Sept. 5-11 #oklaed News Brief

September 5

The Oklahoman

• Identification, enrollment no longer needed for free OKC school meals

Joplin Globe

• Oklahoma schools to receive rapid tests by year's end‍
  

September 6

The Oklahoman

• Statewide tuition-free virtual school still accepting applications
  

Tulsa World

• Former Stitt adviser gets contracts from entities that he granted COVID-19 relief funds

Shawnee News-Star

• Shawnee’s Cherity Pennington serves as educator for 22 years

Norman Transcript

• NPS records 7 positive COVID-19 cases, does not commit to publicly disclosing numbers regularly
  

KOCO 5

• El Reno Public Schools student tests positive for COVID-19, district officials say
  

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September 7

The Oklahoman

• Veteran teachers retire over coronavirus concerns

Tulsa World

• Board member censured, removed from audit committee for going rogue in state auditor's court battle with Epic
• OSU's Project ECHO helping school leaders, teachers adjust to educating during a pandemic
  

Claremore Daily Progress

• New Title IX sexual assault guidelines in effect on Oklahoma campuses
  

KFOR 4

• Trailer stolen from Seminole Public Schools
  

News on 6

• Epic Charter Schools prepares for 1st day of class
  

News 9

• Extra safety precautions in place as Epic students return to school
  

Bartlesville Radio

• Dewey School Board to meet on Tuesday
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September 8

Woodward News

• Woodward Schools part of Learn Anywhere initiative
  

The Frontier

• Oklahoma opinion: Maslow’s Hierarchy of Needs in Oklahoma public schools
  

Stillwater News Press

• Alternate plan: Stillwater schools look at part-time schedule
  

KJRH 2

• Tulsa non-profit creates free program to help working parents during distance learning
  

KFOR 4

• Nicoma Park Elementary School teacher tests positive for COVID-19
• Computer glitches disrupt classes as schools return online
  

KTUL 8

• Epic Charter Schools begins new semester today

FOX 25

• Feed the Children deploys trucks across Oklahoma to deliver supplies to teachers, students
• Stillwater petition pushes for in person learning

KOSU

• More than 180 school districts in Oklahoma are reporting COVID-19 cases

Bartlesville Radio

• FAFSA, scholarship events open to all area seniors
• Dewey Board of Education approves budget, more
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September 9

The Oklahoman

• Legal battle over Epic Charter Schools funds set for trial
• Mustang Education Center awarded $2,500 Oklahoma Arts Council grant
• Mustang schools employee dies from COVID-19 complications
  

Tulsa World

• 68 Tulsa-area students named National Merit Scholarship semifinalists
  

Wagoner County American-Tribune

• For the love of laughter: Sloat video chosen for American's Funniest Videos

Stillwater News Press

• Parent protest: Stillwater parents call for return to the classroom
  

KJRH 2

• Coweta Public Schools eliminate mask requirement for students due to low risk level
  

KFOR 4

• Hundreds of OKCPS special needs students return to the classroom
• Yukon Public Schools heading back to in-person learning
• EPIC Charter Schools, State Auditor heading to court to decide if school must release financial records
  

KOCO 5

• Mustang Public Schools staff member dies due to complications from COVID-19, officials say
  

News 9

• Staff member at Mustang Public Schools dies as result of COVID-19 complications
• OEA responds to parents wanting students back in the classroom

FOX 25

• Parents sign petitions asking schools to return to traditional schedule

San Francisco Chronicle

• Trial set for battle over funds from Oklahoma charter school‍‍
  

September 10

The Oklahoman

• Nonprofit offers technology training for adults navigating virtual school with children
• Stitt chooses Walters as next education secretary
  

Tulsa World

• TPS to resume providing free meals to all students next week
• Editorial: Virtual charter school board's internal struggles raise a bigger problem

McAlester News-Capital

• Hartshorne elementary gets new STEM lab
• McAlester grad Ryan Walters named Secretary of Education
  

State Impact Oklahoma

• A month into the fall semester, StateImpact Oklahoma has tracked hundreds of COVID-19 cases in schools
  

NonDoc

• The beat is on: Meet NonDoc’s new education reporter
• Stitt names Ryan Walters new secretary of education‍
  

Lawton Constitution

• Comanche Public Schools places students in quarantine
  

Purcell Register

• COVID plans for area schools
  

Norman Transcript

• Norman Public Schools confirms 6 new COVID-19 cases across 4 school sites
  

Journal Record

• Hamilton: Lessons in what it takes to be a first-class public educator
  

KJRH 2

• Jenks Public Schools return to the classroom after weeks of virtual learning
• Broken Arrow Public Schools release update on COVID-19 case count in district‍
  

KFOR 4

• Oklahoma state plans to collect but not publicly report school COVID cases
  

KOCO 5

• Deer Creek schools evaluating plan to return to traditional classes
  

News on 6

• Oklahoma mom takes on homeschooling while running business
  

News 9

• Parents turn to micro-schools due to lack of traditional learning
  

KOSU

• More than 200 school districts in Oklahoma are reporting COVID-19 cases
  

Public Radio Tulsa

• Union Public Schools sees COVID cases rise in 3rd week of in-person classes
  

USA Today

• Teacher salaries: These are the states where teachers are best paid and worst paid

U.S. News & World Report

• Stitt selects former teacher as new education secretary

The Hill

• Teachers in at least five states have died with coronavirus since fall semester started‍
  

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September 11

The Oklahoman

• Friday Night Lights: Why officiating during a pandemic presents new challenges for an already difficult profession
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Tulsa World

• Jenks Public Schools returns to in-person instruction after starting the school year through distance learning
• Union experiencing districtwide uptick in reported COVID-19 cases weeks after in-person classes begin
• Gallery: Favorite back-to-school pictures from Tulsa World photographers