September 11-17 #oklaed News Brief

September 11

KTUL 8

• Local nonprofit partners up with community to battle childhood hunger in Broken Arrow
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September 12

Duncan Banner

• Bray-Doyle ready to compete in E-Sports after OSSAA approval
  

Owasso Reporter

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

Lawton Constitution

• LPS to receive funding to promote mental health awareness
• OPINION: Great Plains Technology Center: Yesterday, today, tomorrow
  

FOX 23

• School districts decide on mask mandates, update parents on policies

September 13

The Oklahoman

• Which Oklahoma City metro-area schools require masks, quarantines? Check local districts here.
  

Tulsa World

• Education notebook: Broken Arrow Public Schools host job fair
• Editorial: Oklahomans need to change attitudes toward teachers to fix looming workforce crisis
  

Norman Transcript

• Noble superintendent mandates masks; board sticks to decision
  

KJRH 2

• Green Country schools dealing with food shortage
  

KFOR 4

• Deer Creek Board of Education votes to require masks for students, staff
• “That’s not the way it should be done”: Oklahoma eSports community split over OSSAA partnership
  

KOCO 5

• Yukon Public Schools teacher’s aide dies after contracting COVID-19

KSWO 7

• Lawton Public Schools completes first day under mask mandate

News 9

• Proposed bill would require minute of silence in schools for Sept. 11, OKC bombing anniversaries
• Yukon teacher's aide dies of COVID complications
  

KXII 12

• Oklahoma schools prepare for bond election Tuesday‍
  

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September 14

The Oklahoman

• Bizarre school board meeting deepens conflict in Western Heights
  

NonDoc

• Ready for another year of Oklahoma education coverage
• Competing agendas cause chaos at Western Heights board meeting
  

Muskogee Phoenix

• Push for Native American curriculum in schools makes gains

Oklahoma City Free Press

• OKCPS tackling dropout rates with close monitoring, intervention
  

McAlester News-Capital

• McAlester school board approves quarantine policy
  

Tahlequah Daily Press

• Hulbert allows exemptions to school mask mandate
  

KFOR 4

• Mustang Public Schools votes against mask mandate

KOCO 5

• Looking into whether teachers, staff at OKC metro school districts are vaccinated
  

FOX 25

• Western Heights to present to the State Supreme Court

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September 15

The Oklahoman

• Mustang Education Center awarded $2,500 Oklahoma Arts Council Grant
  

Tulsa World

• Claremore Public Schools to consider mask policy
• TPS confirms teacher's death from COVID-19
  

Cordell Beacon

• School Board votes to change quarantine rules
  

NonDoc

• Sept. 14 special election: 14 of 18 schools pass bonds, Lawton mayor re-elected
  

KFOR 4

• Group of Oklahoma parents file lawsuit over Edmond Public Schools COVID-19 quarantine policy
• ShapED My Life: 2020 Teacher of the Year shares how a special educator re-directed her toward a positive path
  

News 9

• Stillwater teachers work to help students struggling with reading
• Metro students targeting schools in new TikTok challenge
• Heated school board meeting highlights issues at Western Heights Public Schools
  

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September 16

The Oklahoman

• Oklahoma districts can join in-school COVID-19 testing program, Health Department announces
  

Tulsa World

• Gov. Stitt to seek investigative audit of State Education Department 10 months after lawmakers' request
  

Bartlesville Examiner-Enterprise

• Bartlesville Public Schools sees significant growth in enrollment
  

Journal Record

• Stitt seeks Education Department audit
  

KJRH 2

• State superintendent calls Gov. Stitt audit 'attack' on Oklahoma education system
  

KFOR 4

• Oklahoma mother says 5-year-old son allegedly put. on school bus and dropped off in strange neighborhood

KOCO 5

• Less than 1% of OKCPS students opt out of mask requirement

News on 6

• New grant program gives $100 million in COVID testing support to schools
  

KSWO 7

• SWOK superintendents frown upon viral TikTok students are participating in

KTUL 8

• Jenks Middle School says thieving viral TikTok trend is rampant at its school
• FIrst-year teacher, recent OU grad passes away in Bristow

News 9

• Yukon Public Schools incentivizing substitute teachers with higher pay

KXII 12

• $74 million bond proposal passes vote for Ada City Schools

FOX 23

• Claremore Public Schools Board of Education approves mask requirement policy

KOSU

• Millwood Public Schools cancls football game due to academic concerns

September 17

Tulsa World

• Epic Charter Schools audit prompts investigative audit at OK Department of Education

OKState.edu

• Innovative after-school program captures Native American students’ interest in STEM‍