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Votes at a glance: Poteau School Board approves routine contracts, policies, fundraisers, personnel actions
Summary
At its meeting the Poteau Public Schools Board approved minutes, financial reports, an estimate of needs, a series of contracts and recurring agreements, activity fundraisers and trips, policy updates, and several personnel actions including resignations and hires.
The Poteau Public Schools Board of Education took a series of routine votes on consent and business items, approving minutes, the district’s estimate of needs, contracts, fundraisers, policies, and personnel actions.
Items the board approved (motions and roll‑call outcomes recorded at the meeting): minutes and financial reports; the district’s estimate of needs for FY 2025–26; the capital improvement plan (see separate coverage); addition of junior‑high slow‑pitch softball stipends; a work‑study program in cooperation with the Oklahoma Department of Rehabilitation Services; a student pay program to compensate students for broadcasting high‑school extracurricular events; a slate of board policy updates including revisions for support‑staff evaluations and an epinephrine policy addition; annual authorization of purchasing agents (Valerie Martin, CFO); creation and splitting of soccer activity accounts and a package of activity fundraisers for 2025–26; approval of several out‑of‑state trips (FFA to Arkansas/Oklahoma State Fair; fifth‑grade symphony; sixth‑grade basketball game in Fort Smith); approval of the local advisory committee on gifted education; renewal and approval of a set of recurring contracts and agreements (including Medicaid billing software and e‑rate support); approval of surplus items; acceptance of four resignations; and the employment of two staff members pending certification.
Where the meeting record identified numeric outcomes, roll calls recorded unanimous support from members present. Several items were described in the meeting packet as annual or recurring approvals. No item in this package was tabled or failed on a recorded vote.
Personnel actions approved by the board included accepting resignations from Tony Williams (maintenance technician); Bridalg Hopkins (primary custodian); Jessica Rivera (paraprofessional); and Diane Tillery (assistant superintendent). The board also approved employment of Martha Martinez as primary custodian and Taylor Didway as special education tier‑2 specialist pending certification.
Contracts and recurring agreements approved included Medicaid billing software services (PCG), E‑rate support (Kellogg and Sovereign), custodial training/services (Treat Solutions), driver drug‑management services (5 Bar Clearing Services), internship cooperation with Northeastern State University, a free curriculum package (Amira), an MOU with Save the Children Head Start, an insurance supplemental arrangement (NBS), and renewal of PandaDoc for special‑education e‑signatures. First National Bank was noted as a sponsor of employee recognition gift cards.
All votes referenced in this roundup were taken by roll call and recorded as affirmative for the items summarized. Where specific motion text, mover, or second were not captured verbatim in the transcript, the board’s actions are summarized as “approve” with outcomes recorded as approved.
