Frink Chambers Elementary School

Frink Chambers Elementary School, doing business as Frink-Chambers Public School, is a U.S. state government entity (public school) based in McAlester, Oklahoma that receives federal education grants as a prime recipient from the Department of Education's Office of Elementary and Secondary Education. The school operates entirely within the federal grant space — no contract prime awards, no subcontract prime work — and functions as a grant recipient (94% of awards) with minimal sub-recipient activity (4 sub-awards routed through the Oklahoma State Department of Education).

The school's grant portfolio centers on three primary federal programs: Indian Education Formula Grants to LEAs (recurring annual formula grants), Impact Aid Program Title VII Section 7003 (multi-year project grants), and the Small Rural School Achievement Program (formula grants). Representative awards include a July 2026 Indian Education Formula Grant with ultimate completion in June 2027, an October 2025 Impact Aid Title VII Section 7003 Project Grant running through September 2031, a December 2024 Impact Aid Title VII Section 7003 Project Grant extending through September 2030, and a July 2024 Small Rural School Achievement Program grant. Sub-recipient work flows through the Oklahoma State Department of Education and covers child nutrition reimbursement and Title IV Part A school improvement funding under the Oklahoma Champions of Excellence Initiative.

Customer concentration is narrow and entirely within the education space. The Department of Education's Office of Elementary and Secondary Education accounts for all 57 of the school's direct prime grants (87.7% of the 65-award total), with secondary federal funding from the Department of Defense Education Activity (4 awards) and the Department of Agriculture Food and Nutrition Service (2 awards). Combined dollars obligated across the entire 65-award footprint total $2.7 million, reflecting the per-school allocation model underlying federal education grants rather than competitive procurement-style awards. Activity has remained flat to declining across the past five years — three awards in 2022, four in 2023, five in 2024, three in 2025, and two in 2026 — with only one award reaching ultimate completion within the next twenty-four months, indicating minimal recompete exposure near term. The school's federal grant role is structural to its operation as a public school receiving formula and project funding for Native American education, rural school achievement, and disaster impact mitigation rather than participating in federal procurement or contract competition.