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Miami R-I board accepts coach resignation, offers coaching job and holds executive session on personnel
Summary
During the Sept. 26 meeting the board accepted the resignation of the junior high girls basketball coach, offered the position to Zechariah Blaine, approved retroactive substitute pay for Shannon Crawford and moved into a closed executive session for personnel matters under RSMo 610.021.
The Miami R-I Board of Education accepted a resignation, made an appointment offer for a coaching position and held a closed executive session for personnel at its Sept. 26, 2024 meeting.
The board accepted Mrs. Dinneen’s resignation as junior high girls basketball coach for the 2024–25 school year and unanimously approved a motion to offer the position to Zechariah (Zech) Blaine. The minutes record that Blaine briefly left the room at 7:16 p.m. and returned at 7:19 p.m. The minutes record that the motion to offer Blaine the position passed 7–0; the minutes do not include text recording Blaine’s acceptance, only the board’s offer.
The board also voted to waive the waiting period and begin long-term substitute pay retroactive to Aug. 20, 2024 for Shannon Crawford; the motion passed unanimously. Later in the meeting the board adjourned into a closed executive session at 7:22 p.m. under RSMo 610.021 subsections (1), (3), (6) and (13) for personnel matters; all visitors were asked to leave. The board exited executive session at 7:41 p.m. and did not re-enter the open session.
Why it matters: personnel actions affect staff assignments and pay. The minutes record official offers and pay decisions; the executive session citation indicates the board discussed personnel matters in closed session but the minutes contain no substantive record of what was discussed in executive session.
Details from the minutes: - Accept resignation: Mrs. Dinneen resigned from the Jr. High Girls Basketball Coach role; motion approved 7–0. - Offer coaching position: Motion to offer the Jr. High Girls Basketball Coach position to Zechariah Blaine; approved 7–0. Minutes note Blaine’s brief absence during the meeting. - Substitute pay: Waiver of waiting period and retroactive long-term substitute pay effective Aug. 20, 2024 for Shannon Crawford; approved 7–0. - Executive session: Entered at 7:22 p.m. under RSMo 610.021 (1), (3), (6) & (13); exited at 7:41 p.m.; minutes indicate the board did not return to open session.
The minutes do not specify whether any formal employment contract was signed or whether the coaching offer was accepted; those details would be subject to follow-up with district administration.
