At its Aug. 21, 2025, meeting, the Fox Board of Education approved a series of consent agenda items that included academic program approvals, local course equivalency recommendations and several district plans and policies. Clerk Stacie Fletcher moved to approve consent agenda items Nos. 3–22; Member Carolyn McConnell seconded the motion, and Vice-President Otto Young voted aye. President Joey Rodriguez and Member Twanna Owens were absent.
The consent motion authorized Southern Oklahoma Technology Center (SOTC) to provide OHLAP credit offerings for fiscal year 2026 and approved SOTC individual programs to count as high school credit to meet local graduation requirements. The board also approved the district CDAP for 2025–2026 and accepted guidance from the Oklahoma State Board of Education that local board policy may supersede some concurrent-to-high-school equivalencies; the minutes record recommended equivalency changes for a General Humanities elective and for Fine Arts credit.
The board approved the district schoolwide plan, Fox Elementary site plan, Fox Schools site plan, the district plan for 2025–2026, the parent involvement policy, the Fox parent‑school compact, the gifted and talented plan, the Strong Readers Act implementation for 2025–2026 and the Fox School wellness and assessment policy for 2025–2026. The consent agenda also included approval to finance an agricultural pickup through Union State Bank and to set up activity fund account No. 931 for the Class of 2031.
The motion package listed several division order contracts with mineral or energy companies, recorded in the minutes as B & W Operating L.L.C., Coffeyville Resources, Black Mesa Energy L.L.C. and Continental Resources. The meeting minutes show these contract approvals were included in the single consent motion.
The meeting record notes state-law posting and notice complied with statute (meeting notice provided to the Carter County clerk in January 2025 and public notice posted at least 24 hours before the Aug. 21 meeting). The minutes themselves are signed and dated in the record.
Why it matters: these approvals affect curriculum delivery, graduation credit rules, schoolwide instructional plans and local fiscal arrangements. The changes to equivalency recommendations and the acceptance of SOTC credit for local graduation requirements could affect students who pursue technical coursework.
The minutes do not specify implementation timetables or funding sources for several items approved under the consent agenda. The board unanimously recorded aye votes from Fletcher, McConnell and Young on the consent motion; two members were absent.