At its regular meeting, the Poteau School Board approved a set of routine motions by roll-call votes. Key actions recorded on the transcript included:

- Audit acknowledgement: Board authorized staff to sign and deliver the audit acknowledgement to Jenkins and Kemper CPAs to finalize the fiscal year audit (see auditor presentation).

- Minutes and financial reports: Board approved the Oct. 13 minutes, financial reports and encumbrances (several PO numbers discussed during the financial review, including PO 592, 597, 610, 618, 631, 650–652).

- Playoff stipend wording: The board approved wording changes to the Poteau playoff stipend schedule for 2025–26 (the document substitutes 'stipend' for 'bonus' for tax compliance; no dollar changes were made).

- PKMS principal stipend: The board approved a stipend in the amount of $4,121.28 to compensate the PKMS principal for 12 summer workdays to ensure onboarding and handbook completion for a new principal.

- Policy updates: The board approved five policies (OSSBA recommendations) including BBF (board code of ethics), BEC (executive session wording updates to permit discussion of leases/options), DOB (administrator due process), and GBA/GBA-E (open records procedures and request form).

- Out-of-state activity trips: The board approved routine out-of-state travel requests for varsity and junior-high athletics and cheer (dates and locations were described in the agenda).

- Executive session and personnel actions: The board convened an executive session under Title 25 Oklahoma Statutes §307(B)(1) to discuss personnel; no action was taken in executive session. After returning to open session, the board approved the resignation of Glenn Dobbs (PKMS custodian) and approved hires for Kelly Benedict (upper elementary custodian) and Ashley Oliver as PKMS principal.

The transcript records motion/second and roll-call affirmation for each item but does not include a complete, machine-readable vote tally linked to every individual member name in each instance. Where the transcript recorded roll-call names it documented verbal affirmatives for those present.