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Leedey Board approves FY‑25 warrants, $100 teacher stipends, hires paraprofessional and backs opioid‑abatement partnership
Summary
At its June 11 meeting the Leedey Board of Education approved FY‑25 warrants and purchase orders, authorized $100 stipends for six teachers, hired a paraprofessional for 2025–26, authorized federal program submissions, and approved partnering with Seiling Public Schools on an opioid abatement grant and membership in the Human Connection Project.
The Leedey Board of Education voted on a series of routine fiscal and personnel items at its regular meeting on June 11, 2025, approving FY‑25 warrants and purchase orders, authorizing a $100 stipend for multiple teachers, hiring a paraprofessional for the 2025–26 school year and approving a partnership on an opioid abatement grant.
Board President James Smith called the meeting to order at 7:00 p.m. The board approved the minutes of the May 14, 2025 meeting following a motion by Landon Holcomb and a second from Brady Smith. The board then approved a package of FY‑25 warrants and purchase orders across General, Building, Child Nutrition and Building Bond funds as listed on the agenda; the motion was made by Darrell Switzer and seconded by Landon Holcomb. The recorded vote on these routine financial items was yes from Darrell Switzer, Brady Smith, Landon Holcomb and President James Smith; board member Jason Paulsen was recorded absent.
The board approved a $100 stipend for teachers listed on the agenda — Karmen Nance, Amanda Buie, Mykel McFall, Shannon Castle and Linda Albright — after a motion by Darrell Switzer and a second by Brady Smith. The same four members voted yes; Paulsen was absent.
The agenda included a teacher’s report, which appears in the meeting record as an agenda item but the minutes excerpt provided does not identify who presented the report or any details from it.
Principal Tate Beer and Superintendent Darren Danielson were listed on the agenda for their regular reports; the transcript records the items but does not include substantive text from those reports in the minutes excerpt.
On personnel and administrative approvals, the board voted to approve assignments listed on the agenda (motion by Landon Holcomb, seconded by Brady Smith) and approved contracts for FY‑26 as listed on the agenda (motion by Darrell Switzer, seconded by Landon Holcomb). The board also approved hiring Dana Morris as a paraprofessional for the 2025–2026 school year (motion by Darrell Switzer, seconded by Landon Holcomb) and authorized Ira Harris to submit federal programs applications through the State Department of Education website (motion by Brady Smith, seconded by Darrell Switzer). Each of those motions carried with recorded yes votes from Switzer, Brady Smith, Holcomb and President James Smith and one absent member, Jason Paulsen.
The board approved partnering with Seiling Public Schools to participate in an opioid abatement grant and to join the Human Connection Project (motion by Darrell Switzer, seconded by Brady Smith). The motion passed on the same recorded vote pattern.
The meeting concluded with a motion to adjourn by Landon Holcomb, seconded by Darrell Switzer; the board adjourned at 7:20 p.m.
Votes at a glance: all motions in the provided minutes passed on recorded yes votes from Darrell Switzer, Brady Smith, Landon Holcomb and James Smith; Jason Paulsen was recorded absent for each vote. Specific warrant and purchase order numbers were presented on the agenda and approved by the board; those lists are recorded in the meeting minutes and are available with the official minutes.
The minutes record no debate, public comment or dissent on the motions in the excerpt provided.
