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Bixby board denies two one-time exemptions to student confidentiality policy, schedules April policy review
Summary
After meeting in executive session, the Bixby Board of Education voted unanimously to deny two requests for one-time exemptions to Board Policy 31-14 and said it will review the policy at the board's April meeting.
The Bixby Board of Education unanimously denied two requests for one-time exemptions to Board Policy 31-14 related to student confidentiality during the board's March 13 meeting, and directed staff to review potential policy changes at the board's April meeting.
The board discussed the exemption requests in executive session, citing the need to protect information that would otherwise be restricted by state or federal law, then returned to open session and announced the votes. The board president read a public statement saying the board would "do our due diligence and review our current policy to do what is best for all Bixby students."
The motions recorded in the public minutes were to deny a one-time exemption to policy 31-14 for "Student A" and to deny a one-time exemption to policy 31-14 for "Student B," with both items described as being deferred to a broader policy review at the April meeting. The votes were recorded as Justin Cheatham: aye; Matt Dodson: aye; Amanda Stevens: aye; Julie Procter: aye; Chair Tricie Fryer: aye.
Board members and staff did not disclose facts about the individual students named in the motions in open session or in published minutes; the board's statement said the executive session had covered exemptions "where disclosure of information would violate confidentiality requirements of State or Federal law." The transcript and on-the-record statements made clear the denials were procedural and intended to allow the board time to consider whether the policy itself should be changed rather than to resolve the underlying requests during that meeting.
Following the votes, the board called a special meeting for 6 p.m. Tuesday, April 1, at the Bixby Administration Building training room to discuss the hiring of a superintendent effective July 1, 2025; that item was recorded separately and is not part of the policy-exemption decision.
Because the matters involved student confidentiality, the board provided no further detail about the substance of the requests or the reasons for denial in open session.
