At the July 21 meeting of the Roland Board of Education, board members addressed a wide range of business, including staffing changes, policy approvals, budget matters and campus improvements.

The meeting began at 6 p.m. with approval of the June 9 meeting minutes. Vice-president Jerry Brooks then made a motion to accept the milk bid from Highland Dairy Foods, seconded by clerk Charles Howard, with unanimous approval.

Deputy clerk Darrell Madison Jr. then moved to approve the district’s student transfer capacity numbers for each school site in anticipation of the July 2025 state reporting deadline. Howard again seconded, and the motion carried unanimously.

Several routine items were also approved, including:

• Authorized signatures for Activity Fund accounts

• Renewal of the Oklahoma School Assurance Group (OSAG) workers’ compensation coverage

• Renewal of the Arbiter Sports agreement

• Policies for personal electronic devices and graduation

• Resignations of four staff members: Gina Hamlin (retirement), Amber Linson (cafeteria), Ashley Pratt (Special Education), and Katelynn Hurston (paraprofessional)

The board decided to table the agreement for a School Resource Officer for the 2025–26 school year until the next meeting.

An executive session began at 6:23 p.m. to discuss personnel matters. No votes were taken during the session, and the board returned to open session at 6:57 p.m.

Following the executive session, the board voted to hire Galvin Lynch as a paraprofessional/ coach, Jessica Crocket as an elementary paraprofessional, and Randy Floyd as custodian. However, the board unanimously voted to table hiring a librarian.

Financial matters

Financial approvals covered a wide scope, with board president Kevin Flurry making a motion to approve multiple encumbrances, PO claims and warrants. The motion was seconded by Howard and passed unanimously.

Notably, financial disbursements included:

• 2024–25 final payments before July 1: $37,405.89

• 2024–25 reserve payments on July 21: $68,427.94 (General), $17,245.00 (Building)

• 2025–26 expenditures: $184,517.93 (General Fund), $52,335.00 (General Payroll), and $49,216.07 (Building Fund) In new business, assistant superintendent Angie Goode read a resignation letter from Cortney Lott, which was accepted following a motion by Madison and a second from board member Caroline Speir.

Superintendent Lori Wiggins provided an update on several summer improvement projects, including:

• Road repairs

• New flooring in Pre-K/Kindergarten building, Special Education classroom, elementary library and offices

• Installation of new access control points at multiple campuses

• Addition of a third set of football bleachers

• Purchase of eight new cafeteria tables for the elementary school Wiggins also announced that she, along with Goode and Dara Tyler, will be presenting at the upcoming OSSBA conference in September due to strong feedback from a prior CCOSA presentation.

The meeting adjourned at 7:20 p.m.

This news story is based on the unofficial minutes from the board meeting and could be in error if the minutes are changed prior to adoption.