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Forest Area board approves three hires and completes superintendent evaluation in closed session

Forest Area Community Schools Board of Education · January 12, 2026
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Summary

The board approved three personnel hires and convened a closed session to complete and approve Superintendent Mike Moran's year-end evaluation; closed session ran from 7:04–7:45 p.m., and the meeting adjourned at 7:46 p.m.

The Forest Area Community Schools Board on Jan. 12 approved three personnel hires and completed a closed-session superintendent evaluation.

On motions by Joanna Durfee, supported by Travis Tracey and Kari Morgan in separate motions, the board approved hiring Andrea Schultz as a high-school paraprofessional, approved Monique Howard for a position noted in the transcript without further specification, and approved Shaye Ellis as the middle-school cheer coach. Each motion was recorded as "motion carried." The motions were introduced and supported in open session; the transcript does not include a recorded roll-call tally for each hire.

Later the board voted to enter a closed session for the superintendent evaluation at 7:04 p.m.; the board reconvened at 7:45 p.m. After returning from closed session, the board approved Superintendent Mike Moran’s completed year-end evaluation on a motion by Joanna Durfee, supported by Travis Tracey. The meeting adjourned at 7:46 p.m.

The transcript records the hires and the evaluation approval as formal board actions; it does not provide personnel contracts, salary figures, or the text of the evaluation.