Nearly seven dozen Kingfisher Public Schools certified staff were rehired for the 2024-25 school year.

About three dozen more will have to wait another month to learn their fate.

Kingfisher Board of Education members voted 4-0 Monday night to rehire 83 tenured teachers, or those that have three or more years with the district.

However, the board also voted 4-0 to table rehiring a list of about 36 teachers who are on temporary contracts. With a few exceptions, that list includes those who have been with the district less than three years.

The moves were made about nearly 90 minutes in executive session at the regular April meeting held in the Kingfisher Junior High library.

After the vote to rehire the group of teachers for next school year, board member Brad Wittrock made the motion to table the item regarding those on temporary contracts.

Terry Payne seconded the motion and they were joined by Charles Walker and Dana Golbek in voting to delay approving the list as presented to the board.

Board member Carly Franks was present for the first 30 minutes of the meeting, but had to leave at the beginning of the executive session, therefore didn’t vote on the final few items.

Prior to going into executive session, Superintendent David Glover said the two lists were compiled after extensive talks with the various building principals, who, he said, recommended the names on the lists.

Certified staff rehired for 2024-25 were: Barbara Baker, Tracy Baustert, Stephanie Bieren, Bridget Birdwell, Misty Blundell, Stan Blundell, Rhonda Bromlow, Kara Brueggen, Nicole Buck, Kristina Burnham, Suzanne Crow, Riley Dacus, Micah Daugherty, Davin DeVilbiss, Katelyn Dissinger, Tammy Duncan, Aniessa Edsall, David Ellis, Janie Erwin, Stephanie Farrell, Morgan Finley, Lili Giles, Tyler Gradert, Jarren Graham, Teresa Greco, Laurie Hagar, Stephanie Harper, Becky Hart, Whitney Hauser, Micah Hensley, Makylah Henton and Janet Hood.

Also, Dakota Horn, Mandy Horn, Rachel Ince, Samantha Ingram, Maria Jimenez, Kurt Kaya, Coni Kitchens, Lara Kostka, Lacey Kuehn, Melody Kuehn, Mallory Kusik, Kerri Lafferty, Jenny Laudwig, Paula Leffingwell, Meggan Lunsford, Diann Magnus, Carla Marshall, Amanda Matthews, Kara Mueggenborg, Lainey Mueggenborg, Jeff Myers, Jill Myers, Sabrina Naulta and Mandy Owens.

And, Derek Patterson, Amy Pearson, Carina Ponce, Stuart Purintun, Carma Reagan, Lesley Redwine, Mark Redwine, Sheila Redwine, Teneille Rother, Melinda Rowan, Kris Schaefer, Michele Simon, Steffanie Stephenson, Tracy Stephenson, Michelle Stone, Kenneth Thompson, Kayla Voth, Liz Walter, Isaac Waltman, Rebecca Whiteman, Terry Willis, Heather Wittrock, Elizabeth Wood, Kaytlyn Woods, Shasta Yost, Nakomis Young and Taylor Young.

Two names not on that list were Melanie Green and Jackie Sternberger.

Their resignations were announced during the meeting.

Green, a kindergarten teacher at Gilmour Elementary, has accepted a position at Dover, where her husband Danny Green teaches and coaches.

Sternberger, a history teacher at the high school and the 2023-24 district teacher of the year, has accepted a position at Durant Public Schools.

Third grade teacher Morgan Fialkowski also tendered her resignation as did paraprofessionals Chloe Meacham, Kori Mink and Barbara Hoselton.