April is a busy month for the board and this is a recap of the two meetings that took place last night April 14.
First meeting is a "ReOrganizational Meeting" that is required annually. We did not have to have an election with the 3 incumbents, Liz Bolander, John Edgeller and Wes Gunter, signed up. They were sworn in and then the old board was dissolved with reorganization following. Wes Gunter was nominated and approved as President, Matthew Franks was nominated and approved as Vice President, Amy Ellett appointed as Treasurer and Melba Johnson appointed Board Secretary. Liz Bolander and Nathan Recktenwald were nominated to be the MSBA Delegate and Alternate Delegate respectively. The ReOrganizational meeting was adjourned.
The regular monthly meeting was called to order and the following is a summary of the meeting.
The consent agenda was approved consisting of the previous meeting minutes, paying of bills, and monthly safety report. This was followed by an update on the monthly financial outlook. Michelle Miller, Kayla Franks, Brooke Johnson, Katie Cahoj were present to provide their PD update on professional development they have attended. All of the updates were informative and Mrs. Cahoj's was engaging!
There was no Old Business and in New Business the MSBA Membership Approval was tabled till May as we have not received their invoice and membership agreement yet. The Board did approve the MSHSAA Affiliation Agreement renewal with West Plains for football. This was followed by a review of a quote from B&W Asphalt to sealcoat and stripe the new track. We had to wait a year before being able to sealcoat it. The quote of $11,826.35 was approved for double sealcoating, marking and striping the lanes. Following this Dr. Perkins presented the MSBA 26A policy updates and all of those were approved as presented. Dr. Perkins and I presented our administrators reports followed by the board setting the May board meeting for May 7th at 6 pm.
In closed session the board approved two resignations, one from Mr. James Jones effective at the end of this school year and one from Mr. Donivan Owens effective at the end of this school year. The board reviewed and approved all other non certified for intent to return for rehire. The board reviewed all of the extra duty assignments and the following is what they approved, all the same with a couple of exceptions. Matt Frego will take over baseball assistant and boys track assistant
Jason Harrill- Athletic Director, Boys Cross Country, Boys Basketball, Girls
Basketball, Girls Pee Wee Basketball, Boys Track
Brooke Johnson- Girls Softball, Volleyball, Yearbook
Madison DeShazo- Cheerleading, Student Council
Tracy Gendron- Girls Track, Girls Cross Country
Katie Cahoj- BETA, Honor Choir
Angela Wade- Chess Sponsor, BETA
Dalyn Bird- BETA
Amelia Henderson- Girls Softball Assistant, Girls Cross Country Assistant,
Girls Track Assistant
Alex Medina- Boys Baseball, Boys Cross Country Assistant, Boys Basketball
Assistant, Girls Basketball, Assistant, Boys Pee Wee Basketball,
Volleyball Assistant
Matt Frego- Boys Baseball Assistant, Boys Track Assistant
Melba Johnson- Board Secretary
DeAnn Sellers- District Assessment Coordinator, SPED Testing
Kayla Franks - PAT Coordinator and Assistant Volleyball
Sonja Overstreet was approved for intent to hire as a paraprofessional for the
2026-2027 school year.
The board came out of closed session and adjourned till the next appointed meeting.