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Board approves donations, multiple hires, coaching reassignments and records a retirement notice
Summary
The board approved a slate of donations to athletics and student programs, several personnel hires and coaching reassignments, a resignation effective Nov. 22, 2024, and recorded the planned retirement of Jeff Bates at the end of the school year.
During the meeting the board approved donations and personnel items included in the packet.
Donations listed for approval included: $100 from Good Trucking LLC for junior varsity/varsity boys basketball; $100 from Christina Brander for the Southwestern Red food pantry; a memorial donation in memory of Mary Stockdale to Southwestern FFA (amount recorded partially in the packet); $1,862 from Jonathan Simpson for an eighth‑grade girls basketball stipend to benefit the middle school girls basketball program; $1,815 from Nancy Totten for the Southwestern varsity girls soccer program; $200 from cross‑country parents to cover hotel expenses; and $250 from a McDonald's fundraiser designated for Southwestern athletics.
Personnel actions approved or presented included hires (Angela Young for after‑school and summer care; Chuck Justice for behind‑the‑wheel driver training and school bus trainer duties; Brooke Hillary to replace Roberts in preschool and to work the after‑school and summer programs), the resignation of Brady Peters (effective Nov. 1, 2024; last day Nov. 22, 2024), several coaching reassignments (Ashton Good removed from seventh‑grade girls coach; Foster Meford hired for seventh‑grade girls and assigned in boys programs; Jackson Taylor recommended for sixth‑grade boys coach), and a retirement notice from Jeff Bates effective at the end of the 2024–25 school year.
The board asked for and received motions to approve the donations, conference requests, and personnel slate; motions proceeded by voice vote where recorded in the transcript.
Next steps: routine personnel items will be processed by district human resources.
