April 3-9 #oklaed News Brief

April 3

Ponca City News

• Ponca City Public Schools announces administrative changes

Tahlequah Daily Press

• POLITICAL ROUNDUP: Pemberton says Stitt-backed law will hurt schools

Enid News & Eagle

• Chisholm High School positions now open; current administrator's status left unclear
  

KFOR 4

• Oklahoma City Public Schools Board of Education votes to approve resolution supporting lawsuit against State Board over charter school funding
  

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April 4

Tulsa World

• Editorial: Don’t shift more tax money to charters at the cost of traditional public schools

City Sentinel

• Oklahoma City Public Schools Board Chair: For Charles Henry
  

Tahlequah Daily Press

• Area students set to take flight with NASA Academy

Ada News

• Roff resident wins medal in Oklahoma School for the Blind's regional Braille Challenge®
  

KFOR 4

• Oklahoma City Public Schools students return to in-person learning four days a week starting April 6

April 5

Tulsa World

• Charter school funding fallout: Sand Springs, Lawton, Yukon among first districts to consider additional legal action to oppose settlement deal
• House to get legislation addressing issues raised by State Board of Education charter schools decision
  

City Sentinel

• Parent Voice Oklahoma thanks State Board of Education for support of public charter schools
  

Muskogee Phoenix

• Porter students serve as state Senate pages

Journal Record

• Education funding, student transfer changes adopted
  

KFOR 4

• Guthrie Public Schools lifts district mask mandate
  

KOCO 5

• Guthrie Public Schools District removes mask mandate for students, staff starting Monday
• Putnam City students return to in-person learning Monday
• Commitment 2021: Hearing from candidates for OKCPS Board of Education chairperson
• Elementary school student in Ponca City tests positive for tuberculosis, district says
  

KPVI 6

• Sand Springs school board votes to sue state ed board over charter school funding
  

News 9

• Oklahoma virtual school finds nighttime is the right time for learning
  

KOAM 14

• New Oklahoma education laws worry local school staff
  

CNN

• These schools are planning free summer camps and teacher pay raises with stimulus money

April 6

The Oklahoman

• Lawmakers scrap controversial clawback provision in Oklahoma's Promise bill
• 93 year old caps 51 years on Millwood school board
• Epic One-on-One termination hearing reset for next month
  

Tulsa World

• TPS sending $414 million bond to voters in June
• Statewide virtual school board sets Epic Charter Schools termination proceedings for May
  

NonDoc

• Insolvent insurance? Oklahoma Schools Risk Management Trust could dissolve
• Paula Lewis re-elected chairperson of OKCPS Board of Education
• SVCSB denies Epic’s motion for summary judgement, sets new hearing date
  

Stillwater News Press

• Zacharias named SPS Teacher of the Year
  

KFOR 4

• Kingfisher Public Schools removes mask mandate for students, staff
• Oklahoma City Public Schools returns to the classroom four days a week
• Western Heights School District battles Oklahoma State School Board
  

News on 6

• City council, school board seats across Green Country up for grabs on election day
• Local health leader reacts after some Oklahoma school districts end their mask mandates
  

KMBC 9

• These schools are planning free summer camps and teacher pay raises with stimulus money
  

FOX 25

• Love's Travel Stop triples donation to Oklahoma City area schools to $300,000

KGOU

• Oklahoma public school districts band together to fight charter school funding equalization‍
  

StateImpact Oklahoma

• Oklahoma public school districts band together to fight charter school funding equalization
  

Yahoo News

• Mixed reaction after Oklahoma school district lifts district mask mandate
  

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April 7

The Oklahoman

• Paula Lewis hangs on in tight victory for OKC school board chair

Tulsa World

• Legislation to negate state school board decision would send medical marijuana money to some charter schools
• TPS to launch listening sessions to help develop next strategic plan
  

Enid News & Eagle

• Students can enroll in full-time Autry Tech programs this fall

Black Wall Street Times

• In historic victory, Joey Reyes wins Union Public Schools board election

Muskogee Phoenix

• Cherokee Nation provides record $6.3 million to 107 school districts during virtual public school appreciation day
• MHS students critical of possible mandatory citizenship test

KFOR 4

• Cherokee Nation donates record $6.3 million to 107 school districts during virtual Public School Appreciation Day
  

KOCO 5

• Oklahoma City Public Schools already looking ahead to next school year
• Students cheer on Deer Creek Public Schools employee after she passes US citizenship test
  

KSWO 7

• Cameron hosts annual FFA Agriculture Interscholastic Meet

News 9

• Termination hearing date set for half of Epic Charter Schools
  

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April 8

The Black Wall Street Times

• Oklahoma charter schools face setback in funding battle

Journal Record

• Teacher liability insurance, union dues bill advances
• Free Market Friday: Charter school students deserve equitable funding
  

Mvskoke Media

• Wilson Public School offers STEM program
  

Enid News & Eagle

• Chisholm High principal, assistant principal resign from posts; district board approves replacements
  

Woodward News

• TSET opens application period for Healthy Incentive Grants for Communities and Schools
  

KFOR 4

• State auditor spells out questionable practices by Epic Charter Schools for Oklahoma school leaders
  

KPVI 6

• Bill targeting teachers' association dues advances in Oklahoma House of Representatives
  

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April 9

The Oklahoman

• Oklahoma lawmakers advance bill to ban transgender athletes from female sports

FOX 25

• State Board of Education to discuss future of local school district‍