Bixby board approves 2026–27 staff hires, OKs contract addendum and accepts resignations; tables surplus-property sale

The Bixby school board approved employment of certified teachers and certified administrators for the 2026–2027 fiscal year, approved a contract addendum with ESS South Central LLC to cover a speech-pathologist replacement, accepted multiple staff resignations submitted after the agenda was posted, and tabled action on a surplus-property sale during its meeting.

A board member moved “I’ll make a motion we approve 10.1,” referring to employment of certified teachers under Attachment A for the 2026–2027 year; the motion was seconded and the board called the roll. The chair recorded an affirmative vote. The board followed the same procedure to approve Item 10.2, which covered employment of certified administrators and directors under Attachment B for 2026–2027.

On Item 10.3, the board discussed offers received for sale of surplus property described as Lot 2, Block 1, Bixby West, City of Bixby, Tulsa County, Oklahoma. A board member moved to table consideration of the sale and the motion passed after a roll-call vote in which the chair recorded an affirmative vote. The board did not take final action on any sale terms at this meeting.

The board approved Item 10.4, an addendum to the ESS South Central LLC agreement effective Feb. 19, 2026. A staff member described the addendum as related to a speech-pathologist resignation and noted the contractor had a speech-pathology substitute available; the board then approved the addendum by motion and roll-call vote.

Under Item 10.5, the board accepted resignations submitted after the agenda was posted. The names read into the record were Tina Francis; Zachary Stevens; Lauren Page (also referenced earlier as Lauren Payne in the record); Rachel Nail; Lauren Purdy; Jenny Chow (also referenced as Jenny Mason); and Haley Spier. A motion to accept those resignations was seconded and the chair recorded an affirmative vote.

With no new business, the board voted to adjourn. The meeting closed after a final roll call in which members were recorded as voting in the affirmative and the chair recorded an affirmative vote.

What happens next: the board left the surplus-property sale (Item 10.3) tabled; any future action on that parcel would require returning the item to the agenda for a subsequent meeting. The personnel hires and the ESS contract addendum were approved subject to the assignments and terms noted in Attachments A and B and applicable Oklahoma statutes.