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After executive session, Vian Board hires two staff, approves adjuncts and signs multiple contracts
Summary
Following an executive session on July 14, the Vian Board employed Crystal Taylor and Maria Casteel for 2025–26, approved adjunct appointments for Charles Matt Davis and Lisa Storer, and approved central office, administration and 12‑month employee contracts as recorded in the minutes.
The Vian Board of Education convened an executive session at 7:54 p.m. under 25 Okla. Stat. §307(B)(1) and §307(B)(3) to discuss personnel and purchase/appraisal of real property. After returning to open session at 8:58 p.m., the board took several personnel actions recorded in the minutes.
The board voted to employ Crystal Taylor as an elementary teacher for the 2025–26 school year (motion by Thornton, second by Sanford) and to employ Maria Casteel as a paraprofessional for 2025–26 (motion by Cotner, second by Thornton); both motions passed unanimously. The board also voted to adjunct Charles Matt Davis (Physical Education) and Lisa Storer (Elementary Education), approved central office and administration contracts, and approved 12‑month employee contracts and extra duty assignments and stipends. Each action was moved, seconded and recorded as passing with unanimous yes votes from Cotner, Simon, Ford, Sanford and Thornton.
The minutes reference specific staff names and contract/position titles but do not include salary amounts, contract text or detailed terms in the public minutes. The board president delivered a statement of executive session minutes upon return to open session, but the transcript does not include that statement's text.
