Poteau Board of Education accepts resignation, hires football coach after executive session
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At a Jan. 17 special meeting, the Poteau Board of Education held an executive session on personnel, accepted one resignation and approved hiring Jacob Hayes as football coach and athletic director for the 2025–2026 school year.
The Poteau Board of Education met in a special session on Jan. 17 and, after an executive session to discuss personnel, approved one resignation and hired Jacob Hayes as the district's football coach and athletic director for the 2025'1026 school year.
The board "met in executive session to discuss personnel items, and no other items were discussed as allowed by Title 25 Oklahoma Statutes Section 307(B)(1). Those present were board members and Mister Kepnick. No action was taken. No votes were taken, and we returned to open session at 12:11 PM," a board official said after the closed meeting.
Back in open session, a board member moved to accept one resignation, that of Peyton Warner; another board member seconded the motion. The board approved the resignation by roll call. The roll call in the meeting recorded "K.," "Adam" and "Regent" among members voting yes; additional yes votes were recorded in the roll call that followed the motion.
The board then voted to approve employment of Jacob Hayes as the district's football coach and athletic director for the 2025'1026 school year. Board members voted by roll call; the meeting record shows multiple "yes" votes during that roll call. After the vote, a board member welcomed Coach Hayes to the district.
The meeting adjourned following the personnel actions.
Details disclosed during the meeting identify the closed-session authority as Title 25 of the Oklahoma Statutes, section 307(B)(1), which allows governing bodies to meet privately to discuss personnel matters. No final personnel actions were taken during the closed session itself; the hires and the accepted resignation were voted on in open session as recorded above.
