Piedmont board approves contracts, appointments and policy revision; tabes superintendent contract discussion

The Piedmont Public Schools Board of Education conducted several votes on contracts, appointments and policy changes during its meeting and unanimously approved each item presented. The board also convened an executive session, made multiple personnel appointments, and tabled discussion of superintendent contract revisions until June.

Key outcomes approved by the board:

- Extra-duty stipends: The board approved payment of extra-duty stipends listed on attachment B. The motion was recorded as moved by Neil (board member) and seconded by Derek (board member); vote recorded as Derek: yes; Neil: yes; Jared: yes; Lane: yes.

- School-based family specialist contract (Oklahoma Department of Human Services): The board approved a revised contract with the Oklahoma Department of Human Services for the school-based family specialist program, which the transcript states is reimbursed at 80% from DHS and 20% from Canadian County. Jared Mosher moved the motion and Derek seconded; board vote was unanimous.

- Annual fiscal-role appointments: The board approved appointments for fiscal year 2026: Jennifer Fuller as district treasurer; Laura Scott as encumbrance clerk; Sandy Lemaster as minutes clerk; Jasmine Cogburn as deputy minutes clerk. The board voted in favor 4-0.

- Revision to policy PIED (graduation requirements): The board approved revisions to the district’s graduation requirements policy to comply with "house bill 32 78," as described by Mark (staff member). The changes will apply to this year’s eighth-grade class and require four math credits (up from three) for that cohort; algebra I may count as one of those credits if earned in eighth grade. The board approved the policy revision by unanimous vote.

- Consent agenda: The board approved the consent agenda, including items such as the Oklahoma City Police Department crossing guard agreement and student transfer capacities (item r, amended in the board packet). Motion carried 4-0.

- Executive session and personnel appointments: The board voted to enter executive session under statutes cited in the transcript ("25 o s 3 0 7 b 1" and related subsections) for discussions about appointments and the superintendent evaluation. The board returned and recorded that no action was taken in executive session, then approved the amended attachment C and made the following appointments by formal vote: - Jenny Jewell — appointed elementary school principal (motion passed unanimous) - Scott Bartley — appointed high school principal (motion passed unanimous) - Eddie Wright — appointed executive director of operations (motion passed unanimous)

- Superintendent contract terms and salary: The board did not take action on possible revisions to the superintendent’s contract terms and salary; the item was tabled to June.

Votes were uniformly recorded as yes by the four board members present: Derek, Neil, Jared Mosher and Lane Jones. Where the transcript records movers/seconders, the article lists them (for example, Jared Mosher moved the DHS contract motion). When a mover/seconder was not consistently named in the transcript, the article lists the recorded vote but does not assign a mover by full name.

No dollar amounts or detailed contract language were read into the record for the DHS contract or other matters beyond the reimbursement split described for the DHS program. The board did receive and discuss the district’s financial report during the meeting; district staff reported general fund collections up $3,490,000 this month over the prior month and year-to-date over collections up $684,620, and said anticipated federal claims could change the final closeout numbers. The board's fiscal year end date was cited as June 30.

The meeting adjourned at 7:43 p.m.