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Fox Board enters executive session, approves one‑time $500 staff stipend
Summary
After meeting in executive session under 25 O.S. §307(B)(1), the Fox Board approved a one‑time approximate $500 "bring‑home" stipend for all school employees, to be paid Dec. 3, 2024; the motion passed with three ayes and two recorded absences.
The Fox Board of Education met in executive session on Nov. 21, 2024 to discuss personnel matters and approved a one‑time stipend for all district employees.
President Joey Rodriguez moved the board into executive session at 7:38 p.m., citing 25 O.S. § 307(B)(1) (personnel). The meeting was reopened to the public at 8:20 p.m. following a compliance statement. After reopening, the board approved a motion, moved by Otto Young and seconded by Carolyn McConnell, to grant a stipend for all school employees with an "approximate bring‑home amount" of $500, scheduled to be paid on Dec. 3, 2024. The minutes record the vote as Carolyn McConnell aye, Joey Rodriguez aye, and Otto Young aye; Stacie Fletcher and Twanna Owens are recorded as absent on the vote.
The minutes do not state the total fiscal cost of the stipend to the district or any offsetting funding source; the stipend amount in the minutes is described as an approximate bring‑home figure rather than a gross or total cost. The minutes also do not include commentary from individual trustees explaining the funding source or fiscal impact. The meeting was adjourned at 8:34 p.m.
