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LONE OAK ISD board approves consent agenda, personnel actions and extends superintendent contract
Summary
At its March 23 meeting the LONE OAK ISD Board of Trustees approved the consent agenda, ratified a 2026-27 certification survey, amended the academic calendar, cancelled a special election after certifying an unopposed candidate, approved contract renewals and terminations, and extended the superintendent’s contract by one year.
The LONE OAK ISD Board of Trustees convened March 23 and approved a series of routine and personnel actions after an executive session on personnel matters.
Trustee Clint Patterson moved to approve the consent agenda, which included the monthly check register, finance and investment report, budget amendments/reallocation, minutes from the previous meeting and the book review list; Trustee Drew McMurtre seconded and the motion passed (Yea: 6, Nay: 0, Absent: 1).
Administrators gave brief campus and operational updates. "Dr. Wilhite gave an LOHS update," the record states; other administrators provided updates on curriculum, HR, transportation, safety and maintenance.
The board ratified the Certification 2026-27 Survey, approved an amendment to the 2026-2027 academic calendar to accommodate PJC scheduling changes, and cancelled a previously ordered special election after receiving certification that candidates were unopposed. The board recorded that Donald Isenburg was certified as unopposed and thereby elected.
After adjourning into closed session under Section 551.074 to discuss personnel, the board returned to open session and approved the superintendent’s recommendations to renew contracts for 2026-2027 and to terminate certain probationary contracts at the end of their current probationary periods. Trustee Clint Patterson moved the renewal motion; Trustee Orville Gentry seconded and the motion passed (Yea: 6, Nay: 0, Absent: 1). Separate motions to approve probationary terminations were also passed.
Following the closed-session appraisal, the board approved a one-year extension of Superintendent Nate Compton’s contract. "I recommend the extension of Superintendent, Nate Compton's contract by one year as discussed in closed session," the record shows; Trustee Clint Patterson moved the motion and Trustee Orville Gentry seconded; the motion passed (Yea: 6, Nay: 0, Absent: 1).
The meeting adjourned at 9:32 PM.
