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Okemah board approves one hire and three resignations after executive session
Summary
After an executive session under O.S. 25, Sec. 307(B)(1), the board approved hiring Dalton Flanders as a high school teacher on a temporary 2026–27 contract and accepted resignations from Chauncey Goff, Tracey Goff and Angie Whisnant; the hiring of Angela Church was listed for discussion but no public vote is recorded in the provided segments.
The Okemah Board of Education entered executive session under Oklahoma Statute O.S. 25, Sec. 307(B)(1) on personnel matters and then returned to open session to record actions. In open session the board voted to hire Dalton Flanders as a high school teacher on a temporary contract for the 2026–2027 school year. The motion to hire Flanders was moved by J.C. Haddox and seconded by Randy Colbert; the vote was recorded as unanimous among attending members.
The board also voted to accept three resignations: those of Chauncey Goff, Tracey Goff and Angie Whisnant. Motions and seconders are recorded for each resignation and each vote passed. The executive session agenda had listed hiring Angela Church as a temporary high school teacher, but the provided public segments do not include a recorded vote approving that hire; the transcript lists the item but no final vote is shown in the supplied segments. Superintendent evaluation was also listed as an executive-session item; the transcript does not include any public action or summary of that evaluation.
