The Muskogee Board of Education convened an executive session to discuss personnel recommendations and the superintendent’s contract, citing Oklahoma statute 25 O.S. §307(B)(1). Board minutes entered in the public record state that all board members present and Dr. Jerry Mendenhall participated in the executive session, that only the listed personnel items and the superintendent contract were discussed, and that no votes were taken while in executive session. The board returned to open session at 7:40 p.m.

After return to open session the board considered personnel item 10 and agreed to amend the agenda to separate the director of football operations appointment so that items 10(a) through 10(h) would be voted first and the director appointment voted separately.

A motion and second to approve items 10(a) through 10(h) as amended carried, and the transcript records the board chair announcing the motion carries. The transcript does not include the individual names tied to each personnel item in the excerpted record.

When the board took up the director of football operations position, the superintendent presented a recommendation to hire Matt Hennessy for the role at Muskogee High School effective January 2025. Board members discussed procedural matters about making a motion; the item proceeded to a roll‑call vote. The roll‑call as recorded in the transcript shows named responses from trustees but is not fully complete in the excerpt. The transcript includes the following recorded votes: Larry Stewart — yes; Tommy Anderson — no; Bobby Jefferson — yes; one member recorded as "yes"; one member recorded as "no." The board chair then stated the item fails. The transcript does not provide formal tallies beyond those recorded yes/no responses in the excerpt.

Because the executive session addressed personnel and the superintendent contract under the cited statute, the board recorded the executive session compliance statement in the minutes and then acted on personnel items after returning to open session.