Skyline Schools board accepts teacher resignation and approves three teacher contracts and two coach hires

Skyline Schools’ board met in a special session on May 29, 2026, and accepted the resignation of teacher Leah Befort effective at the end of the 2025–26 school year. The board also approved employment contracts for three teachers for 2026–27 and two supplemental coaching contracts.

President Rex Robinson called the meeting to order at 6:30 a.m., though Mark Graber was appointed to lead the meeting because Robinson’s cell-phone connection was inconsistent. The agenda was approved on a motion by David McComb, seconded by Jerry DeWeese; the motion carried.

The board twice moved into executive session to discuss personnel matters under KOMA (the transcript cites the KOMA exception for non-elected personnel). The first executive session began after a motion by Jerry DeWeese, seconded by David McComb, and the open meeting resumed at 7:02 a.m. The board returned to executive session later the same morning on a motion by DeWeese, seconded by McComb, with the open meeting resuming at 7:14 a.m. Administrators and the business manager were invited to attend the executive sessions. The transcript records the board’s reliance on the KOMA exception but does not record substantive details of the personnel discussions because they took place in executive session.

After returning to open session, the board approved a motion by David McComb, seconded by Allen Smith, to accept the resignation of Leah Befort, effective at the end of the 2025–26 school year; the motion carried. The board then moved, on McComb’s motion and Smith’s second, to offer teaching contracts for the 2026–27 school year to Riston Landwehr, Samuel Fisher and Jackson Wallace; those motions carried. The board approved supplemental contracts for 2026–27 naming Todd Leed as head high-school volleyball coach and Jaycee Landwehr as head high-school girls basketball coach, again on a motion by McComb and a second from Smith; the motions carried. The minutes do not specify salary amounts, contract terms beyond the school year, or other employment conditions.

A visitor identified as parent Debra Hamilton was recorded as attending; no public comment by the visitor appears in the transcript. The meeting was adjourned on a motion by Allen Smith, seconded by Jerry DeWeese, and the session ended at 7:16 a.m.

What the transcript does not specify: vote tallies for the motions (the record notes only “motion carried”), the board’s district name beyond "the Board," and any compensation or contract details for the hires and supplemental positions. No additional actions or next steps were recorded in the minutes.