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Haileyville school board appoints Ryan Griffin, approves budgets, pay increase and updated policies
Summary
At a Nov. 18 special meeting, the Haileyville Public Schools Board appointed Ryan Griffin to Seat No. 5, approved financial warrants and purchase orders, granted a staff salary increase for Iva Dawkins and adopted a set of updated OSSBA board policies.
The Haileyville Public Schools Board of Education appointed Ryan Griffin to the vacant Seat No. 5 and approved routine financial items, a staff salary increase and several updated board policies at a special meeting Tuesday evening in the district library.
Board President Jared Hauff called the meeting to order at 7:00 p.m. and declared a quorum present. Lindsay Curtis, board clerk, moved to appoint Ryan Griffin to the vacant board seat; Brett White, vice-president, seconded the motion. The board recorded Jared Hauff as abstaining, with Curtis and White voting yes. After the appointment, Griffin took the Oath of Office.
The board approved a package of routine financial items, including 2025–2026 General Fund warrants Nos. 325–443 and purchase orders Nos. 1–164; Building Fund warrants Nos. 26–41 and purchase orders Nos. 1–36; and Sinking Fund warrant No. 1 with purchase orders Nos. 1–2. Jared Hauff moved to approve the warrants and purchase orders; Lindsay Curtis seconded. The motion passed with Hauff, Curtis, White and newly seated Griffin voting yes.
Lindsay Curtis moved, and Brett White seconded, approval of the Treasurer’s and Activity Fund Report for November 2025; the board voted to approve the report with all four seated members voting yes.
In routine reports, Brandie Heath, elementary/high school principal, said the district’s Trunk-or-Treat on Oct. 30 had a strong turnout; a Veterans Assembly was held Nov. 12 at 10:00 a.m. followed by a potluck for veterans and their families; and the cafeteria will serve the annual Thanksgiving lunch on Nov. 20. Superintendent Roger Hemphill offered no items for discussion under his report and the meeting recorded no new business.
On personnel, the board approved a salary increase for Iva Dawkins. The motion, made by Lindsay Curtis and seconded by Brett White, noted that Dawkins "has a 10 year Master’s degree" and will move from part-time to full-time employment for the remainder of the 2025–26 school year. The motion passed with unanimous recorded votes by Hauff, Curtis, White and Griffin.
The board adopted a set of updated and new policies provided by the Oklahoma School Boards Association (OSSBA). The policies approved included: Code of Ethics for Board Members; Executive Sessions; Open Records Requests; Public Record Access Request (Oklahoma Open Records Act); Due Process for Administrators; Behavioral Threat Assessment; and the Behavioral Threat Assessment Checklist. Jared Hauff moved to adopt the OSSBA updates and new policies; Lindsay Curtis seconded, and the board approved the package with all members voting yes.
The board also approved submitted fundraiser requests after a motion by Curtis and a second by White; the vote was unanimous. The meeting was adjourned on a motion by Curtis, seconded by Ryan Griffin, and closed at 7:43 p.m.
No public commentary or contested items were recorded in the minutes. The district did not specify follow-up dates for the new policies in the minutes.
