August 22-28 #oklaed News Brief

August 22

Tulsa World

• Editorial: Epic Charter Schools should drop dispute with state senator and concentrate on educating children

Grand Lake News

• Grove students won’t miss any days due to COVID-19
  

Enid News & Eagle

• Oklahoma Arts Institute announces new online arts academy for high school students
  

KOCO 5

• Edmond Public Schools cafeteria worker says members of support staff aren't protected enough
• Oklahoma schools in need of more substitute teachers amid pandemic
  

KXII 12

• Coleman Public Schools close after superintendent tests positive for COVID-19

August 23

The Oklahoman

• Normalcy not normal for students during pandemic
• Point of View: Public school teachers deserve hazard pay‍
• COVID relief funding helping OKC schools fill technology gap
  

Tulsa World

• Attendance at TPS will be tied to completion of assignments during distance learning this fall
  

Stillwater News Press

• Update: Stillwater schools shift to distance learning

Lawton Constitution

• OAI announces a new online arts academy for high school students
• Staff guidelines
• Preparation for new school year focuses attention on staff
  

Enid News & Eagle

• 3 EHS grads receive public school Davis Scholarship

KTUL 8

• 'Not surprised, a little disappointed': Parent reacts when Stillwater moves classes online

News 9

• Stillwater Public Schools to switch to distance learning
• COVID-19 impacts several schools districts across the state
  

KXII 12

• Rock Creek Middle and High School campus closes due to COVID‍
  

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August 24

The Oklahoman

• Oklahoma school COVID-19 guidelines widely ignored in rural districts

Tulsa World

• Joe Cecil: Maintaining our lead in STEM fields means reaching all learners
• Glenpool Public Schools quarantines 43 after kindergarten student tests positive for COVID-19
  

OSDE

• State Department of Education offers no-cost math platform to fifth-, eighth-graders
  

Journal Record

• OSDH develops COVID-19 testing plan for teachers
• New campaign started to encourage mask-wearing in OKC
  

Norman Transcript

• Noble Public Schools classes to return after COVID-19 causes delay
  

Enid News & Eagle

• State Department of Education offering no-cost math platform to 5th-, 8th-graders
• Over 500 EPS students, staff are now out of school due to COVID-19
  

Shawnee News-Star

• Seminole class, two grade levels go to distance learning due to COVID-19 case
  

KJRH 2

• Students across Green Country head back to school amid pandemic
  

KFOR 4

• COVID-19 numbers spike in Enid Public Schools
• State Senator Ron Sharp accuses EPIC Charter Schools of election fraud
  

KOCO 5

• Spike in COVID-19 cases in Payne County forces Stillwater Public Schools to go online
  

KTUL 8

• The challenges and perks of virtual learning
• School zones back in effect after 6 months as students return to class

KTEN 10

• Texoma's Golden Apple of the Month official rules
  

FOX 25

• OKCPS: parents, guardians to pick up remote learning devices
• Another shortage due to the pandemic: substitute teachers
• Learning pods gaining popularity among metro families

MyHighPlains.com

• Guymon High School football, volleyball teams potentially exposed to COVID-19, school officials say
  

5newsonline.com

• Pocola Schools temporarily switch to distance learning due to rise in COVID-19 case
  

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August 25

The Oklahoman

• House Democrats urge for statewide school COVID mandates
• 2 Edmond students, 1 teacher test positive for COVID-19
• Oklahoma high school football: List of canceled, postponed Zero Week games
  

Tulsa World

• Union High School students hopeful, apprehensive as they return to school in person
• Epic Charter Schools targets state senator again in pre-election email to parents
• North Tulsa schools to bring tech support, staff public housing this fall
  

McAlester News-Capital

• Editorial: Don't send sick kids to school
• Hartshorne student tests positive for COVID-19
  

Oklahoma Watch

• Mask, in-person learning policies differ widely throughout Oklahoma

Enid News & Eagle

• Schools become new COVID-19 'super spreader'‍
• 6 more EPS positive cases are in isolation, but no new classes are in quarantine
• Dover bond issue passes; Woodward propositions defeated
  

Tahlequah Daily Press

• Norwood School closes due to COVID-19 cases
  

Daily Ardmoreite

• Zaneis schools receive $10K grant for enhanced campus cleaning
  

Bartlesville Examiner-Enterprise

• School bus driver shortage getting worse in Oklahoma
• BPS among five Oklahoma school districts to pilot Jobs for America's Graduates program
  

Duncan Banner

• Duncan Middle School announces possible COVID-19 exposure
  

Lawton Constitution

• Area schools announce potential COVID-19 exposures
  

Journal Record

• Back-to-school challenges mount for businesses
  

Woodward News

• Voters turn down school bond issues
  

KFOR 4

• 123 school districts enroll in ‘Learn Anywhere Oklahoma’ plan
• Kingfisher Public Schools investigates alleged hazing by football coaches
• Pandemic Pods offer alternate schooling option for Oklahoma families
  

KOCO 5

• New parent-drive education program in OKC puts emphasis on Hispanic culture, history
  

KTUL 8

• 41 kindergartners quarantined at Glenpool Public Schools after student tests positive

FOX 25

• School zones active for the first time in six months

Public Radio Tulsa

• Tulsa Public Schools presents COVID-19 safety policies for staff

KOSU

• More than 70 school districts in Oklahoma are reporting COVID-19 cases
  

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August 26

Tulsa World

• TPS moves middle school fall sports to the spring
• Tulsa school board formally approves TPS opening of school plan
  

Norman Transcript

• Schools enrolling in state's initiative doubles
  

Miami News-Record

• Barnsdall Schools welcomes students back
  

Duncan Banner

• 'Census Community Challenge' seeks to boost responses: OICA offering cash award to school in most-improved community
  

KOCO 5

• Oklahoma's school bus driver shortage intensifies amid coronavirus pandemic
  

News on 6

• School districts implement seating charts in case contact tracing is necessary
  

KTUL 8

• Many parents utilizing 'learning pods' as some schools move to distance learning

News 9

• Okla. teachers give advice on transitioning to virtual learning
  

FOX 25

• Putnam City Schools to begin distance learning Thursday
• Oklahoma's ongoing bus driver shortage getting worse during COVID pandemic

KGOU

• Oklahoma’s State Board Of Education to discuss schools’ COVID-19 protocols
  

KOSU

• More than 90 school districts in Oklahoma are reporting COVID-19 cases
  

Time

• This is what it's like to be a teacher during the Coronavirus pandemic
  

The Center Square

• Op-Ed: COVID-19 parents seek new schooling options‍
  
  

August 27

The Oklahoman

• Edmond church opens doors to local students
  

Tulsa World

• Growing petitions: Owasso parents call for school board to reopen classrooms
• Bixby teacher suspended amid allegations of peeping tom, voyeurism‍
  

Daily Ardmoreite

• Springer schools move to distance learning after staff member tests positive for virus
  

KFOR 4

• Championing a “free appropriate public education” during a pandemic
• OK Dept of Education tracking school COVID responses, preparing for statewide testing for school employees
  

KOCO 5

• School district leaders say they understand, share parents' concerns over online-only classes
  

News on 6

• Oklahoma State Department Of Education updates COVID-19 situation in monthly meeting
• Bixby teacher accused of inappropriate conduct
  

KTUL 8

• Bixby Public Schools responds after teacher arrested, facing peeping Tom charges
• Schools have second-highest number of cases in Tulsa County, Dr. Dart says
• OK ranks #2 for teacher pay gap, study says
• Tulsa Public Schools lays out back to school plan ahead of first day of class
• Student at Tahlequah High School tests positive for coronavirus

News 9

• Western Heights Public Schools continue to try to get students ready for distance learning
  

FOX 23

• Bixby teacher arrested, accused of taking video up girl’s skirt at high school
  

FOX 25

• OSDH to start COVID testing teachers, plans to visit all districts in 3 weeks
• Stillwater sees large spike in COVID-19 cases

KOSU

• More than 90 percent Of Oklahoma schools are holding in-person classes
  

Bartlesville Radio

• OKU talks communication plan for COVID cases
  

EdTech Magazine

• How to protect school systems from ransomware attacks‍
  

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August 28

The Oklahoman

• Dozens of school districts not following COVID mask guidance, officials say

News 9

• OSDE survey show dozens of schools not requiring face masks‍