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Okemah Board ratifies hiring of 55 certified staff for 2026–27 contracts
Summary
The board approved Exhibit A (33 regular-contract hires), Exhibit B (5 temporary hires completing second-year probation) and Exhibit C (17 temporary hires completing first-year probation), a total of 55 certified personnel for 2026–2027; motions passed unanimously among members present.
The Okemah Board of Education on April 15 approved hiring lists for certified personnel for the 2026–2027 school year across three exhibits, totaling 55 named individuals.
Exhibit A (career personnel with regular contracts) lists 33 individuals, including teachers and a director of student services; Exhibit B records five hires on temporary contracts who completed their second probationary year; Exhibit C lists 17 hires on temporary contracts who completed their first probationary year. The motion to approve Exhibit A was made by J.C. Haddox and seconded by Randy Colbert and recorded as a 4–0 vote with one absent; the same motion/second and vote pattern applies to Exhibits B and C.
The public minutes and motions record names for each hire; the transcript does not include individual remarks by the hires or extended discussion in open session. The approvals were taken after an executive-session consideration of personnel items listed on the agenda under the statutory executive-session authority cited in the agenda.
