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Fox Public Schools board approves 2024–25 plans, fundraisers and financial filings
Summary
At its Sept. 19 meeting the Fox Public Schools board approved the district emergency and academic plans for 2024–25, multiple fundraisers and travel for the football team and cheerleaders, filed financial reports for audit, and approved purchase orders and payments; votes were recorded as noted in the minutes.
At a regular meeting Sept. 19 at the superintendent’s office, the Fox Public Schools board approved a set of district plans and routine financial and program items for the 2024–25 school year.
Vice‑President Otto Young called the meeting to order at 7:00 p.m. and recorded roll call; President Joey Rodriguez and Member Twanna Owens were absent. Clerk Stacie Fletcher moved to approve the consent agenda (items #4–#17), and Vice‑President Otto Young seconded. The motion passed with Fletcher, Member Carolyn McConnell and Young voting aye; Rodriguez and Owens were recorded absent.
The consent agenda and subsequent motions approved the minutes of the Aug. 22, 2024 meeting; the 2024–25 estimate of needs; a list of substitute teachers for 2024–25 (Laura Alvarado, Ariah Williams, Amber Davis, Cassie LeMaster and Jessica Waller); the Fox School ACT readiness report; and the annual dropout report. The board also approved district safety and academic documents for 2024–25, specifically the Fox School District emergency plan, the Language Instruction Educational Program (LIEP), the Comprehensive District Academic Plan (CDAP) and a cardiac arrest emergency action plan.
The board approved a slate of fundraisers, including activities for athletics, FCCLA, SUCO/NHS, the Fox Elementary annual event, high school and junior high cheer programs, PTO after‑prom, and class fundraisers for the classes of 2024–2029 and FFA. The board approved planned and unplanned out‑of‑state travel for the high school football team and cheerleaders for the 2024–25 school year.
Two child nutrition items were recorded: the minutes state approval “to resend Mark Williams as authorized representative for the child nutrition for the 2024‑2025 school year” and an approval to appoint Sylvia Shepherd as authorized representative for the child nutrition program for 2024–25 (as recorded in the minutes).
The board adopted multiple OSSBA policies, listed in the minutes as DBCA (Standards of Performance and Conduct for Teachers), EMBD (Flags), GBA and GBA‑R (Open Records Act and regulation), and BE and BE‑R (Open Meeting Act and regulation). Motions to file the activity fund financial report and the district financial reports for audit were moved and carried with the same recorded aye votes among present members.
Later in the meeting, Fletcher moved and Member Carolyn McConnell seconded approval of purchase orders, payroll purchase orders and payments across the general and building funds (the minutes record ranges of P.O. numbers and payment numbers). The minutes note “NO ACTION ON ITEM 21, 22, 23.”
The meeting was adjourned at 7:34 p.m. on a motion by Fletcher, seconded by Young, carried by the three members present.
The minutes show routine approvals and financial filings; no policy controversies, public comments, or contested votes appear in the recorded text. The next regular meeting date is not specified in the provided minutes.
