Board approves MOU to support district esports teams, expands sponsorship at middle and high school levels

Chickasha Public Schools’ board approved a memorandum of understanding that will allow the district to compensate a staff sponsor for a new middle‑school esports team and support existing high‑school esports activities. Board members said the esports expansion began after a middle‑school teacher expressed interest in starting a team; the teacher ran the program last year at the high‑school level and requested district pay as a sponsor at the middle‑school level. The board discussed that funding would come through an MOU negotiated with CUDA and that sponsorship pay would be handled under that agreement. Board members approved the MOU by motion and roll call. Staff said the middle‑school sponsor was identified as a teacher (name given in personnel discussion) who had recruited student interest and that the program would proceed with site‑level support and equipment purchases handled through normal activity‑account and MOU procedures.