Leedey school board agenda lists vote on superintendent contract; also proposes new activity funds and FY-25 claims review

The Board of Education of Independent School District I-003 of Roger Mills County, Oklahoma, posted an agenda showing it will consider whether to employ Superintendent Darren Danielson for the school year beginning July 1, 2025, and ending June 20, 2026, at its Jan. 13, 2025, meeting in Leedey.

The item is among several finance- and personnel-related items on the agenda, including a vote to approve FY-25 encumbrances, claims, change orders and warrants and a proposal to create new activity fund accounts for the district. The agenda also includes a proposed executive session under 25 O.S. Section 307(B)(1) to discuss the superintendent’s employment and the evaluation of the dean of students.

The agenda lists the following formal actions for the Jan. 13 meeting: approval of the Dec. 9, 2024, meeting minutes; approval of FY-25 encumbrances, claims, change orders and warrants; creation of three activity fund accounts (Faculty Fund, Leedey Education Fund and Class of 2028 Fund); a vote to convene an executive session and a vote to acknowledge return to open session; and a vote to employ or not employ Superintendent Darren Danielson for the July 1, 2025–June 20, 2026 school year. The agenda does not record the outcome of any of those votes; outcomes will be determined at the meeting.

The agenda cites legal authority for meeting procedure and executive session use. It begins with a statement that the meeting is being held in compliance with the open-meeting provisions of Title 25 of the Oklahoma Statutes (25 O.S. Sections 303–312) and specifies the proposed executive session authority as 25 O.S. Section 307(B)(1).

The agenda also sets routine reporting items: a teacher’s report; a principal’s report addressing the activity fund and school activities; and a superintendent’s report that includes a financial report and a facilities report. The posted agenda permits public participation under a visitors section and limits public comments to five minutes per speaker.

Votes at a glance (items listed on the posted agenda; outcomes not specified in the agenda): • Agenda item 2 — “Vote to approve or disapprove minutes of the December 9, 2024 Regular Meeting” — outcome: not specified. • Agenda item 5 — “Vote to approve or disapprove encumbrances, claims, change orders and warrants for FY-25” — outcome: not specified. • Agenda item 9 — “Vote to create activity fund account(s): Faculty Fund, Leedey Education Fund, Class of 2028 fund” — outcome: not specified. • Agenda item 11 — “Vote to convene into executive session” (proposed under 25 O.S. Section 307(B)(1)) — outcome: not specified. • Agenda item 12 — “Vote to acknowledge board has returned to open session” — outcome: not specified. • Agenda item 13 — “Vote to employ or not to employ Darren Danielson as superintendent for the school year that begins on July 1, 2025 and ends on June 20, 2026” — outcome: not specified.

The notice for the meeting states it was posted Jan. 10, 2025, at 3:00 p.m. on the center south exterior windows at the Leedey School. The agenda notes that the board may approve, disapprove, table or decline to discuss any listed item and reserves space on the agenda for emergency new business that could not be delayed until the next regular meeting. The agenda closes with an adjournment item.

The posted agenda and the meeting location information were verified by Superintendent Darren Danielson and identify the Leedey Public Schools facility at 505 E. 6th St. as the meeting site.