Oakdale board unanimously approves consent agenda, 2026 meeting schedule and fundraisers

The Oakdale Public School Board of Education, presided over by President Caeli Williams, unanimously approved a slate of routine actions at its Nov. 11, 2025, regular meeting.

Clerk Kimber Shoop moved to approve the consent agenda, and Vice President Jodi Hietpas seconded the motion. "Motion to approve consent agenda," the minutes record; the motion passed with three yea votes and no opposition. The consent agenda encompassed approval of the Oct. 7, 2025 meeting minutes, acceptance of the Treasurer's Report for the month ending Oct. 31, 2025, and the routine encumbrances and payment registers for the general, building, activity and bond funds.

In separate votes, the board approved its calendar of regular meeting dates for 2026 to be held in the Kim Lanier Oakdale Fine Arts Center auditorium at 6:00 p.m. The vote to adopt the 2026 schedule was moved by Clerk Kimber Shoop, seconded by Vice President Jodi Hietpas, and passed unanimously.

Also on the consent docket, the board approved a list of fundraisers and related activity events submitted by school staff. Packet materials list several events and programs approved for fundraising, including a Family Feast (11/21/2025), an Oakdale Holiday Market (12/7/2025), a dodgeball tournament (3/12/2026), seasonal cinnamon-roll and concession sales, activity ticket sales and school dances. The minutes show the motion to approve fundraisers was made by Kimber Shoop and seconded by Jodi Hietpas, and carried 3–0.

Finally, the board approved a personnel-related financial custody change by adding Dr. Carl Johnson as an activity fund co-custodian; that motion was also made by Kimber Shoop, seconded by Hietpas, and approved unanimously. The meeting was adjourned at 6:37 p.m.