Watonga School Board declares Seat #3 vacant, schedules applicant review and appointment at Aug. 10 meeting

The Watonga Board of Education voted unanimously on Aug. 6, 2026, to declare Board Seat #3 vacant and to review prior applicants in executive session at the board's regular meeting on Monday, Aug. 10, 2026. "Aaron Clewell made a motion, seconded by Courtney Nagel that the Board declare Seat # 3 vacant and review previous Board applicants in the Executive Session at Monday, August 10, 2026 regular meeting and name a Board Member for Seat #6 following Executive Session and said Board Member to be sworn in at that time," the minutes record.

The motion passed on a 4-0 vote: Aaron Clewell-yes; Dwight McGee-yes; Courtney Nagel-yes; Mayra Flynn-yes. The board did not provide further detail during the special session about the reason for declaring Seat #3 vacant or about the discrepancy in the motion text that also references naming a member to Seat #6. The board's public minutes record the motion as written; the board is scheduled to meet on Aug. 10, when the members said they will review applicants in executive session and make an appointment and administer the oath to the new member, per the motion.