Stigler board approves auditor, temporary appropriations, contracts and several personnel moves including new high school principal

The Stigler Public Schools Board of Education voted unanimously on April 14, 2025, to approve a slate of routine financial measures, contracts, program approvals and personnel actions ahead of the 2025-26 school year.

Board members David Huggins, Jennifer Turner and Susan White approved contracting again with Carrie Patton (Patton & Odom) to audit district financial activity for 2025-26 and to audit the 2024-25 year. The board also approved temporary appropriations for the 2025-26 fiscal year, which the superintendent said were set at current-year levels to provide legal spending authority before the districts official estimate of needs is adopted.

Other approvals included: renewal of the student information and lunchroom software contract with Syllogist Ed, Inc. for 2025-26; authorization to file the Form 471 E-rate applications for funding year 2025-26 and to pay the districts applicant share if funding is approved; approval for Aspen Quick FCCLA to attend the FCCLA National Leadership Conference in Orlando in July 2025 (dates and detailed itinerary not specified in the transcript); approval of student class credit acceptance for Chiemishi Technology Center (transcript spelling varies) for 2025-26; and approval of an MOU allowing Chiemishi/KTC counselors to provide pre-employment transition services for students with documented disabilities.

The board also approved a contract with Oklahoma Human Services (OKDHS) to fund a school-based family specialist outreach position for 2025-26. Under the agreement described in the meeting, OKDHS would fund 80 percent of the positions salary and the district would be responsible for 20 percent of the annual salary.

In personnel actions taken after an executive session conducted under 25 O.S. —