The Middale Public Schools Board of Education approved multiple administrative and operational items April 14 in a set of consent and action votes.

Key votes (outcomes)
- Reorganization of the board: The board approved election/appointments for board leadership and officers (President: Miss Standridge; Vice President: Dr. Kirk; Clerk: Miss Schultz) and named Candy Perkins deputy clerk. (approved, unanimous)
- Consent agenda: Approved routine consent items (approved).
- Calendar revision: Board moved May 2 from a snow day to an instructional day and set May 19 as a non-instructional day for graduation to keep the district in compliance with instructional time requirements (approved, unanimous).
- Audit services: Approved continuing engagement with Jenkins & Kemper for independent audit services for a fifth year (approved, unanimous).
- Procurement policy D5: Approved a minor revision to allow non-annual bid purchasing of drinks under a dollar threshold (approved, unanimous).
- 403(b) vendor outreach: Authorized staff to contact 403(b) vendors and explore PlanServe through American Fidelity to consolidate cafeteria-plan discussions and reduce vendor fees (approved, unanimous).
- Vehicle lease for maintenance fleet: Approved entering a lease-to-own program with Enterprise Fleet Management to replace aging maintenance vehicles; district staff noted the plan would allow a faster fleet refresh than outright purchase (approved, unanimous).
- Summer programs: Approved the Middale Summer Academy and summer feeding program (approved, unanimous).
- MOA with U.S. Air Force: Approved a memorandum of agreement between the district and the U.S. Air Force (approved, unanimous).
- Homecoming dates: Approved homecoming dates for the 2025-26 year (approved, unanimous).
- E-rate networking upgrades: Approved contract and e-rate application for Cisco switch upgrades; estimated 85% of $531,000 cost to be covered by E‑rate pending USAC (approved, unanimous).
- Medicaid billing services: Approved entering contracts with the State Department of Education and consultants for Medicaid billing of eligible related services (approved, unanimous).
- Child Nutrition grant: Accepted a $25,000 local-food grant for Child Nutrition (approved, unanimous).
- Disaster restoration services: Approved a renewable contract with Blackmon Mooring for emergency disaster response (approved, unanimous).
- MDTC vehicle purchase: Approved purchase of a Chevy Equinox for the technology center (approved, unanimous).
- Donation: Accepted scaffolding donated to the district’s masonry program (approved, unanimous).
- Personnel items: Approved all items in the human resources report, district-administrator recommendations, certified teacher rehiring lists, athletic director rehires and site-administrator recommendations (approved, unanimous).
- Financial services and other contracts: Renewed BOK Financial securities services and approved several other routine contracts and agreements.

Why it matters: These votes cover day-to-day operations — from network infrastructure and fleet replacement to summer programming and personnel — and collectively affect instructional continuity, safety and district finances.

Meeting context
Board members generally described these items as routine; several items (vehicle lease and e-rate upgrades) were discussed briefly for fiscal prudence and implementation scheduling. There were no recorded no votes on the items listed above; all passed by voice vote or roll call with ayes recorded.

Ending
District staff will proceed to implement the approved contracts, proceed with the e-rate filing and present bid results or contract details to the board as vendor processes complete.