Valley School District board votes to recommend hiring Dr. Brent Osborn as superintendent, pending contract

Director Bill Wilson called the Valley School District special board meeting to order at 10:00 a.m. April 30 and, after an extended executive session, moved that the board select and hire Dr. Brent Osborn as the recommendation to hire for Valley School District superintendent, "pending successful contract negotiations and reference checks." Director Doug Elledge seconded the motion and the minutes state the motion carried.

The vote occurred after the board entered executive session at 10:01 a.m. "To evaluate the qualifications of an applicant for public employment and to review the performance of a public employee." The executive session was anticipated to last approximately 10 hours; the board returned to the open meeting at 7:32 p.m. and adjourned at 7:49 p.m.

Directors listed in the minutes as present were Director Bill Wilson, Director Doug Elledge, Director Nancy Cocroft, Director Paul Voelker and Director Crystal Hubert. The minutes do not record a roll-call vote tally or individual yes/no votes; they state only that the motion carried. The motion text recorded in the minutes was: "Bill moved to select and hire Dr. Brent Osborn as Recommendation to Hire: Valley School District Superintendent, pending successful contract negotiations and reference checks. Doug seconded; motion carried." The minutes do not specify further details of the contract, the timeline for negotiations, or the results of any reference checks.

The minutes are signed and dated May 20, 2026. No additional actions, amendments to the motion, or formal vote counts are recorded in the published minutes for this special meeting.