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Oakwood board honors retiring staff, recognizes quiz-bowl team and approves broad personnel slate
Summary
The Oakwood School District board honored several retiring staff members, recognized the high school quiz bowl team's state finish, and approved a large slate of personnel actions including hires, renewals and supplemental contracts.
The Oakwood School District board on May 11 recognized multiple long-serving employees who are retiring and approved a broad set of personnel actions covering new hires, renewals and supplemental contracts.
During the superintendent's report the board honored retirees including Kathy McCree (Lang School kindergarten teacher), Elaine (Smith Elementary library media specialist), Karen Stevens (occupational therapist), Patty Raymond (Harman educator), Brian Ellis (intervention specialist) and Joan Fisk (Smith Elementary administrative assistant). The superintendent summarized colleagues' remarks praising each retiree's service and announced a commemorative clock gift for retirees.
The board also heard from Ian Callum, a high school math teacher who coaches quiz bowl. He said the varsity quiz bowl team qualified for the state tournament this year and finished second in the Division 2 state tournament. Coach Callum described a one-point regional victory that secured qualification and introduced senior captains Matthew Drummond and Ty Fischer before presenting certificates.
On personnel business, the superintendent recommended a long list of employment and renewal items spanning letters A through U under item nine, including the employment of Stephanie Smith (administrative assistant at Lang Elementary), Andrea Dickerson Klein/Annie Klene (educational aide at Smith), and multiple contract renewals for the 2026–27 school year. A board member moved to approve the slate and several members voiced assent when called; the transcript records the approvals as voice votes but does not record a roll-call tally.
The meeting concluded with an announcement that the board would enter executive session to consider employment matters; no action was taken during the recorded open session on those items.
The district asked retirees and honorees whether they wished to stay for the remainder of the meeting or celebrate privately after the event.
