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Board approves multiple coaching hires and volunteer assistants for 2025–26
Summary
The Sesser-Valier board approved employment of several extracurricular coaches — including James Lance, Rod Sides, Carlie Page and Katrina Lance — and accepted a slate of volunteer assistants across sports; some hires were contingent on background checks or grant funding.
The board approved multiple extracurricular hires during the May 12 meeting. Following procedural recusals where appropriate, the board voted to employ James Lance as a high school football assistant coach (recusal noted for Board Member Clark Lance), Rod Sides as a high school football assistant coach 'subject to and contingent upon his successful completion of both a statutorily-required fingerprint-based criminal background check and employment history review,' Carlie Page as high school assistant girls volleyball coach, and Katrina Lance as JHS girls softball coach. All motions passed by roll call with unanimous affirmative votes among voting members.
The board also approved volunteer assistant coaches and sponsors across athletics and activities, listing numerous volunteers for high school football, volleyball, cheerleading, boys and girls basketball, and junior high teams. The board additionally employed Regina Tinsley as Teen REACH Grant Coordinator and Leslie Hacker as Teen REACH Grant Assistant Coordinator, each 'subject to and contingent upon grant funding for 2025-2026.' The minutes record resignations acknowledged for Eric Saunders (JHS girls softball coach, effective April 18, 2025) and Dana Laur (JHS girls volleyball coach, effective April 25, 2025).
