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Okmulgee Board of Education approves consent agenda, personnel and policy updates
Summary
At its Aug. 12, 2025 meeting the Okmulgee Board of Education approved the consent agenda, multiple personnel hires and certifications, a change to the salary and fringe schedule, contracts with CCOSA and Salt Creek Learning, an update to Policy 4014, and declared surplus athletic equipment for sale.
The Okmulgee Board of Education met Aug. 12, 2025, at the Board of Education building. Board President Mike James called the meeting to order at 5:30 p.m., and Board Minutes Clerk LaVerne McKee called the roll; all four board members were present, establishing a quorum.
The board unanimously approved the consent agenda (items 2A–2D), which included minutes from prior meetings, monthly encumbrances and expenditures, school rental requests and fundraiser activities. The board then approved a series of personnel and administrative items across the action agenda, each by unanimous vote.
Superintendent LuVona Copeland provided a brief start-of-year report and an update on construction at Harmon Stadium and the Primary School. The board approved the resignation of Hillary Huddleston and employed support staff for 2025–2026, including Addison Merideth (Dunbar Intermediate), Shannan Smith (high school science), James Young (child nutrition) and May Johnson (women's basketball assistant lay coach). Emergency certification applications were approved for Addison Merideth (Intermediate/Mid-Level Language Arts) and Shannan Smith (High School Physical Science); the board also approved an adjunct certification for Tyler Jackson and purchase plan period designations for five staff members for FY26.
The board approved agreements with CCOSA for district-level services and a school services agreement with Salt Creek Learning, LLC, and authorized contracting Marla O'Nesky for special education caseload management services for 2025–2026. The board approved participation in Oklahoma Department of Career and Technical Education programs for FY26 and voted to apply to the Oklahoma State Department of Education for deregulation of the librarian position for Dunbar Intermediate and Okmulgee High School.
A change to the salary and fringe benefits schedule that "adds an additional ten years" to the schedule was approved; the minutes do not provide dollar amounts or further detail. The board updated Board Policy 4014 (Student Use of Personal Electronic Devices) and approved declaring surplus athletic uniforms and equipment to be sold. The meeting adjourned at 6:10 p.m.
The board recorded all motions as carried unanimously; minutes do not record any dissenting votes or discussion detail beyond the items listed.
