August 28-September 3 #oklaed News Brief

August 28

Daily Ardmoreite

• Springer Schools move to distance learning, 1 in 3 students impacted by disease

Enid News & Eagle

• Local private schools, exempt from state law, have more leeway for COVID policies

August 29

The Oklahoman

• Oklahoma Science of Reading Academies will have profound impact on students learning to read
  

Tulsa World

• Tahlequah elementary schools switching to distance learning
• Tulsa's Carnegie Elementary reopening Monday following staff absences last week
  

Tahlequah Daily Press

• Oklahoma school districts receive 900 free hotspots, internet service

Muskogee Phoenix

• Hostile school board meetings have members calling it quits

Sand Springs Leader

• Sand Springs Public Schools nurse pleads with parents to help keep possibly sick children home
  

Owasso Reporter

• COVID-19 update: Owasso, Collinsville city/school case counts, recoveries, deaths
  

KFOR 4

• Putnam City student concerned school isn’t following COVID protocols

CNN

• Republican governors target local school systems over mask mandates
  

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August 30

The Oklahoman

• Oklahoma one of five states under federal investigation over school mask mandate ban
  

Tulsa World

• Education notebook: $5.25M in grants to be awarded to Oklahoma school districts
• Kellyville Schools moves to distance learning
• Schools are COVID-19 hot spots in Tulsa County as experts caution that declining hospitalizations don't mean peak is past
  

Bartlesville Examiner-Enterprise

• Student, staff cases of COVID-19 double at Bartlesville schools

NonDoc

• ‘Incestuous culture’: Mannix Barnes, Robert Everman connected far beyond Western Heights

Tahlequah Daily Press

• TPS school board made right choice

Muskogee Phoenix

• As districts insist on vaccines, some teachers push back
• 20 states sue over Biden administration's school, work LGBT protections

Enid News & Eagle

• Kingfisher School District gets nearly $300K in state learning grants

Claremore Daily Progress

• Oklahoma teen drivers first in nation to participate in WorkZoneSafe.com

KFOR 4

• Multiple Oklahoma school districts require quarantine, isolation after State Department of Health clarifies guidance
• “He was a joy to be around. We’re really going to miss him,” Oklahoma teen dies after horseplay with a gun
• Oklahoma Dept. of Education to officially receive civil rights investigation following compliance of mask mandate prohibition law
  

KOCO 5

• Stitt's office says Biden shouldn't harass states like Oklahoma over mask mandate bans in schools
  

KSWO 7

• Hofmeister wants to see school mask mandate ban “stricken in court”
  

News 9

• US Dept. Of Education investigates 5 states with mask restrictions, including Oklahoma
  

FOX 25

• Updated contact tracing protocols now in effect at OKCPS
• PIedmont Public Schools COVID procedures update

KOSU

• U.S. Department of Education investigating Oklahoma for civil rights violations related to masking protocols
  

AP News

• State mask bans face federal civil rights inquiries‍
  

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August 31

The Oklahoman

• Gov. Kevin Stitt stands by Oklahoma law that largely blocks school mask mandates
  

Tulsa World

• Feds investigating Oklahoma over school mask-mandate ban
  

Muskogee Phoenix

• Abbott to serve as president of the Oklahoma State School Boards Association

McAlester News-Capital

• McAlester schools require masks with student opt-out option
  

Cherokee Phoenix

• TSET opens Healthy Incentive Grant applications for schools
  

News on 6

• Disability advocates file complaints against districts for denying accommodations for high risk kids
• Metro school districts change policy after Department Of Health guidance
  

KSWO 7

• School districts keeping up with COVID. numbers
• Police provide extra security to Cache Public Schools after lockdown

News 9

• Metro school districts change policy after Department Of Health guidance
  

FOX 25

• Deer Creek school board urging state to amend law on masks

NBC News

• For remote learners returning to classrooms, back-to-school brings a host of challenges

September 1

The Oklahoman

• Oklahoma judge puts temporary hold on law banning mask mandates in schools
  

Tulsa World

• Law banning mask mandates at schools to be put on hold, Oklahoma judge rules
• Staff absences prompt shift to distance learning for second TPS site
  

Enid News & Eagle

• Editorial: Mask decisions should be back in school districts' hands

Tahlequah Daily Press

• Local elementary school closures for COVID put parents in a bind
  

Oklahoma Watch

• Oklahoma starts year with its most emergency teachers on record
• Oklahoma’s ban on school mask mandates is on hold. Here’s what you need to know
  

Cherokee Phoenix

• Editorial: Oklahoma needs to legalize protecting students from COVID-19

Journal Record

• Oklahoma’s school mask mandate ban blocked; exemptions a must
  

KJRH 2

• Hawthorne Elementary suspends in-person learning due to absence of staff
  

KFOR 4

• Some Oklahoma school districts giving COVID-19 leave to teachers who test positive or exposed to coronavirus
• Altered picture of Derek Chauvin kneeling on George Floyd’s neck made by Norman student prompts school investigation
  

News on 6

• Oklahoma schools react to injunction filed against mask mandate bill
• Native American family outraged after they say Clinton 5th grader was held down, had hair cut by 2 students
• State superintendent supports judge's pause on school mask mandate bans
  

KTUL 8

• Oklahoma ban on school mask mandates temporarily lifted by judge's ruling

News 9

• State superintendent supports judge's pause on school mask mandate bans
  

KTEN 10

• Grant helps Oklahoma teachers identify reading problems
  

FOX 25

• School districts weighing next steps after judge rules on mask law

KRMG 102.3

• State Superintendent Hofmeister reacts to injunction blocking state law which banned mask mandates
  

The Seattle Times

• Oklahoma school mask mandate ban blocked, exemptions a must
  

Forbes

• Oklahoma’s school mask mandate ban temporarily struck down by judge‍
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September 2

The Oklahoman

• Children make up nearly 25% of new COVID-19 cases in Oklahoma, data shows
• Ninnekah Public Schools sex abuse investigation turned over to OSBI
  

Tulsa World

• Area school districts: No immediate changes after court ruling on school masks
• Tulsa's Hawthorne Elementary to remain in distance learning
  

Purcell Register

• Administrators address chamber
  

StateImpact Oklahoma

• An Oklahoma teacher shares her battle with the coronavirus
  

Shawnee News-Star

• Shawnee, Maud and Macomb receive 21st Century Community Learning Center grants
  

Tahlequah Daily Press

• Area schools deciding to mandate masks
• Operations officer explains security, training
  

KFOR 4

• Edmond Public Schools to require masks in class for students, staff
  

KSWO 7

• State Superintendent gives insight on changes to a law banning mask mandates

News 9

• School districts’ COVID-19 mask policy changes
  

KTEN 10

• Three more Texoma school districts dealing with COVID

FOX 25

• Edmond Public Schools announces mask mandate
• Grady County Sheriff asks for OSBI's help

Bartlesville Radio

• Lowe Family Young Scholars receives $5,000 donation
  

The 74 Million

• Boarding school history underpins court ruling on native education