Board discusses two‑year wage and benefit agreement and school calendar; open house set for Aug. 13

The Fort Sill Board of Education met July 25 in a special session to conduct district business, during which board members discussed ratifying a two‑year wage and benefit agreement with the Forest Hills Education Association and shared calendar details for the upcoming school year.

Unidentified Speaker 1 opened the meeting and asked for a motion to approve the wage and benefit agreement for the Forest Hills Education Association. Unidentified Speaker 2 praised the negotiations and said the parties had reached "not only [a] 2 year agreement with financials, but [a] 2 year calendar, which I think will be great for all of our families and our staff." Speaker 2 added the agreement was "well received by the association."

Speaker 2 also announced an open house and meet‑and‑greet for the community on August 13 to view the facility and meet district leaders, describing the event as a roughly 90‑minute block divided between staff time and community access. When asked about the first day of school, Speaker 2 confirmed students would return on Wednesday, August 21.

The transcript records discussion and appreciation for those who negotiated the contract but does not include a motion or a vote to ratify the wage and benefit agreement. The meeting record shows the board approved the previous meeting minutes by voice vote earlier in the session; the minutes' motion and second were on the record but individual roll‑call votes were not recorded in the transcript.

Meeting attendees agreed to the open house date and the calendar item during discussion. The meeting adjourned with no further formal actions recorded in the transcript.

The transcript refers to the "Fort Sill Board of Education" at the meeting opening and later to the "Forest Hills Education Association" when discussing the contract; the relationship between those two names is not clarified in the meeting text.