Fox Board of Education retains leadership, approves contracts and facility purchases

The Fox Board of Education met Feb. 22, 2024, at the superintendent’s office and voted to retain its existing officers and to approve several administrative and facilities items. Clerk Stacie Fletcher moved to keep the board positions the same — President Joey Eusebio Rodriguez, Vice‑President Otto Young and Clerk Stacie Fletcher — and Member Twanna Owens seconded. The motion passed with Fletcher, Young and Owens recorded as voting yes; Carolyn McConnell and Joey Eusebio Rodriguez were recorded absent.

The board approved parts of the consent agenda, including the regular meeting minutes of Jan. 25, 2024; item #5 was tabled. The consent/action items recorded in the minutes include approval of the OKTLE contract for the 2024–2025 school year and a standard dishwashing‑machine agreement with Auto‑Chlor. The minutes state that agenda item #7 was tabled. All consent/action items were recorded as carried by the same vote pattern (three yes, two absent).

By formal motion, the board filed the activity‑fund financial report and the district financial report for audit. The board also approved purchase orders, payroll ranges and payments across the General Fund and Building Fund to be filed for audit; the municipal tax levy and 2014 building bond series had no purchases or payments listed in the minutes.

On facilities, the board approved the purchase and installation of air‑conditioning units for the gymnasium and the purchase and installation of a ballistic storm shelter, both to be executed at the discretion of the superintendent. The motions for both items were recorded as made by Stacie Fletcher and seconded by Twanna Owens and passed with three affirmative votes and two absences.

A final motion to adjourn carried and the meeting ended at 7:31 p.m. The minutes document includes a signature/date line of March 14, 2024.

The transcript records statutory notice language at the start of the meeting ("pursuant to the provision 24 O.W. 301 et. seq. (1977)") indicating the posted notice and agenda were provided in advance. The minutes do not include dollar amounts, vendor contract values, schedule/timelines for installation, or detailed procurement bids; those details were not specified in the transcript and are listed as not specified in the clarifying details.