered 2030.
- John Croisant asked about a dip in the freshman class from 70% in May of 2025 to 68.5%, and a staff member said bringing students back into school who were behind on credits affected the data.
- Calvin Moniz asked what bond-funded items beyond the career academies could help move the district toward the goal, and a district staff member cited activity costs, up-to-date materials and the return of driver's education.
- Board member reports
- Calvin Moniz said McKinley held a ribbon cutting for new murals along with a back-to-school night.
- John Croisant thanked board members who attended an OSSBA conference in Oklahoma City and reminded parents that school would start Wednesday.
- Kyra Carby said there were 4 board members in attendance but they were never in quorum.
- Public comment
- A speaker at public comment responded to an August 5th, 2026 email from the board's vice president, saying the email asked for educational and professional history and called the speaker's 2015 data outdated.
- Superintendent's report
- The superintendent reminded families to complete immunization records or an opt-out form and the mandatory back-to-school form.
- The superintendent said students posted 3 years in a row of consecutive academic gains and that the district saw a decrease in chronic absenteeism.
- Executive session on pending litigation
- Susan Lamkin read a motion to go into executive session for confidential communications with the board's attorneys about pending litigation, case number CJ-2024-4379.
- After returning to open session, Susan Lamkin stated that the board and its attorneys had conducted confidential communication about the pending litigation.
- Litigation settlement agreement
- Susan Lamkin introduced item L4, a motion to approve a settlement agreement to resolve the litigation discussed in executive session.
- Connie Dodson moved to settle based on the discussions in executive session.
- Announcements
- Susan Lamkin said the next regularly scheduled board meeting would be Tuesday, September 8th, 2026 at 5:30.
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