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Edmond Public Schools Board of Education
The Edmond Board of Education Tuesday approved the creation of two new positions which includes a full-time Board-Certified Behavior Analyst (BCBA), and an Instructional Technology manager.
“I don't think that there's anyone in a public school right now that post pandemic can say behavior isn't a concern,” said Amanda Younts, executive director of Special Services. “And as we provided for you all on the numbers from 1920 pre pandemic, we were contracting and paying $7,000 to the contractor, we're up to $47,000 now. So, it has not only warranted the need to be a full-time position, it also shows that we as a district need to have oversight of that person and not rely on a contractor's schedule and availability.”
Younts told the school board that EPS needs to have a person on staff who’s able to fully train and collect data on the plans and recommendations that they're providing.
“They (teachers and staff) need someone to give them that guidance and training on the interventions that we provide,” she said.
In other matters, the school board awarded the bid for Edmond North HS auditorium roof and HVAC replacement to Dowell-Pontikos Construction, as Construction Manager, and sub-contractors in the amount of $2,072,540.00 to be paid from bond funds; approved the purchase from Frog Street Press for the 2024-2025 school year new PK curriculum in the amount of $261,377.96 to be paid from instructional bond funds; approved secondary math adoption to be purchased with instructional bond funds. a. Algebra I, Geometry, Algebra II, College Algebra Prep, intermediate Algebra & IA Pre-Calculus Savvas, $1,076,740.09 b. Calculus, AP Calculus, Statistics AP Statistics, BFW, $144,325.55 c. Trigonometry-Pre-Calculus, Cengage $80,682.79 d. 6th grade, 7th grade & Pre-Algebra, McGraw Hill, $707,114.49.
The school board approved the renewal of Memorandum of Understanding/Agreements between Francis Tuttle Technology Center and Edmond Public Schools for the 2024-2025 school year. a. Location and operation of Career Tech Programs on-site at Edmond Public Schools high school sites Memorandum of Understanding b. Career Counselors c. Bioscience and Medicine Academy Joint Program Agreement d. Engineering Academy Joint Program Agreement e. Computer Science Academy f. Project Hope Agreement g. Entrepreneurship Academy.